The beginning of Goodbye

Ever since we arrived in Munich, and Sophia saw the indoor play areas, she has been begging for a party there.  I always said she could have one when we were leaving, and so today was the day.

So we hosted a “goodbye to Sophia/ 6-1/2 year old birthday” party.  It was, unfortunately, the last of amazingly hot days this week, but it actually was even too hot for the kids to be outside, and it meant that there weren’t too many people inside with us!

  Even Alexandra had her own friends to play with!

I was actually serving Apple Juice to the kids, not beer.  But the parents were able to enjoy the beer!

Birthday celebrations

My darling parents finally arrived from their flight adventures today(ash cloud has calmed down for now) and we were able to celebrate Alexandra’s and my mom’s birthday in the proper manner; on the terrace in the sun, Italian wine & chocolates (we are near Perugia after all), and lots of excitement all around.  Sophia drove to Rome with me this morning to pick them up, and we watched the sun rise over the hill towns we were driving thru.  Amazing!

Alexandra – a 2 year look back.

My how our girl has changed…

Thank you for all of the joy you have brought to our lives!!

Happy Birthday my love…

Sophia is 6! Happy Birthday!

Sophia had quite the birthday celebrations this year.  Not only the party at school, but a party at Build-a-Bear and then a family dinner afterwards.  She also counts her birthday breakfast (complete with Mickey Mouse pancakes) as another party…

(Licking the chocolate batter off the spatula after breakfast!) Sitting in her Balloon throne opening presents! and a new bike! Training wheels to come off as soon as the snow stops…

A fasching birthday party

Sophia was lucky enough to celebrate her birthday early this year because of our travel schedule and the school ski break.  It also happened to fall on the friday that the kids were asked to dress up for the fasching celebration, which meant that most of the kids were in fun costumes and it looked to be a real party…

I turned into Martha Stewart and made cupcakes (with the best chocolate cake mix the US has to offer) and cake to share, Sophia did the sprinkles decorations and put crossed hearts on for a bit of Valentines as well.

and yes, I bought a frosting tip to make the roses…

and silliness was all around!

A birthday party for mommy…

Troy & Sophia planned a fantastic birthday party for me today, and Sophia was so excited she was jumping from our bedroom (where I was napping while they set it all up) to the kitchen for the princess themed party.  So sweet, and she was really proud of herself.  And Troy too of course.  It was so special for me, one of the best birthday’s I’ve had in a while!

Sophia picked out the amazing chocolate marzipan cake.  It was so rich that Troy & I could only eat about 1/2 of our pieces, but both of our girls loved it!  And both had seconds…  wow. Sophia even found her blue tiara for me to wear.

Thanks for all of your messages.  Our internet stopped working this week (of course) so I wasn’t able to get them for a few days, but it was so nice to be remembered by you all!

xx