Navin323i
Practically Family
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Before I reveal the "perfect gift" I should explain my thread title... in India our festivals and holidays follow the lunar calendar as opposed to the traditional solar calendar that most of us follow here in the U.S., Europe, and elsewhere.
Therefore, the Indian festivals and holidays occur on different dates each year though usually within the same general monthly timeframe.
So going back to my daughter... she happened to be born on an extremely auspicious (for girls) Indian festival dedicated to the Hindu goddess Lakshmi (Goddess of Wealth), so she has 2 birthdays... August 27 when she was born 6 years ago, and whatever day that the festival falls on which happened to be last friday, August 20. My older brother also was born on a day coinciding with another Indian festival so he gets two birthdays too.
Of course, I got jipped and only have one birthday, LOL.
So for her first of two birthdays I got her the PERFECT gift... see pictures below which were taken at my younger bro's place where we celebrated her birthday...
The pink leather jacket was obtained on eBay and based on all the measurements I took of her chest, waist, etc. I got her a larger size so that she can grow into it and wear it at least for a couple of years (she's growing fast and is a very tall 1st grader)
Of course I had to wear my Aero NYPD jacket so we could both pose together in our favorite jackets.
Thanks for looking.
Cheers,
Navin
Therefore, the Indian festivals and holidays occur on different dates each year though usually within the same general monthly timeframe.
So going back to my daughter... she happened to be born on an extremely auspicious (for girls) Indian festival dedicated to the Hindu goddess Lakshmi (Goddess of Wealth), so she has 2 birthdays... August 27 when she was born 6 years ago, and whatever day that the festival falls on which happened to be last friday, August 20. My older brother also was born on a day coinciding with another Indian festival so he gets two birthdays too.
Of course, I got jipped and only have one birthday, LOL.
So for her first of two birthdays I got her the PERFECT gift... see pictures below which were taken at my younger bro's place where we celebrated her birthday...
The pink leather jacket was obtained on eBay and based on all the measurements I took of her chest, waist, etc. I got her a larger size so that she can grow into it and wear it at least for a couple of years (she's growing fast and is a very tall 1st grader)
Of course I had to wear my Aero NYPD jacket so we could both pose together in our favorite jackets.
Thanks for looking.
Cheers,
Navin