Anthony's First Birthday

On Saturday our friend Anthony had his first birthday party. It was a blast. Sonia loves coming to visit Anthony who lives right next to us in a big brownstone. This was a very special occasion. Anthony's whole house was transformed with dozens bright orange balloons flying from one room to another. Anthony had a very orange outfit on and the kids enjoyed orange macaroni and cheese with OJ.

Jeremy and I discovered a new way to eat bagels with cream cheese, capers, onions and smoked salmon. MMMM SO Good! I think I ate way too much. Anthony and his dad
Anthony's cake and a whole family with Lena, Mark and older sister Isabella who had her birthday party a day later.
Anthony is playing with Sonia. They love to share toys and chase each other around the house.
We also were delighted to make new friends in the neighborhood. At first Sonia was carefully watching other big girls. Then she got to play with Clara.

For the first time Sonia tried to stand up all on her own. She was trying to climb up the stairs and had to pull herself up for a second. I hope she will stand up very soon.

We had so much fun! Thanks for having us.