Noel's Birthday

On Tuesday, May 12, Noel was in Texas celebrating her fifth birthday. Since we could not be there with her for the occasion, we arranged a time with Paul and Michelle to call them and talk on the computer and see them through our webcams. Each time we see her, she seems to have gotten taller. She had recently had her hair cut shorter (at her request) and she looked older than a preschool student. She will be in kindergarten in August.

The fun part of our visit with Noel, besides chatting with her, was to watch her open the box with the gifts we had sent her. We sent a variety of items, individually wrapped, including pencils and a teeshirt from Austrailia, 5 US Dollar coins (5th birthday), and outfit for her "baby" Felicity. She already had received her sandels from us, by going shopping with her Mom to purchase them and make sure they fit. Betty sent us home with an Aussie shirt for her, a little paper basket for small items, and a small travel pouch from one of her airplane flights. Noel was please with everything, and is planning to take the travel pouch on her plane trip to see Nana and Papa next week in South Carolina.

Our most recent pictures of Noel were sent by computer on Mother's Day. They were all taken at the ice rink where Noel takes her hockey lessons, so she was in full uniform! (I have not become savvy on putting pictures on the blog...sorry...)