We just got back from....yes...another trip to India! This time it was for my MILs 60th. We all had a great time catching up with the extended family and enjoying the celebrations.The kids particularly had a blast as they got to bond with first cousins , second cousins and third cousins (!!!). And V&S being V&S, extended their arms out to everyone and enveloped everybody with their undisguised love and affection. I was touched to see them laugh and play with absolute strangers ( my MIL's cousins kids!!) whom they proudly introduced to everyone as their 'cousins'!
We travelled to a few temples and I was naturally a wee bit concerned about how the kids would take the travel and 'long waits' to see the deities. The kids completely stunned me with their attitudes and reactions. We had to travel by train ( crazy timings!), stay in a relative's home, use public loos, wait looong queues and eat our meals whenever time permitted! Not a complaint, not a groan...no tantrums over wet bathrooms and the lack of tissues ( I've seen friends' kids pull a long face over these).Just child-like excitement and awe at getting a blessing from the temple elephant, feeding the temple cows, dancing through the temple corridors and stretching out little palms umpteen times for the 'theertham'!
The trip was such a joyous one thanks to the kids and their innocent joys! Loved every minute with my best travel buddies!
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