Photo:Mindy Kaling / Instagram
Mindy Kaling / Instagram
Mindy KalingenjoyedFourth of Julyoutside with her kids.
On the patriotic holiday, the actress, 44, shared a video on Instagram where she lights a sparkler and dances around with it for a moment. She then approaches daughter Katherine “Kit” Swati, 5, and jokingly chases her around the yard with it.
Kaling then tries the same with son Spencer Avu, 2½, who is too busy navigating his ride-on toy to notice.
Kaling is known to be private about her children. She rarely shares photos of her kids and when she does, their faces are not visible.
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TheWhy Not Me?author recently shared she’s working hard to maintain an active lifestyle as a mom in an Instagram post around her birthday last month.
“My doctor told me that this year I was the healthiest I’ve been in years. That’s a pretty damn good gift, right?” she wrote. “I’m usually kind of low-level anxious, so I’m just gonna take one minute on my birthday to acknowledge that I am happy.”
“Man, there are ups and downs in this life!! But my ups seem to be the most important ones right now,” she continued. “Thanks for my birthday love. (Also maybe I will buy myself that trendy Dior bag that looks like a kidney bean).”
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PresidentJoe Bidenpresented the National Medal of Arts to the actress, as well as singersBruce SpringsteenandGladys Knight, actressJulia Louis-Dreyfus, and designerVera Wangat the White House.
Sharing photos from the day and reflecting on its significance, Kaling included a glimpse of her daughter walking up a flight of stairs holding her hand.
source: people.com
