Gabi's first birthday party in Geneva (not her actual birthday!)
We were invited to Gabi's first birthday party (a kid from school) which we almost missed cause my calendar was off by two hours so I'm grateful the mom actually emailed me the address and CORRECT time about 30 min. before the party started, at which point I ran to the shower and we made it only about 5 min. late which is great.
Gabi was super shy most of the party, as were most of the other girls since it was a 95% all boy party! But in Cincinnati she would've been running the joint 5 min. after arriving! By the end of the party though she was hanging out with some friends and totally enjoying the puppet show and asking could the puppet show also come to her birthday party. Still, I can't help to think Gabi is not quite herself yet. That this move has affected her in ways I cannot even begin to understand. I hope my mom's visit this week gives her a little bit of that "home" feeling and that she'll enjoy her grandma's company.
She was also pretty excited to get her first painting here -- although I have to say it didn't compare to the more elaborate ones we've had in Cincinnati! We keep struggling with what to do for her birthday, we were used to such huge productions back in Cinci but with her not knowing that many people and not even knowing the infrastructure here it doesn't seem worth it to go through all the trouble. We wanted to just to cupcakes at school on her actual birthday and just have cake at home with the family the weekend afterwards, but I wonder if she's expecting more! We just don't even know how to go about finding a place to have it that would fit all the kids from school, getting the cake, entertainers, etc. Not to mention how much it could cost here!!!! Yikes. We'll keep noodling that one for now although we do need to make a decision soon if we're going to invite people from school for it.
Gabi was super shy most of the party, as were most of the other girls since it was a 95% all boy party! But in Cincinnati she would've been running the joint 5 min. after arriving! By the end of the party though she was hanging out with some friends and totally enjoying the puppet show and asking could the puppet show also come to her birthday party. Still, I can't help to think Gabi is not quite herself yet. That this move has affected her in ways I cannot even begin to understand. I hope my mom's visit this week gives her a little bit of that "home" feeling and that she'll enjoy her grandma's company.
She was also pretty excited to get her first painting here -- although I have to say it didn't compare to the more elaborate ones we've had in Cincinnati! We keep struggling with what to do for her birthday, we were used to such huge productions back in Cinci but with her not knowing that many people and not even knowing the infrastructure here it doesn't seem worth it to go through all the trouble. We wanted to just to cupcakes at school on her actual birthday and just have cake at home with the family the weekend afterwards, but I wonder if she's expecting more! We just don't even know how to go about finding a place to have it that would fit all the kids from school, getting the cake, entertainers, etc. Not to mention how much it could cost here!!!! Yikes. We'll keep noodling that one for now although we do need to make a decision soon if we're going to invite people from school for it.
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