Princess Rachel, and guests!

Saturday, November 28, Rachel turned 3! We celebrated her birthday with her friends a day early. The celebration was for "princesses". All of the princesses on the compound were invited, young, and young at heart. Alan helped decorate by making a castle for the wall. Each guest dressed in princess garb. Aunt Cindy sprinkled everyone with "princess dust" (glitter) when they arrived. One special "princess" was Yoko, who dressed in a traditional Japanese kimono for the occasion! It was lots of fun. The boys were served consolation cupcakes on the back porch. (Probably all they really wanted anyway) Rachel wore a new dress that I made for her, and her princess dress up shoes, along with a flower tiara. Toenails and fingernails were painted to her specifications for the event as well.

It is personally hard for me to believe that Rachel is three years old already. It is amazing to realize that it has been 3 years since we were studying French in Quebec. It sometimes seems just a short while ago. We are in the final stretch of our first term, and it is already time to start looking for plane tickets to return to the U.S., housing, and transportation for our year's furlough.