A Visit From Friends

On July 4th, our family was blessed to have our friends from India visit for the day. Ella took on quite the unusual attitude of shyness and hid her face from Preet and his daughter, Bani, (see photo for "shy" Ella) for over an hour! She did eventually warm up to them, thank goodness, and we had a wonderful visit.

Our family was introduced to Indian food for the first time that evening at a local Indian restaurant. I have always thought our family to be very cultured and open to new things, but now I am not quite so sure... Madison was very brave and never complained once, but ended up only eating rice. Ella picked up and took a bite out of a "papdum" (very spicy cracker) before I could stop her. Needless to say, the entire restaurant was staring at our table as she yelled at the top of her lungs and spit the cracker out wherever she could (ie. tablecloth, floor, cup of water, napkin, my plate...). The waiter felt sorry for her and brought her a mixture of mango and yogurt which she drank up quickly. After that, I couldn't get her to eat anything. Michael loved the food, but I have a feeling he will have to wait until our friends visit again before he gets anyone to go with him.