Fabulous India Trip - August 2011 - Part 3

Day 7 - Saturday
On Sunday evening we were going to have a get-together with all our cousins and some of my grandparents' friends. In preparation, we went to see the function hall. It was in a beach resort in Chirala on the coast of Bay of Bengal. It was very nice. It had a great dinner hall and it had a big spacious A/C auditorium. It was very hot that day. There was a humungous swimming pool in front of the hall. It was right on the beach and the view was awesome from the hall. There were tall trees all around. There were some cottages so people can stay there overnight. After checking the hall, we went back home.

Day 8 - Sunday
Today was going to be a big day as all our cousins are coming to my ammamma's place. They started arriving at around 8AM. As soon as Sunidhi, Sumedha and Kausthubh came, we all took bath and got ready to eat breakfast and play. We had 3 options for breakfast - idli, dosa and poori. I ate Poori because I liked the yellow curry with it. There were 3 little baby cats in the backyard. We all went to see them. Then we rode on the bicycle, which was my mom's, when she was little. We all took turns. Lots of grandmas and grandpas started arriving. Then my other cousins Ananya, who is 6 years old and Amay, who is 10 came. We all played games that I got from USA. We had lots of fun. We all ate lunch together as a group. Then it was time to get ready for the party. Ananya's mom and Sunidhi's mom painted our nails with nice pretty colors - purple, pink and silver. Amay put lipstick on his cheek and forehead, just for fun. We wore nice party dresses like Chudidhars, pavadas and evening gown. The boys wore sharvanis. We went in a lot of different cars to the function hall. I went with Sumedha, Ananya and their moms and Pranav came with us. During the car ride, we talked about our schools.
We all reached there on time. Some of our relatives helped set up the stage by putting up the flowers and a poster that had my pictures with dance poses. Ammamma designed this. It looked fantastic. I did some dances, sang songs and played on the recorder. Sunidhi and Sumedha sang some songs too. Kausthubh said slokas and Ananya did a dance. A couple of friends did some dances too. It was like a talent show. Thathagaru gave prizes to all of us. I got a cool barbie doll and a trophy too. Then we had dinner. I ate bondas for snack, fried rice, roti and curry and some sweet for dinner. There was icecream too, but I could not eat as I was full. We went up to the cottages to change into our pajamas. We were all so tired. We went right to sleep.

Day 9 - Monday
We woke up early to go to the beach. We changed into our swimming suits and put sunscreen on. We then walked over to the beach. We first went into the water and splashed around for a while. Then we played a hopping game. We then washed ourselves in the shower outside and went into the swimming pool. We swam and had a couple of races. Daddy helped Pranav swim. We then got out and dried ourselves. We then took bath. We all ate roti for breakfast. Sumedha ate a banana. Thathagaru came to pick us up and took us all back home. We all played tag and other games. We ate lunch and continued playing. Ananya and Amay left in the evening. Sunidhi and Sumedha left in the night. We watched TV for a while and slept.

I can never forget these 2 days. They were memorable. We had so much fun as a group. I wish I could have played with them longer. I bet they had fun with me too.