WEEK 14

This week has been all about Bianca and her turning 5! Wow, big 5!! Crazy how big you are my little girl! You are proving you are the big girl you are by how you do things. You are such a great helper to me, and you are so easy going it is just so much fun to have you around ALL THE TIME!! You have talked a lot about having your ears pierced when you turn 5 but then lately you haven't mentioned it so I am not bringing it up, but letting you decide if you still want to do it. If you have decided you want to wait that is great. No hurry to do such a thing. So this friday was your birthdya. Kalima was here to celebrate with us. She came in on Wednesday night. I surprised you in the morning with a couple of gifts and a fun balloon on the second floor as you got out of your bedroom. Then when you came into the dining room there was a table full of gifts for you and another funky fun birthday balloon. You opened presents for a while. You also had already gotten a package from momma and moffa so you opened that. Later on a package arrived from aunt and uncle and cousins in Sweden. Fun fun fun !! AND even later another package arrived from auntie Andrea. WOW, presents all day. Fun fun fun. Then the next day was your big party. You seemed to be a bit nervous about it up until this day, but today your nerves seemed to have calmed. At 10.30 we had your party at Fort De Soto park. We had lots of funky, sparkly beads for everyone to bead something. That was a big hit, even amongst the adult men. Ha ha funny!! And we also did the fishing game, which is very popular game in Sweden, that was also a BIG hit amongst everyone. Of course we had cake, such a pretty, lovely tasting cake. And you opened more presents. WOW! Great stuff. 13 children attended your party. WOW! We all except for 3 kids then went onto the beach and spent the rest of the day splashing in the waves. It was such a lovely day. Some of the kids exclaimed it was THE BEST party ever.
I was so pleased that everyone wanted to join in on the beach fun. And everyone enjoyed the chicken wraps that I had made as well. It was a great day!!!

Ok, so Odin slept though the night for the first time. WOW! He slept from 9.30 til 6 when I got him and had him eat, then he fell back asleep again til 8 am. WOHOOO! Hope you keep that up little man. Also it seems you are close to crawling. You are perfectly happy on your tummy for the longest time. You laugh out loud so much now. So cute. And when you smile, your eyes smile. You smize!! So beautiful! Here are images from this past week. Oh Odin you really did enjoy all the partying and all the fun balloons and hanging on the beach! Love ya son, love ya daughter!!