20 Minutes

July 19th, 2006, late in the morning

One of the bigger gifts Liah received for her birthday was a playground set. Here’s a pic of Liah playing lounging in it.

Of course, when we received the gift, it had the two words attached to it that strike fear into me: assembly required.

Well, I noticed it said “20 minute assembly,” which I found encouraging. Wanting to be a good dad I rather quickly (by my standards) set about assembling the playground. Well, 20 minutes in I was most certainly not finished. 40 minutes. 60 minutes. Finally, over an hour in I had completed putting it together. Mildly frustrated I took a closer look at the box and noticed an asterisk next to the “20 minutes” promise.

I wondered what that could be for, and I didn’t have to search long to find out. Suddenly my hour-plus installation time made sense.

While a bit taken aback, I do appreciate their candor. :smile:

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Liah’s First Birthday Party

July 14th, 2006, late in the evening

Ok, ok, I’ve finally posted the photos from Liah’s party. Thank you to everyone who attented. This was the first time Aparna & I had attempted to pull off an event like this, and not being able to afford MKG Productions, we had to do a lot of the work ourselves. And by “we” I mean “Aparna.” As such I want to offer a public THANKS to Aparna for making it happen. From creating the so cute invitations, to planning the details of the party, she was Superplanner. (No mom, this isn’t the first time I thanked her.) Most importantely, Liah seemed to enjoy the festivites. It’s hard to predict how kids this young will react to all the hullabaloo, but I think she had a great time.

Okay, so I’ve got three albums up for your viewing pleasure. As always, please leave comments and even vote for your favorite pictures.

The first album is a few pictures from Liah’s actual birthday, the second album is a bunch of photos from Liah’s birthday party, and the third album is some photos from the past month.



Finally, to make it really easy, here are links to slideshows for the three albums.

Thanks again to everyone who attended!

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