Tour of India

My mother has never been content to let us laze around all summer. A couple of weeks ago, my sisters were playing Rockband on the Wii, and she asked them, "Is this helping you become what you're supposed to become?" That's how she is. She has always comes up with ways to make us read, exercise, be artistic, and otherwise learn over the summer. This year, she decided we should celebrate a different country each week. And it's actually been really fun so far. So I decided to blog about our world travels so that my blog actually has a purpose!

We started with India. India is a pretty important country, since 1 out of 6 people on Earth live there. We started by going to the library, of course.

We found folk tales, biographies, picture books, and histories. My favorite things we learned about were the Taj Mahal, and Gandhi. Basically no one has ever been as cool as Gandhi. And the Taj Mahal is beautiful and romantic. 

Next, we colored pictures of some of the Hindu gods. There are millions of Hindu gods, so when I say some, I really mean just some. Mark Twain said that in religion, all other nations are paupers, and India is the only millionaire.

This (the elephent) is Ganesh, the god of good fortune. Ganesh is usually featured at weddings and other new beginnings.

And this is Devi, the mother goddess.

We went to Taste of India one day for lunch. It was so much fun! It was really pretty inside and everyone was wearing a turban. Plus, they gave the kids an ipad to play with while we waited. Who does that?

Everything was good, if you like spicy.

Abbie helped us make these cool tea light holders out of clay. She's a potter.

Lights like these are set in the holy Ganges river as prayers. We had our own little light festival in our backyard.

And let's not forget family yoga night.

We also watched a Bollywood movie. That might've been the worst part of India week, at least for me, so there is no picture. But really, India is really cool! This week were are doing the Caribbean Islands, so stay tuned!