Matching Jewelry

Bombay had purchased some Paavaadais for the girls in India recently.

Another installment was released today!

The girls were also very excited to receive matching fake jewelry that goes with the silk frocks.

They made daddy happy by posing as usual for photos.

A detailed analysis of the fake Jewels showed that there are no real stones for most of the necklaces. The thing is actually a faceted hole in a stamped plastic with a coating on the inside. The reflections from the hole create an optical illusion that there are raised stones set on the plastic. Whoever came up with the concept is pure genius! It shines better than real stones would.

Daddy shed some Aaananda kanneer (happy tears) on seeing how far materials science has improved over the years!

Hopefully such improvements will save lots of $ for me when the kids grow up.

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Goodies from India

The MIL is back with us now and the kids are just plain ecstatic!

She got us all the snacks for the adults and clothes for the kids from all the relatives back home.

Today we did not go anywhere. The girls just wanted to try on the clothes and take photos, to reaffirm their prettiness of course.

One advantage with the girls is that you can spend hours indoors if you take them to Walmart, Target or simply when grandma opens her suitcase just after she lands from the airport!

They will insist on wearing every dress and look in the mirror and before you know it, it is 2013 and they are ready for the next batch of paavaadais (silk frocks).

These aren't the best shots (will have to take some during the day to avoid the shadows) but here goes..

Okay, we are not in 2013, but half the weekend is over!

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