birthdays

Last night we had THREE birthday cakes. One for Michal whose birthday is Friday, once for Adrian who keeps threatening to have a birthday, but we want her to stay 12, and one for Sam-just because. It was good to be with family and to share some good times. It was also a little weird since we didn't have the pressure of needing to pack things up or the nagging feeling that this party would have to last two years. We'll be separated by about 7 hours after this week-but hey-that is a lot shorter than what it has been.