Gabriella is FOUR!

Gabrie is telling Jason thank you for the sock monkey.

This year, Gabriella's birthday fell on a Sunday. An awkward day for parties really, especially when Amme and Adda weren't planning anything because of our family tradition - no parties until you turn five. This worked all right with the oldest three girls, but Gabriella is on to the whole birthday = party equation her sisters have going on. The Thursday before her birthday, Rebecca was facing another kidney stone at school, so family friend Jason helped pick up the kids from preschool. Gabriella was thinking ahead and invited him to her party. Amme started calling a few close friends of Gabriella's and cousins to join us for cake on Sunday. It turned out that no one but Jason could make it. Gabriella wasn't terribly disappointed. Her new stripedy sock monkey was a hit! Of course, now that she's four she's going on eighteen and has Adda repeating sentences one syllable at a time like we used to do to help her increase her vocal skills.