Caroline turned 7

Yesterday morning she came into our room saying she had slept like a dog and had the feeling today was a special day, only she couldn't remember why.

Sure honey.
Todays your birthday and I don't mind saying it to you a hundred times.

At 10 a bunch of girls arrived. She had invited 13, luckily 2 of them were unable to come and as it turned out one did't show up at all. With our 3 though, we still had 13 kids running around.
Luckily there was plenty of cake.

After an hour or so we went to de Ontdekhoek where they made soap, baked their own crisps, made a boat, a book, stamps, you name it.

Then Robbert took the boys to judo and now owes me BIG time for staying behind with 11 girls, taking them home (in the back of the van), making them pancakes and then receiving the parents who were picking them up.

Morten with one of the Halloween lampions the girls could take home with them:

And then....

it was time for the highlight of this day.

Ears getting pierced.

She was pretty nervous and wanted to make sure there would be no blood nor pain. We told her the blood was covered, but unfortunately there would be a little pain.

little in her eyes meant something else.

After her first ear was done, she cried and said this would be it.

it took the sales rep and me a little persuading and then she had her second ear done.
back in the car, after the first itching and glowing was over, she was on top of the world and said she had had the best present EVER.