In honor of the kids' birthdays, my mom ("Oma" to Ella & Felix) came to visit us for a couple of weeks. It went by so fast but we did manage to get "just a few" pictures to document the occasion. The very first day was Ella's birthday; after Dutch school in the morning, they went to the mall together to pick out a new birthday outfit. Ella also got a couple of pretty necklaces. For Ella's birthday dinner, she chose to go to Crazy Tokyo Sushi.
The following day was THE PARTY!
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Felix's friends Liam, Daniel, Charlie and Will came, as did Ella's friends Emma, Molly, Mia, Kate, Syrena and Zachary. The special guests, Reptacular Animals, were a huge hit with the kids and adults alike. Ella's favorite was this, a little kingsnake:
Felix liked the chinchilla and the iguana:
The rest of the special guests were an Emperor scorpion, a big fat African Bullfrog, a yellow finch, a white dove, a gray bunny, a boa, a monitor lizard and a desert tortoise (who enjoyed munching on the grass in our yard).
The other WOW moment was the rainbow cake, made by my friend Nathalie. Molly's brother who doesn't even eat cake exclaimed, "This is the best cake I've had in my life!" (as a 6-yr-old, you can imagine he'd had his share of cake in his lifetime). High praise indeed.
One last picture of the special day; Ella's Back-To-School picnic was the same day as the party, so after everyone left, and we cleaned up, we headed over there for a little while. Here's Ella with her name on the school marquee which was up for the whole month of October:
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2 comments:
Wow that looks like a very cool birthday party. Emile would have freaked out with all those animals I think! Ha ha. How on earth does your friend make that cake??? I want to know.
Oh! I forgot that picture of Ella and me at Crazy Tokyo Sushi (as well as the name!) What a pity.
Looks like Ella and Felix's Oma had a great time!!
;-)
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