Isabella was 4 (once)!

Today is Isabella's 4-plus-30-something-th birthday. Helena crammed a muffin full of candles for me this morning. Later there will be book browsing and Chinese food and champagne, and laundry and packing for a weeklong visit with my sister in Washington, D.C., with 4-year-old Helena in tow.





(Isabella remembers that after her 4th birthday party, she wasn't feeling very well, and had to lie down on the couch.)