Family Walks and Ayana's Third birthday :)

So, to continue with the theme of catch up, the next pictures show a couple of family pictures as we went walking on Thanksgiving (2 days after I got back from England) ...

...and then moving on to Ayana's third birthday. Here she is with a new Lego set...
...and with her kitchen set. This is cool. The tap makes water sounds and the cooking element makes sizzling sounds. Very fun to play with I have to say! :)
And a birthday hug from Oma.
Ayana had her princess birthday party the next week. The build up and anticipation was almost more than she (or any of us) could bear. Each day we heard "Is it my party today?" So, when the day actually arrived, she was SOOOOO excited. Here she is standing at the door ready to welcome guests.
And hanging out in the play tent and with mummy and Moses, waiting ...oh so patiently...for friends to arrive. (Note Moses is wearing his new England shirt!)

For the birthday craft we took individual pictures of Ayana with all her guests and then printed them off. Each little guest decorated a picture frame and then took home a party picture of themselves with the birthday girl. They loved doing this, and I loved cleaning up the glitter for the next few months. But it was worth it!

So, that is my little snapshot of October and November...I'm getting there. Only 41/2 more months to catch up.