A couple of months back Shashank celebrated his second birthday, and it was a grand party – an occasion to remember. When Shash turned one, we had a whole bunch of traditional celebrations, complete with a heart-wrenching ear piercing ceremony (when baby cried tons, and mommy held a permanent lethal glare the whole time!) Anyway, the actual birth date saw just a modest little party, at home, minimal balloons, a humble little cake, a cozy gathering of friends and family. And it had a few moments worthy of mention, a hilarious incident where a can of confetti that was supposed to splay over everyone just burst all into the floor, without effect! Of course, it created more laughter than it would have had it worked right, so that was good. But yeah, that was Shashank’s First Birthday – a sober affair.
His Second Birthday celebration however was something to remember. We had a nice little party at a rented banquet hall, a scrumptious dinner, and a grand cake of Shash’s favourite character – Noddy! And he loved to tell everybody that his cake was Noddy! Shash enjoyed his cake like nobody’s business too, something I didn’t let him during his first party. And he had a gala time with other kiddos in the party because by the time he was two, Shashank didn’t run, he sprinted! I like to think that Shash’s first party would have been hard for him to take, had it been too grand – too much noise, too many people, basically too much for a one-year old to comprehend, much less enjoy. And his second compensated for all that his first wasn’t. And that’s exactly how I like it, a birthday party where the guests have as much fun as the little guy celebrating it!
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