A Lot of Hot Air [Lily]

The other day, Emma and I spent an hour blowing up balloons for our neighbor (Clara’s friend) Khushi’s fifth birthday party. Then we spent another hour tying them into bunches, and I spent yet another hour taping up streamers to the neighbor’s walls. I’m not complaining though, because I happen to enjoy spending time on these kinds of deeds that require using my creativity to be helpful. (And just for the record, this doesn’t include “creatively,” as my father might like to phrase it, doing the dishes, cleaning my room, putting away laundry, washing chicken eggs, etc.)
I also got the privilege of attending this party along with Clara, and boy did it have awesome food! There was homemade idilis and chutney (if you read our blog regularly, you already know what those are), luchi with chickpea curry to dip in, (luchi is a kind of bubbly, thin, flatbread) and then some normal stuff like potato chips.
Near the end of the party, Khushi’s brother decided it might be fun to pop all of Khushi’s precious balloons she dearly loved, and we put so much effort in to, which caused all sorts of hubbub, but that’s what balloons are for, right?