Utterly Drained

or how we hosted Kelsey’s 4th Birthday Party today and most of the 19 guests
(children only, didn’t count adults) don’t even speak the same language we do.  That is okay, though, we got by with a lot of pointing and using our basic vocabulary (drekka, appelsinu, epla?).  Kelsey’s teachers from her leikskoli Njalsborg stopped by and they were able to help translate, as well as Berta, the adminstrator of RIS, Caitlin’s school.

Oh, and we already knew the word for potty. Even if we didn’t, given it is ‘pissa’, I think we could have caught on pretty quickly.

So, the birthday girl had a good time, even if she was a bit shy.  The face-painter and clown balloon-maker were awesome!  They did fabulous jobs with the kids and even led them in a few games.  Here are two pics and will upload an album later.