Day 341: Happy Ganpati!

Baby Z and me at the mandal's Ganpati celebration.

Day 333: Ganpati bappa morya

Ganpati has arrived!

Day 188: Gudi aloft

Our gudi up on the house.

Day 187: Happy Gudi Padwa

Our first gudi at our house!

Day 161: Paczki

Happy paczki day!

Day 143: Happy Valentine's Day

Happy Valentine's Day from us!

Day 112: Happy Sankrant!

Another new year, another Sankrant.  It's so nice to have friends around the corner who also celebrate!

Day 99: Happy New Year!

Dad reading his two little ones a story on New Year's Day.

Day 98: New Year's Eve

Chinese food for New Year's Eve!

Day 90: Holiday party

We decided to throw a little party, and we had a great time. One of our better decisions recently.

Day 83: Visit to Santa

The kids were very happy to meet Santa.

Day 82: Christmas wreath

I finally did my wreath!

Day 81: Holiday pageant

The three of us at A's school holiday pageant.

Day 80: Holiday shopping

I'm nearly done with my party and Christmas shopping...so close.

Day 78: White House Christmas card

Happy holidays from the Obamas! (This was sent to a friend, not us, unfortunately.)

Day 75: Holiday party

We four trekked out to our friend's place for a little holiday party.

Day 72: Tree!

The tree is up!

Day 66: Thanksgiving 2013

The feast laid out by my aunt and uncle follows a familiar and comforting routine.

Day 60: It's beginning to look a lot like

Christmas decorations are being prepared at the train station.

Day 40: Rangoli

Diwali celebrations with the neighbors means rangoli and chalk drawing outside the house.