Baby Shower, NFL Schedule, and Taco Night

In an effort to catch up on the blog situation I'm going to do posts for a whole week of activity. It's honestly the only way I'll catch up and I really don't have many pictures since the whole phone situation. Mid-June, you and my new iphone can't come quick enough! 

So here we go April 13-19. This past weekend we went to a nationals game and Umesh and Nimisha's Baby Shower. So i'll start by saying, n brown people baby shower is very different than a white people baby shower. Let's get cultured. 

1. There are indian outfits. This is Nimisha ready for the cake cutting: 

2. There are brown things and decorations: 

3. There are lots of brown aunties causing chaos at all times:

4. There is some weird tradition where the youngest unmarried male cousin slaps the mother-to-be with red dye. I have no idea what this tradition represents or why it's done. Perhaps i'll google it one day. And yes, i have pictures: 

nimisha getting prepared to be slapped by Akash's red hand 

here it goes!

and there it lands.

haha love this one.

all done! 

Okay so for the most part brown baby showers are different, but there are some similarities.

1. Everyone takes lots of pictures with the mother-to-be. Here's just one:

2. There are games and activities:

 bib/onesie decorating. Personally love the pink and yellow. Their parents are Quiznos owners. 

Sketchy was proud of his bib!

this was my personal favorite.

food tasting/guessing game. All the guys played this one.

discussing the color and texture of what they're about to eat.

3. There are always other mothers and babies there!

Lisa and Pria and Minal and Reina

Sketchy loves Pria's big cheeks.

and Pria loves Sketchy's big cheeks (and beards -- she's fascinated by them)

Monday we went out with Melanie to see a free screening of Disconnect. Sidenote: Sketchy has become a ninja at getting these free screenings. Best thing I ever showed him how to do! We have screening passes to Fast and Furious 6, The Internship (Vince Vaughn) and The Heat (Sandra Bullock and the bigger chick from Bridesmaids) lined up in the next couple weeks! 

Disconnect had Jason Bateman in it and a few other familiar faces. It was a serious movie that follow four stories that all connect in the end. Similar to a "Crash" type of movie. It was definitely a little dark and a mindtwist. I'd suggest for folks who like darker movies. 

On Tuesday I went to the National Zoo to check out the new American Exhibit with Sam. Since she was moving that weekend I wanted to maximize my time with her. There was a bald eagle which was in hiding and lots of walking involved. It was so so so hot and my allergies were no joke, but all in all was a fun outing. 

weird otter/beaver thing.

weird otter/beaver thing

some tiger thing or maybe white fox?

this guy was fun. =)

Wednesday I was going to have dinner with Kelsey and Catherine, but Kelsey evidently killed her ankle when she took a bad fall. She ended up having to go to the emergency room. We were going to reschedule but that never happened. Bad Nalini. Now that engagement is over, definitely need to get on that and do dinner with them soon! 

Thursday was the release of the NFL schedule. Sketchy, Catherine, Diana and I went out to Front Page for happy hour and to watch the release but it was too crowded and they were not playing the release special. After happy hour we ended up parting ways with Diana and heading over to buffalo billiards to catch the release. The release was exciting because we immediately began planning which games of the season we'd be going to! Sketchy's very excited for his Thanksgiving week. Monday night is the niners/skins game. I was looking for an opportunity to get to Candlestick before they blow that up at the end of this upcoming season. Think I found the perfect situation. Around Sketchy's birthday in August there is a game at candlestick on a sunday and then a game at CenturyLink Stadium the next Thursday. Roadtrip from San Fran to Seattle seeing a variety of these places: San Fran, Yosemite, Napa, Redwood National Park, Mt. St. Helens OR Mt. Ranier, Seattle.

On Friday, Catherine and Matt came over for a taco/chipotle style dinner and to spend the night. We watched the end of the Boston Standoff before we had dinner. That whole thing was depressing and miserable. I was happy to know that my friends and their families in boston were safe but obviously my heart goes out to the victims and their families. We watched Moneyball which was a good movie, not sure if i like the message of the movie but good nonetheless. 

And that was that week. Sigh. this is so much easier when done daily.