Tuesday, June 7, 2011

Alyssa's Birthday and a BBQ with old friends

Last weekend was Alyssa's (Sohail's cousin) 12th birthday. She and her friends had dinner at an Italian restaurant and then had a slumber / scrap booking party. Sunday, our friends Ben and Terri, who just moved to DC from Hawaii had us over for a BBQ with their two cute kids. It was fun to have a kid-filled weekend -- even if the 12-year-olds made me want a face lift!

At Alyssa's birthday dinner. The girls were on the other end of the table.
With Shahnaz, Sara, and Sohail
Sharzad, Shahnaz, and Sara
Sharzad with Alyssa and her friends
Sara and I were trying to fit in with the girls. We thought we were doing a pretty good job until we asked them how old they thought we were. They guessed Sara (who's also 29) was 18 and I was 40 (!!!!). They didn't believe us when we told them we're the same age. Sara says it's because I have a job, Sohail thinks it was the cardigan, and I'm guessing I just need some plastic surgery asap ;-)
With Terri and Ben grilling in the background. Their house has a huge yard and their kids spent most of the evening playing outside.
Sohail the pirate

3 comments:

Gabriel Beal said...

You do not look 40!!!! Sara might look 18, but still. Little girls have no clue. You look great.
That's great that Terri and Ben are back in your area.
-Shirin

Anonymous said...

Is it true that the root of the word pirate is Persian?

Maman said...

Si les filles pensent que tu as 40 ans, je dois en avoir 80 a leur avis. Nous pourrions aller ensemble nous faire faire de la chirurgie esthetique!En tout cas, je suis contente de voir que vous vous amusez bien.