Happy "Holi"day!

What is this tie dyed baby all about, you ask? Well, yesterday was a festival here called, Holi. It celebrates the end of the winter season. About time, given that the temperature is already nearly 100!

People celebrate by throwing colored powder on each other. By the end of it all you are usually every color in the rainbow and soaking wet. We played first thing in the morning as a family. It was a blast! Shortcake, our daughter LOVED it!

Color is "colour" here.

Can you see why we call her Shortcake? Just the slightest tint of red :)

There are two kinds of Holi colors. The VERY permanent (we're talking pink & green hair for 2 weeks kind) and the not so permanent, the kind we used for Shortcake. This little guy walked up to us with a sprite bottle full of the permanent dye and a sinister plan. I've worked in schools as an SLP in the past, I know about boys his age and knew exactly what he had in mind and was able to head off his little plan just in time! We gave him some of our non-permanent powder to put on Shortcake instead. I think he was OK with the compromise! I was definitely OK with the compromise since it would mean 1) that my camera would be safe, and 2) that I wouldn't still be finding hot pink dye behind my daughter's ears on her fifth birthday.

And we ended with this keeper! Aren't you jealous?! All we ever get to dye in springtime in America is eggs. In India you can dye your baby and no one will think a thing about it :)

Happy Monday!