Rosetta's Birthday

Something about a birthday in Slovenia must bring out the wolves.  The decibel level in our apartment was at an all-time high today all day long.  Given that we never hear any of our neighbors, we're expecting the deportation police to show up any minute.

Anyhow, our biggest little girl turned four today and she was very, very excited.  We ventured out this morning to pick up a package from Auntie Cheryl (it took two tries, as we went to the wrong post office first), went to the market to buy goodies for dinner (where Rosetta loaded up on birthday treats from the vendors who know us), then came home and watched Aristocats (Auntie Cheryl's gift).  Rosetta, Celia, and Sy thought it was very neat that the neighbor cat was sunning himself outside the window as they watched the movie.

Tonight, Chantelle made the best lasagna I've ever had, stocked with fresh buffalo mozzarella, ricotta, parmigiano-reggiano, and noodles from the market.  The wolves and I ate our weight.  We then had birthday cupcakes for dessert (check out the foot-long candles!) and opened presents.  Rosetta, ever the sweetheart, offered to let Celia and Sy each open one of her presents so they wouldn't be sad.

The kiddos are in bed now, although from the sound of it the birthday girl and her sidekick are still going strong.  Tomorrow we're taking a choo-choo train to Ptuj (that's Pa-tooie) for the kickoff of Carnival.  The kids will either have lots of fun there or it will give them nightmares.  Guess we'll find out...