A photo by Mia

Last evening we took some pictures of Mia. First a few with her towel after a bath

Then a few when she was playing with her toy train.


After that she also wanted to take a few pictures herself. Some didn't turn out too bad:

Maybe some good practice for our trip to New Orleans tomorrow.

Ben Ben's Birthday

Cousin Ben had his birthday party at a park in Clarksburg. Fortunately the rain had stopped just in time. Of course Mia had to check out the playground first.

Even tough it was Mia's first time in an open seat swing she was not scared and wanted Mama to push her higher and higher:

Later all the children got ready for an animal show:

First Mia didn't want to touch the reptiles and snakes but then she changed her mind.

Her favorite was the turtle
Ben was not even scared of the big snakes:

The highlight for Mia was of course the birthday cake

A busy weekend

After Mia got another cold last weekend she finally was well again by Thursday. So Saturday she was ready for her first egg hunt that had been organized by the management of our building.

Even though she got distracted by a bagels and other food she still managed to find quite a few eggs.
The next day she was invited at Aidan's birthday party. Luckily the day was sunny after it had been raining all day Saturday.

One of the things she was really looking forward to was the birthday cake

Mia even got a little surprise bag that went to all the children:

Waiting for spring

The past week has again been unsually cold and windy. So not many opportunities to get outside and play on the playground or look for neigborhood cats or dogs. But with the start of April it should only be a few more days until the winter coats can move to the back of the closets.

Playground

On a sunny but really cold afternoon Kelly and Itsaso came for a visit. After same tea and cake we bundled up and all headed to the playground were Mia and Itsaso hd fun

Alexandria

With the weather being a bit nicer we made the first trip to the waterfront in Alexandria for this year. Mia enjoyed looking at the birds and ships and also fed some ducks.


We could even look at a boat a builder had just finished:

The highlight of course was the ice cream parlor with the little polar bear in the window. In the evening we then all watched the "Super Moon" rise over Washington DC. It was supposed the largest full moon for more than 10 years. For a couple of weeks now Mia is excited about seeing the moon in the night sky.

Relaxing

Sometimes Mia likes to take a break from her busy schedule and relax on the sofa with a good book or spend some quality time with Mr Mimi.