Happy Birthday To You Surendranath Pandey Mausaji.

In my childhood years, birthday is the most important event in my life that I
always look forward to celebrate. Here is the picture on my 7th birthday. I always have
a big birthday bash and it wouldn't be possible if not because of my grandmother who
is standing on my left side and my aunts,too. I am very greatful to have them around,
because they were there for me when I was growing up. Eventhough my parents can't be
there, I always feel very special and happy and I wouldn't change any of it. I remembered
that on the night before my birthday, I was crying because I can't find one of my dolls.
I get mad at everybody because it is one of my favorite dolls and I've looked everywhere
and it's still missing. However, the next day I was so surprised that it is on top of my
birthday cake as part of the decorations. That really brings smiles to my face and I am not
only enjoying my birthday but i also felt relieve that I have my doll back. I will never
forget those moments and now, every time my birthday is coming and one of my doll is
missing, I knew who to blame for- my aunt MaryAnn but definitely no more tears.
I was very happy to see all my friends. More than a dozen boys and girls
came on my birthday. They also decorated the whole entire place with balloons and with
bunch of candies. It is wonderful and more than I could ever imagine. All my favorite
foods were served. We also played games and dance contest were all my friends enjoyed
a lot. I told my grandmother and aunt that it's a dream come true. In every walk of life, it
is different for every person but I'm just very thankful that all my birthdays are fun and I
have a family who loves me and who makes me feel the luckiest girl on earth.
...The first year of life is just one of the many milestones we are blessed with. One of the most important events I remember in my life was the day I helped celebrate my daughter's first birthday. It was the twelfth of July 2001. I had eagerly awaited this day since she was born, and to help with the celebration, I invited a small crowd of family and friends to our home for a birthday party and cookout.

Getting prepared for this eventful day was exciting. Sending out invitations, buying the food, decorations, party favors for the children, and most importantly, choosing what kind of cake to get. The cake was a half of a sheet, which was able to feed up to 25 people. It was made with fresh strawberries that tasted like they were picked right from the patch as a filling, surrounded with butter cream icing, and decorated with "Baby Looney Tunes" caricatures on top. My mother and her fiance graciously volunteered to do the preparation of the food for the party.
I can remember the temperature on that day, being hot and steamy. The air was so thick with humidity you lived to be in the air-conditioning. Friends and family started to arrive around four o'clock. At the same time the guest were arriving, the birthday girl was upstairs, taking a very much needed nap. Request were starting to be made for her to make an entrance. I went upstairs to awaken her, as she was coming down the stairs she had a look of surprise and confusion on her face, not really sure of what to make of what's going on. As she started getting a little more comfortable, it was time to start playing some games.

The one game that sticks out the most to me is the miniature pinata (which is not really a game), which we hung from a tree in the front yard. We hung it low enough so that the children would be able to get some hits in to bust the pinata open wide enough for the candy to expel out. After about 20 chances with the children, the adults began to take turns, and eventually the candy expelled out, . .