Two Years of Love and Wet Kisses

Our birthday-boy-to-be is lying in my bed with fever. I have decorated the birthday table, and our "Oma" babysitter was an angel and baked two cakes for us for tomorrow. Symbolic for the past year with its many illnesses, tomorrow is also a day to be as grateful as one can possibly be. We have the most wonderful two-year old in our family, who brings us so much joy daily. He has loving parents, and two caring and lovely older sisters. Our boy makes us laugh and sing during our meals. He is generous with very wet kisses for his family, and knows so many wonderful people - family and friends, big and small. He is full of surprises, today nearly making me fall off my chair when I was countimg our usual "one, two, three", and he out of the blue added "four". Weare so blessed to have this child here, with us. I wish every child would be blessed with the opportunities he has: security, healthcare, love, nutrition, education....