Birthday parties galore!

By Abbas -


Some of you will recall that we did a big 1st birthday party for Samarah at IKEA. I think we ended up having a guest list of about 60 - we had a great time, but it was also pretty hectic. This year, we thought that we'd forego the big party for Samarah and just have something small at her daycare. So we did that party and it was fun (especially when Samarah started screaming when she saw we were going to her school on a non-school day). That party was followed by another, and then another! So much for low key birthdays...

The upside for Samarah was that she got a lot of (Dora) loot! I'll have to take some more pictures of her riding her car, driving her bicycle, sitting in her Dora chair and running around with her backpack.

In the meantime, here are some pictures from the parties.

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