Nine Years

Why is there a picture of monkeys on this blog?

And a pile of sandwiches with little umbrellas?

Here's a hint...Gifts, Girls (and one boy) and Prezzies...

A new dress or two, flowers, and a birthday cake.

Maya turned 9!

She really wanted a Monkey Tea Party. These kids, they take these monkeys with them everywhere--they dress them and feed them and make them clothes from ribbons and fabric scraps. So here they are, front and center, helping to ring in the new year for this little girl who is not such a little girl anymore, but really a big girl. So we played with flowers and fabric and chocolate and whipped cream and giggled with friends and it was sweet and lovely.

Happy Birthday Maya Marie...