Life is moving quickly right now. It’s taken a little while to get back into the swing of things after coming back from the US at Christmas, and everything seems to be happening at once. Life at work is busy for Mom and Dad, and Juliette’s new house arrived on the back of a truck from Germany last week, so what precious few minutes everyone has are usually spent visiting contractors or inspecting work on site. If Juliette grows up to become an engineer or architect, it won’t be any secret where she first cultivated her interest.
But we’re not so busy that we couldn’t find time to celebrate Juliette’s birthday (again!) with her friends here. We had a great party with lots of friends to play with, and surprisingly the entire affair was pretty calm. Dad has braced himself for much more chaos, and was pleased to discover that all of his friends have managed to raise little angels.

Time to blow out the candles!

Someone likes the birthday cake!

The gorgeous Taline, about to grab 40 winks

Lieke and Louis

Sometimes it’s best to sit back and just take everything in.

Vuthy and Taline

Reading a book together

Lucie and Xavier seem to be having fun.

Taline takes her turn on the rocking cow

Now it’s Xavier’s turn on the rocking cow.

A surprisingly calm gathering considering the number of youngsters involved. That’s because all of our friends have great kids. 🙂

Remi and Isabelle

That’s a very big present from Isabelle, Alex and Remi! I sure hope it’s battery-operated and makes lots of noise!