Today is my baby girl's birthday! I was so excited in the morning; I couldn't believe she is already 8 years old. This is the day she was born 8 years ago. Where did time go??
The day was Friday. It started
as a normal day, I started working and hubby did too. However he came home
early and together with Eden they went and got candy to make a pinata for the
birthday party. We had planned to have a birthday party in the afternoon. Initially
Perla was going to school and I was going to decorate for the party. But we
ended up being late, so she didn't go to school. I asked her to stay in her
room while we blew the balloons, prepared the treats, the games etc. We were
ready for the guests! We had invited cousins and neighbors. There were in total
7 kids in our house, 2 grandmas, and 1 aunt.
Initially all the guests had to
come to the house through a maze. I had taped the corridor and made it like a
laser maze. After everyone was sitted, Miri was the pizza chef in charge. We
had a pizza bar with different toppings the kids could pick from and Miri would
bake the pizzas for them.
While eating food, I showed a
video I had made with clips from when Perla was a cute, adorable baby. After cleaning
the table, everyone sat for drawing time. I had bought a small canvas for everyone
and had put tape to form the first letter of their first name. They were to
color the canvas and when it was dry, we removed the tape and they could see
their letter. This was a little gift for them to take home.
After that, I painted their
faces with whatever thing they picked. The girls wanted their faces as
butterflies, and the boys chose iron man and superman.
Next, we had a doughnut eating
contest. I threaded doughnuts and everyone stayed in line. They were to eat the
doughnuts without hands. I put the timer for one minute and in the end, we
would see who had eaten more from their doughnut. It was hilarious to see the
kids struggling to eat their doughnuts. Especially because the doughnuts would
slide. They had a blast to say the least.
In the end we had karaoke and
another contest where I had taped on the wall different years on one side and
Perla's pictures on the other and they were to correctly match the picture to
the date.
I enjoyed this birthday a lot,
especially because last year for her birthday we were in complete lock-down. And
to see my baby girl have so much fun, made it all worth the while.
She is so kind and is always
looking to make new friends everywhere she goes. She is hard working and loves
to help in the house. She has started writing (with some help) on her little
diary. She also has a recipe notebook where she writes the recipes we cook
together. She loves to make crafts and she makes them independent from me. She
speaks both English and Albanian and reads in both languages, but she only
writes in Albanian for now. She has started to learn piano as well this year.
She has picked up quickly. She is very flexible and is always practicing her cartwheels
and handstand. She knows what she likes, and she works towards becoming better
at it. She won't stand if someone is speaking to her disrespectfully or
treating her like a child or deciding for her. She is really good about following
rules. For instance, she has never complained about wearing the mask at school
and to and from school even though a lot of people don't keep it anymore or
will wear it under their noses. She loves to draw and color. She is already
asking for a phone (her friends all have phones) but she knows she won't get
one for a looong time. 😊 She doesn't like her daddy kissing her
when he has facial hair, and will demand he shaves if he wants to kiss her. She
is growing up and she has her own personality, and it is so fun to see her
bloom. Sometimes we get frustrated with each other but she is so quick to say
sorry and so am I. She is fantastic. She is getting ready to be baptized soon.
I am so happy for her. She is convinced she wants to be baptized even though
she is only 8. I was 19 when I made that decision. She has a family to help her
grow in the gospel. We are cheering for her; we will always be here for her.
Life with you my baby Perla is so beautiful! I am just the luckiest mama to
have you!
