Cora Azalea

Tuesday, November 17, 2015

A Birthday in the Alps

Happy Birthday Cora!

On November 7, 2015 the day after her awesome birthday bash, Cora celebrated her actual third birthday in the mountains hiking, singing and playing around with the family. My dear friend from preschool, Annie Herzig also arrived in time to share Cora's special day and came along for the journey into the Alps!

Annie was able to stay with us for a few days, and it was beyond wonderful to catch up. We hadn't seen each other in years, but it was as if no time had passed at all. And of course, Cora LOVED Annie - her creative energy was so much fun. We hiked, explored Bern and Friborg, played with Play-Doh, drew, watched Frozen, played trains and sang lots of songs. It was a grand old time!

Daddy had to leave again for another long journey to South America, but luckily we have been keeping quite busy with Annie here and planning activities almost everyday. The weather has been fabulous so we have been taking advantage of being outside as much as possible. What a great week it has been!

It was a remarkable birthday in the Alps!

Nap time.

Daddy relaxing before a two week journey to South America.

Mermaid Cora.

Chubby Cheek Day! Right before she has a growth spirt,
her cheeks get really chubby. It's adorable.

Perfecting her soccer skills. I'm so proud!

Riding the train with Annie!

Fribourg!

Hiking with Annie while Dad is away.

Our beautiful "backyard."

Annie the cow whisperer.

(This was taken a couple weeks ago, but didn't know where else to fit it in!)

Sunday, November 15, 2015

Happy 3rd Birthday Cora Azalea!

Happy 3rd Birthday to my sweet, curious and adventurous Cora Azalea!

Favorite Foods: Bacon, strawberry yogurt, pink ice cream, avocados, bratwursts, french fries and fruit

Best Friends: Zoe and Meghan Clift and Tanner

Favorite Activities: Riding her scooter or bike, playing at playgrounds, hiking, drawing, story time and playing Legos with Daddy

Favorite Color: Pink

Favorite Article of Clothing: Sparkly light up sneakers

Favorite thing to watch: Clifford and Frozen

Favorite Toys: Legos, trains, kitchen

To celebrate Cora's birthday, we invited a handful of Cora's little friends to play together at the best indoor playground around! We all had such a great time jumping, climbing, driving go carts, sliding down huge volcanos and eating cupcakes. What fun!