We really enjoyed celebrating Amisha's first Diwali! After I got home from work, we all got dressed up in new Indian clothes (including Ananya and Amisha wearing matching lenghas that Shashi Dadi made for them!). Thatha, the grandparent representative this year, came over and brought a ton of adorable Diwali gifts for each of us!
Ananya and Thatha went for a walk in the backyard and picked flowers, and then we began our Diwali puja. Ananya loved singing all the bhajans she knew and I told her a very brief version of the Diwali story and why we light all the candles. After our puja, we lit candles and put them everywhere in the house...Pooneet was worried that this would be a fire hazard so for the rooms with no candles, we just turned the lights on (should be a fun electricity bill to get!). We cooked lots of yummy food - mattar paneer, bisi bele bhath, rice, kheer - and Ananya insisted that we sing a "Happy Diwali to you" song (to the tune of "Happy birthday to you"). After we put the kids to bed, we finished cooking and then had Pooneet's sister and brother in law over for a yummy Diwali dinner!
Hope you and your family had a very happy Diwali!
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