A smashing good Saturday!

"Just like that" was the theme for this Saturday, as we did a variety of things, like most friends do for each other: just like that!

Dad's friend Uncle Anand came to meet us for breakfast.  Aditya did exceptionally well, we thought, in engaging with Uncle Anand, talking to him, answering questions, asking questions, and what not!  We later biked and walked to a nearby park where we played soccer.  Aditya was, of course, very enthused about playing soccer, as he now considers that his favorite sport.  The cool thing was, he and Uncle Anand were in one team, and Aditya made no fuss about having him on his team.

A little later after Uncle Anand went home, Dad's cousin came to visit us with his wife and 1 year old son. Aditya did well to, both talk to the guests as well as handle the presence of a 1 year old.  A child so young would have been a major source of unpredictability a year ago.

But the icing on the cake for us was when we, as planned, went to watch  the final year portfolio performance by one of our volunteers. There we also met one of our past volunteers (who Aditya still considers his best friend).  Both of them are dance majors, and so all of us felt a sense of pride when we saw them perform on stage. Of course, I am sure they  felt very special to have two 6 year old guests among their fans! The entire show ran for about 2 hours, with a 10 minute intermission. Aditya did amazingly well as he sat through the whole show, and tried to follow the dancers' movements. Frankly, the dances were pretty abstract, and one of us was ready to leave the place with him if he could not  handle it. He had other plans.  He chose to sit through the whole show, and when asked if he was liking the dances, he said: "I am loving the dances".

We had stopped having these fun-filled, casual, "just like that" weekends a couple of years ago, in order to get our Son Rise program up and running.  But boy, the wait has been so worth it!  We have enjoyed this Saturday like no other Saturday in the last several years.

A big thank you to our twins!