A first American "Birshday" celebration was had on January 13th for Misrak Olivia who was turning 7! The girls say "birshday" and so, it has kinda stuck. We had yummy Ethiopian food the night before the big day. Misrak was concerned as to WHEN we would celebrate her birshday. She had seen many children celebrate their birshday at school with cupcakes. (What she didn't know was that those same children probably had a family or family and friends celebration also.) She really wanted to celebrate with her family. She thought it was EITHER OR! She was quite pleased to hear we could do both! So, Mom brought cupcakes to class and the whole class sang to her and treated her like Queen for the day! After school we took a fun detour to Monkey Joe's where the kids jumped and bounced their heads off and then stopped home to open gifts before heading out to small group where we indulged in chocolate cake (albeit a bit too late in the evening) and ice cream with our family and friends.
Birshday Celebration!
Happy New Year!
After Christmas at home, we celebrated round 2 of Christmas at Grandma Sandy's in the ATL. Lots of fun was had with the Aunts, Uncles and cousins too! Riley got to stay up and watch the ball drop, a first I think! He's growing up way too fast! Many games of Wii Resort Sports were played, sparklers were lit and playing "dress up" was a new hit with the kids since the girls have come!
