Abby's Birthday

Guess who came all the way from MN to celebrate with us? Noni and Papa did! Tim had to be in the US the week of Abby's 4th birthday, but that disappointment was dampened by the excitement of having two of our favorite people visit. Abby's birthday started out with a good traffic jam on the way to airport that left Noni and Papa waiting for quite awhile for us to get them. Sorry! We got them settled and then took the daily walk to Abby's new school for her afternoon nursery program. It is about a 20 minute walk but Abby absolutely adores her time there.

We decided that there would be some time to open presents before school (and a quick hug from our VIPs).

One of my favorite things to do with Abby is to bake. Banana bread is our specialty, though we can make cookies and cakes too. She didn't have an apron, so I gave her a cool one, just from me. Tim and my other present to her was a scooter. She had been begging for one since we arrived here and most kids have them. It definitely makes our daily long walks to school go a little faster and she is really pretty good at riding it too!

The pile of presents before she dug in.

The next Saturday, we had a party for her with a few friends. Our two American friends came - the Johnsons and Becklers as well as our lovely neighbors with kids nearly the same age as Abby and Sophie. Abby and Amira (the neighbor girl) like to giggle through a knothole in the fence separating our yards and now we walk back and forth to school together most days.