My girl turned three..

Last weekend was so crazy that I've only just recovered. My mother in law came to visit for L's third birthday. It was wonderful to have her here, but the time passed too fast with too much happening. In addition to the birthday, it was my 20 year high school reunion and my grandfather's year anniversary with his new wife. We also had old friends in town for a visit. I needed a weekend to rest after my weekend!

In FS news, there was some brief drama when the Spanish section sent an email to my CDO (career development officer) saying that I was on track to meet my Spanish goal of a 3 in speaking/3 in reading before my scheduled test date of mid-June. In fact, they think I've already met my reading goal (I had an evaluation a few weeks ago to assess my progress) and wanted to know whether they should change my test date to May. For the record, no one ran this by me before sending the email. I was briefly worried but emailed my CDO to request that I stay in Spanish until June, and he agreed. So, as of now, I'm still on track to test in mid-June and start ConGen right after. Of course, things could always change. I'd rather not go to post early, but it wouldn't be the end of the world. D is taking the kids to OR at the end of July, so if I get sent early, I might have to go alone.

We still have the same Venezuelan teacher, and I continue to love him and his energy, but I wouldn't mind a bit of a shake up. I know people who have had multiple teachers in just a few months, so mostly I'm grateful we've been stable with a good teacher.

I took the security overseas course this week (well, one day..had to stay home with my sick daughter the other). It was a bit sobering but good to know.

Here are a few pictures of little L's birthday. She was completely adorable. We invited her daycare friends to a party at the Playseum in Bethesda, where they played, listened to a story, and decorated cupcakes. Later that night, some friends in our building helped us celebrate again with pizza and cake. I had promised L a kitty cat cake, and after not finding any at the grocery stores, I was obligated to make my own. Luckily, she wasn't too discriminating.

Here she is all dressed for the party

I was really nostalgic all weekend and wanted to be close to my little girl. I can't believe she's three already. Just a minute ago she looked like this.