Brenna turned 4 on Jan. 15. After school we made cupcakes and opened some presents on Skype. For dinner she wanted to go to the “blue” restaurant for pizza. They served her a huge bowl of chocolate ice cream with a candle and sang Happy Birthday in Italian. Then home for the English version because we just had to sample the cupcakes.
She got to blow out candles three times in total, four if you count the pretend cake at school. Friday was her party, and the weather even cooperated. A group of friends walked over from school. We had lunch in the flat and then the kids ran off their cupcake-induced energy in the gardens. They went wild until the weather stopped cooperating (rain).
Brenna was super cute, all smiles and very excited to have all her friends over. Fiona was a very helpful little hostess and helped serve and even helped two little girls figure out how to share a dolly.
It was a good ending to a rough week that started out with Fiona throwing up every twenty minutes for the whole night. Two nights later Brenna clocked in at every two hours. Cory was spared the throwing up part but was wiped out for two days.
When your kids throw up in bed, assessing the damage is a bit like checking out your car after a fender bender. You hope you only got one panel because you know it will be cheaper to fix. Sheets, blanket, comforter, pillow, mattress, pajamas, and hair are akin to totaling your car. Seriously, I almost threw away some of it. That is a lot of laundry when your washing machine is about the size of a pasta pot.
Thankfully, everyone recovered in time for Brenna’s Birthday and it never hit Ryan, which is very fortunate as he had exams last week and this. European exams are hard core. He has been putting in 12-14 hour days studying. Wish him luck!
She got to blow out candles three times in total, four if you count the pretend cake at school. Friday was her party, and the weather even cooperated. A group of friends walked over from school. We had lunch in the flat and then the kids ran off their cupcake-induced energy in the gardens. They went wild until the weather stopped cooperating (rain).
Brenna was super cute, all smiles and very excited to have all her friends over. Fiona was a very helpful little hostess and helped serve and even helped two little girls figure out how to share a dolly.
It was a good ending to a rough week that started out with Fiona throwing up every twenty minutes for the whole night. Two nights later Brenna clocked in at every two hours. Cory was spared the throwing up part but was wiped out for two days.
When your kids throw up in bed, assessing the damage is a bit like checking out your car after a fender bender. You hope you only got one panel because you know it will be cheaper to fix. Sheets, blanket, comforter, pillow, mattress, pajamas, and hair are akin to totaling your car. Seriously, I almost threw away some of it. That is a lot of laundry when your washing machine is about the size of a pasta pot.
Thankfully, everyone recovered in time for Brenna’s Birthday and it never hit Ryan, which is very fortunate as he had exams last week and this. European exams are hard core. He has been putting in 12-14 hour days studying. Wish him luck!
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