It was Gauri's birthday on 24th Jan. Both myself & my hubby does not like the culture of celebrating B'day parties and make it a public function. But... we ensure every year she gets a B'day cake of her choice, gifts and celebrate her cake cutting in the evening with the immediate family members.
Now since she has started understanding things better, she wished to have a party with friends.. This year her b'day was on Saturday... To make it to her wishes, being Saturday we invited her cousins- Shubha didi, Vishal Bhaiyya & Shreya Didi -who stays in Delhi.... Though all of them had classes on Saturday, after the school they made it to attend her b'day party, to make her feel happy.... Since she is the youngest in the family she is so fond of, to her cousins and her periappa's & periamma's pamper her a lot !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.
Few days back before her b'day, my mother in law got a courier - a Saree, sent to her, from my sis-in-law. Seeing that packet Gauri also expressed her wish of getting a gift by courier.
My sis had gone on a vacation to Bangalore & Chennai in Dec '08 and had done some shopping for Gauri too. To give her a surprise for her b'day, she had couriered her the dresses which she had got for her. She send it such that it will be delivered just a day or on the b'day. Gauri received the courier on her b'day, which in a way fulfilled her wish she just mentioned few days back. She was so happy to receive a courier for her. And I hadn't mentioned about this wish of Gauri to my sis.
Cut to the evening of B'day - Coincidentally my hubby's cousin's family came over from Delhi to meet my in-laws. She got two more cousins for her party .... Shashank bhaiyya & Shreshta Didi.........
When the party started, she was on the top of the world, with so many people around and wishing her b'day wishes and gifts..............
She had her wish of b'day celebrations fulfilled... And she turned 5.
