Happy Birthday in Russian

Vic celebrated his 4th birthday at the preschool he attends a few days before his birthday.  We love that they do simple but special birthdays at school. 

Singing the Happy Birthday song equivalent

Blowing out his candle

The kids get to take a face-first bite from their cake

 

The immediate clean-up after the bite

It is a toasting culture, and the kids start learning this at school too.  They called on Seth as one of the kids to give the birthday toast.

Happy Thanksgiving

We had a wonderful American holiday with friends, 17 adults, 12 kiddos, and 8 different passport countries. 

Lovely bird and carver

Seth coloring leaf impressions for the "kid" table