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Friday, November 22, 2013

Sunday, November 17, 2013

Home Again!

The slumber party was a great success; we'e glad to have Nina back with us.

Saturday, November 16, 2013

The Partyers

Isabel, with two bracelets, is front and center.

We miss Nina

Who is having fun at her first slumber party.

Nina--with sleeping bag, teddy bear, and face tattoos (she come home from school with the tats on Friday: an experience we hope will not be repeated)--is on the way to her first ever slumber party, the first for any of our children. Happy birthday, Isabel!

Friday, November 15, 2013

The Birthday Run

Tuesday, November 12, 2013

We party all the time!

Anneliese, Rebecca, Annabelle and parents joined us Tuesday for birthday week cupcakes.

Monday, November 11, 2013

Six Plus Six (plus Eight)

Birthday celebrations began on the 10th, when we woke up to find Norah and the Benton-Nielsen newlyweds, who were on the way back from last weekend's Minnesota wedding (I also returned after bedtime from a conference in New Orleans). The celebrations continued with los abuelos, who sent activity books and clothes, and extraordinary, handmade, keepsake photo-collage birthday cards featuring each of the kids with their siblings, parents, Spanish cousins, tias, tios, and abuelos (see below). We opened these gifts live via a Skype connection with Madrid. By the end of birthday celebrations on the 11th, Pablo had received a Hot Wheels track set, a Vincent Van Gogh "The Starry Night" master art kit and tool box, and a 1st grade reading activity book, ; and Nina had received a 85-piece art kit and case, a Gustav Klimt "Tree of Life" master art kit and tool box, a 1st grade spelling activity book, a deluxe jumping rope, a rhythmic gymnastics twirling banner, an orange t-shirt from New Orleans, and an Indonesian flag (to go with her Mexican and Chinese flags). Click here to find out what Emilio got.