birthday mornings at our home are full of whispers… pitter patters… scamperings… hurries… then a deep breath and we sing! I love our tradition… We do birthday mornings like they do it over in Sweden where Pappa bear is from… we make a nice breakfast while the birthday girl is fast asleep… or pretending… while we pluck flowers for the tray… find all the cards and gifts that have come from all over… find a special pretty napkin… light a candle… and then all of the family softly opens the birthday girl’s door and begins to sing to her the Swedish birthday song. She wakes with a happy smile and and gets to open her special birthday presents..
such nice flowers just now in our garden… my favorite geraniums!
I made this sweet card for her with drawings of special things she did during her year… a way of reflecting and perhaps thinking of what she will do in her 5th year… she loved it… looked at each and every drawing and could figure out each one… and remember…
the happiest part to me of course… is these sweet girls… the love they have for each other…melts my heart! Isabelle just thinks her little sister is adorable and often says… “awe, Cecilia, you’re such a cutie..” and little Cecilia just thinks the world of her big sister! love them!