Miss Leyba received so many awesome birthday presents this year: clothes from France, books, blocks, musical instruments, wooden shape sorter, animal memory game, purple crocs, and stuffed animals. Every single gift was a hit! Thank you so much to you, our wonderful family and friends for the generous gifts! She has been having such fun playing with and exploring your presents. (I hope to include photos of all of them in the coming weeks, so stay tuned!)

Some of these birthday presents were of the handmade variety and therefore extra special: a Very Hungry Caterpillar hand puppet, a small Native American drum, wooden frog toy, and this “Book of B.”

My aunt made Miss Leyba this book and, wow, does she love it! She carries it all over the house with her and loves turning the pages and pointing to the pictures. She is constantly trying to untie this bow:

I love how it’s educational and fun. It has inspired me to start working on collages of everyday objects to hang around the house. I’ve been talking about doing this for the past year and the time has come to hop on it.

First up, A!

(Photos coming soon.)