14 Kids + 1 Bowling Alley + 30 Chocolate Cupcakes = A Great 4th Birthday Party!!!

I knocked down ALL the pins today!! Okay, maybe it was a little
easier because they had the gutter guards up. But, hey, I'm now an
expert at pinball bowling!! :-)

And all my friends were there (except for a few who were out of town
for the long weekend), and we had bowling tattoos, and pizza, and
juice, and balloons, and as much bowling as we wanted, and chocolate
cupcakes! And I got presents...really cool presents (thanks everyone!).

Even the end was really fun, because my 'big sisters' all took me to
go play video games.

My party was really fun, even though I cried a lot before it started
when I fell down and cut my chin. My mommies can't understand why I
keep cutting my face open. I just think it will give me some good
stories to tell about all my scars when I get bigger.

Happy Birthday to ME!!

I'm four!!! Yep, you read that right...I turned four today. And,
boy, I had a great day. Mommy made me a scone for morning snack.
The, I had lunch with both of my mommies, and I got to eat a really
big, yummy fish. After lunch, Mommy took me bowling to practice for
my bowling birthday party. I scored 65 (love those gutter
bumpers...they sure make bowling fun for kids like me)! After that I
got to go home and we had squid for dinner and brownies with sparkly
candles for dessert. And presents, oh the presents....that was the
best part!

But we didn't have dinner until after I got to play with the new
scooter that I got for my birthday! Check, me out...and watch out
when you're walking down the street...you never know when I might be
scooting along on my cool green Razor scooter.

Boogie Boy...

Don't think that I don't get to go out and party!! I'm a regular party boy. Check me out dancing last Friday night at the Marine House at the Embassy!

I. CAN. SWIM!!!!!!!!!

Hey world....look what I can do!!!!! :-) :-) :-)

my great Croatian vacation!!!

Boats (big boats, little boats, boats with cars on them, speed
boats), beautiful beaches, sand, rocks, beach toys, swimming, squid,
mussels, fish, juice, ice cream .... what more could I ask for? When
do we get to go back?!?

Sick Day at Home

I've been a little tired recently, but Lady Gaga video coming
soon....I promise! Maybe not until after I get back from the
Croatian Islands, though.... Too much sand, sun, sea, and blue water
would make it hard for anyone to blog!

from Children's Day (June 1)

These are from a little while ago, but I thought I'd put them up anyway. You don't mind, do you?

My preschool had a fun picnic to celebrate Children's Day at the botanical gardens. I got to play with my friends, eat lots of snacks, and run around. And then after school, my mommy's friend Sylvie gave me chocolate. Who could ask for more!?!

bubbles

Just a quick note to say hi...and to show you how much fun I had blowing bubbles with Jason. Also, my mommies keep talking about the Albanian national elections. I guess they are going to do some election observation tomorrow, instead of playing with me. How boring. 

These flags...a string of them were hanging over a street in Fushe Kruje. It's the Democratic Party flag...and the American flag (it's not backwards if you are driving from the other direction!) Only in Albania....

Fun with Jason!!!

Jason came to visit me, and we had a great time. My mommies kept
telling me that he was their friend...but I know the truth. He came
to visit me!!! These pictures are from the really fun day that we
spent at Plazh i Generalit (General's Beach).

I thought it was going to rain, because there was lots of thunder and
lightning while we were eating lunch. But by the time I finished my
fish (have I told you how much I LOVE fish), the day was beautiful!!
But the early morning weather scared everyone else off, and we had
the whole beautiful beach all to ourselves!!! Wow!

Still Silly!

Have I mentioned how much I love eggs? Real eggs, plastic eggs, chocolate eggs, books about eggs... I love all of them!

Silly!

Purim

Thanks to our Israeli friends, we got to have Purim in Albania on Tuesday!! And I wore my pirate costume and ate falafel and played a lot. Thanks for inviting us Hely!

a few of my favorite things...

My mommies think that Xheni is their friend. But I know that she is really my friend! Anyone who brings me a remote control car and lollipops and a little tiny flashlight can come over to my house any time she wants!


p.s. Xheni is pronounced 'Jenny' in case those of you who don't speak Albanian were wondering

still dancing!

Thought you'd like to see what I look like dancing to the same song today, nearly 2.5 years later! Still cute, don't you think?

Blast from the past...

My mommies were looking at old photos...they were trying to find photos of Albania but, of course, it's way more interesting to look at ME!! So, even though I'm a big boy now, here's one of my baby videos from October 22, 2006 (I was almost 14 months old).