Anticipation...

Hani has never had a birthday part. Ever. She came home 2 weeks after her birthday last year, and we didn't dare celebrate since we couldn't explain it. She has been waiting so long.. through the birthdays of every single person in our family and extended family.

She had only two requests for her birthday: swimming and injera.  To grant both of these, we had to drive to a city 3 hours away.  We stayed in a hotel that had a water park, complete with a big pirate ship in the kiddie pool and a 2 story water slide. It was so much fun.

Waiting to get into the pool...

Swimming!

Floating!

I tried to take pictures of all of them. After 3 years of obsessive photo taking, Meron has decided she is done with photo shoots. It is like taking pictures of a yeti... as soon as she sees I have the camera she runs away.

That little brown and blue streak is my baby going down the GIGANTIC water slide by herself. Scared the poo out of me. But she was proud of herself and had a blast. Plus, Hani did it first, so Meron HAD to.