Sarah's Birthday

This is out of order... I can't fix it without re-doing all the pictures since I really don't know what I am doing. Anyway, Abby is about to get eaten by a giant T Rex head. Very scary.

Birthday Breakfast

Freedom!

This is why Daddy isn't normally allowed to clean me up after lunch!

I'm kind of a big deal... I'm on the tube.

An alive T Rex.

Some kind of scary dinos that move. I am sure my nephews could name them.

Last Friday, the 24th, was my birthday and it turned out to be a great day! I was worried, as I am in the middle of a little bout of homesickeness (that I am sure will pass!), but my wonderful family and new friends helped to celebrate number 34 the whole day. Tim took the day off, which was great. I was completely ready for an additional day of dual parenting. Abby had a partial day of nursery school. She is just going for half days during her "settling in period" until she fits in and gets used to school. So the morning started off with Tim and I feeding Abby breakfast and me opening presents and cards. Tim had brought me roses the night before and I had purchased some shoes a couple of weeks ago for my birthday. I also received some giftcards for the Gap and a great store called Kath Kidston. Shortly after it was time to get Abby to school (it is close enough to walk there in 5 minutes). Tim had never been there before, so he was happy to see her room and meet teachers. Abby was excited to show her daddy around too. Then Tim, Sophie and I went to the high road to go out for breakfast. It was absolutely beautiful day so we sat at tables out on the sidewalk and had tasty fruit, croissants, tea, etc. A perfect breakfast! Then the three of us continued on the high road and I spent some of my gift cards. We let Sophie out of her stroller since she is normally held prisoner by that thing everytime we are out and so she went running through a park. After lunch at home and a nap for Sophie (where more beautiful flowers were waiting for me from the Selbitschkas!!), I went to pick up Abby and we all headed to the Natural History Museum to see the cool Dinosaur Exhibit. Tim had not been to the museum yet, so it was a nice family outing. We ended up rushing home to get back to Chiswick in time to head out to a pub to meet some friends for dinner and cake back at our house. What a great day. The only thing that would have made it better is to have our friends and family here for it! Can't wait to see you all soon! Enjoy the pictures!