Shortly after Elijah's birthday party our Landlord had a party of his own. His niece was turning three years old, and he (our landlord) was moving into his new apartment (the one directly below us). So, he decided to turn our garage into the big party area. All day long the ladies were working on preparing the food while the men draped the tapestries.
There were probably around 100 people at the party.
Left - our landlords son with Elijah. He loves to tease Elijah.
Right - the birthday girl... isn't she so cute!
Both of these kids, along with the others who live in our building love to come play with Elijah in our house.
This is our landlord and his mother.
We saw the strangest thing during the party. Whenever someone would come to greet the landlord's mother they would lift the bottom of her saree and touch her ankles. We'd never seen this before...I guess it was a way to honor her as their elder. Not sure I want my clothes lifted when I'm old to show honor to me:)
Like everyone else, even the littlest girl in the building (the birthday girl) wants to hold Elijah. It's the cutest thing, especially since they're almost the same size.
Below is the birthday girl's mom. I see her a lot more often than any of the other wives in our landlord's family because she gets out and drives the scooter, etc. She's so sweet!
The DJ finally stopped singing and telling jokes around 6 in the morning. Since there's no insulation in our building, and the stage for the DJ was direction below our apartment...you guessed it...we could hear him all night even though we're on the second story.
Here's a video at midnight from our dining room with the sound of the Hindi music ringing through our apartment.
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