Maybe another reason why my baby shower is in such a happy place in my memory:
THIS is what we did right after!
Yes, fill up on yummy and delicious food, get presents for baby, chat it up with lots of friends, and then go throw neon cornstarch on complete strangers...can you think of a better way to spend your Saturday?
We watched the "timed throwing" from afar (which is good, because it looked like an atomic bomb testing site - we would have asphyxiated I am sure) But as soon as we showed up people started decking us out before we could even get our own bags of color.
I'd been to the Holi Festival of Colors about 5 years before and I was amazed at how it had changed - last time they really focused on the religious aspect of it - for example, we dumb spectators could peek into the temple, but only worshippers could enter the mystically peaceful room. This year they let people enter the temple to hoop, holler, and dance around. It was a little sad to see, along with the colored handprints on the temple walls (yes, they will wash off, but it is a site of worship!). I guess when the attendance grows by over 5,000 every year you can't help but let some commercialism creep in.
Not gonna lie, though, we had a BLAST ourselves!
The most memorable moment must have been when two females absolutely drenched in colors came up and started exclaiming over my belly - and then insisting to draw a heart on it. And then a smiley face, and then... you get the idea. We heard lots of comments, laughs, and congratulations about our baby-on-the-way. Some people were surprised to see a seven-month pregnant lady there--but I was more surprised to see people carrying infants around the festivities - glad our little baby was breathing amniotic fluid and not incense-spiked powder.
It...mostly came off. I had a pink arm pit and a blue arm pit (TMI???) for about a week until it wore off, as well as a bright pink scalp (but most people assumed it was a bad sunburn, so it wasn't too obvious except to other festival of color veterans).
Good times--great life:)
SO MUCH FUN! I can't wait to go next year! Baby will have so much fun looking at all these fun pictures when she gets here!
ReplyDeleteSo cute. Love the colorful belly. We've swapped places, now you're the preggie one! Time flies.
ReplyDeleteYou are the cutest pregnant lady ever. It's like you're hiding a ball in there. How did you manage to not get big anywhere else?
ReplyDeleteI never actually went to the Holi festival - and now I feel like I've missed out. Looks like you had fun!