Tanti Auguri for Isabelle

We are posing here with Agnes and her siblings and mother.

Isabelle is thinking to karate chop the cake, while her fellow birthday girl, Agnes looks on to protect it!

The party gang!

Everyone coming down the moonwalk slide.

The birthday girl.

*Note - Isabelle had some face painting done which is not very clear in the picture, but the dark shadows on the side of her face and the red eyes are face paint and not bruises and/or the result of some consumptive-wasting disease.

Isabelle had a joint birthday party with one of her best friends, Agnes, who is in her class and turned 7 just two days after Isabelle had her 6th birthday. We had the party at a moonwalk place called "Hakunamattata" like from the Lion King. Isabelle and Agnes are in a class of only 14 children, so of course everyone was invited. It was a Sunday afternoon, so most of the parents came and as one of the Italian father's remarked, "Now this is really an international party!" Families from the party were from Sri Lanka, Germany, America (just us), the Netherlands, Croatia, Sweden and Italy. We sang Happy Birthday three times, first in Italian, second in English, and finally in German (for Agnes). Agnes' mom loves to bake, so she made a huge cake for the girls, they got lots of presents and a fun time was had by all - 4 solid hours of jumping, dancing, drinking soda pop, eating junk food and sweating. Can a group of 6 and 7 year olds ask for more? The photos are evidence of the fun and mayhem!