They have the most expressive eyes (with the longest, most gorgeous eyelashes, I might add...), so watching them open everything was so much fun.
In addition to the presents, we brought a few balloons. We each blew up one or two, and then everyone just went crazy playing with them, keeping them in the air, and all sorts of fun stuff. They were laughing and jumping and spinning and just being little girls, and it was so cute. Plus, Raquel really got into it as well!

Vanessa wanted us to stay forever, I think. She was laughing and all happy, and then we mentioned we had to leave and her face was like a cartoon. It went from grinning to almost tears right away. How can you resist? We stayed for another 5 minutes or so. Every time someone would stand up, she'd look at us and yell, "Sientense!" Meaning 'sit back down!' We had to sing happy birthday, too. First we did it in Spanish. Then in English. And Vanessa is a really smart little girl. So she asked us to sing again. Because she knew we would leave if we didn't. So, we gave in and sang one more time before we had to leave, which was sad.

But overall it was a really great day, and we're glad she made it so special for us. :)

More to be posted soon!
su amiga,

Erin