Happy Birthday - TO ME!

Well, I'm officially at the end of my 30s. HOW DID THAT HAPPEN?! It was (finally) a gorgeous day and per my request, Lily let me sleep in. She was of course snuggled right beside me after Chris left for a day of travel. We enjoyed a lazy morning in the apartment and made our way to our FIRST play date and meetup with a big nice sized group of expat moms and kids gathered to watch a marionette show at the gardens around Rosenborg Castle. What a fantastic time - meeting new women and wonderful children from all over. It's funny that our common bond is this newness of being surrounded by unknowns.

Lily was one of the oldest children, but she quickly gravitated to a couple of the girls closest to her age. They had a ball running through the gardens, climbing on play structures, blowing bubbles and just being little people. Thankfully they all speak English - so there was no barrier to climb for the kids or moms!

After the puppet show and part time, we walked with new friends to Nyhavn (the colorful area by the harbor) to make our way to the water taxi. We ended up on the wrong side of the pier so we back tracked a bit and much to Lily's delight picked up our first sampling of Danish ice cream. As usual, she chose vanilla but said on her first bit, "Mom, they do ice cream better here. It's colorful (yellow, rather than white) and it tastes like cake batter." Clearly this will not be our last ice cream stop.

Ice Cream in Nyhavn. Can't figure out how to rotate the photo. Sorry.

The water taxi ride was quick, easy and very scenic. We opted to stay in and have left overs rather than going out for sushi as Lily had originally voted for. Chris got home about 730PM, so we had a nice quiet evening as a family. Really, it doesn't get much better than that in this girl's humble opinion.