Big celebration tomorrow...

Mike here.

Tomorrow it the 60th anniversary celebration of the baby house. We're fortunate to be there, and I've been enlisted (thanks, Linda) as the official videographer. Linda and I will also be performing a couple of childrens' songs (the time-honored classics "Itsy Bitsy Spider" and "Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes). We'll finish with a two-verse a-cappela version of my own song, "Schlaf Kindlein" -- a lullaby I wrote years ago. Linda will sing in English, and I in German. We will dedicate the song to the baby house, and announce that we'll be recording it when we get back home, and will send CDs of it to the baby house as our final gift.

Speaking of gifts, today we made a monetary donation to the baby house to be used for improvements in the massage facilities, and also bought five small tricycles as the completion of our donation. We went to the green market for the tricycles, with Sveta, and they all fit in the trunk of Alexander's car. Very small.

So tomorrow will be a full, exciting day.

Regarding Mia... It turns out that she's very consciously, purposely finding ways to test our authority. The caregivers have noticed it, too, and we've been instructed to be very strict with her. It's very calculated -- like she's got a plan or something. This child is definitely different than the first one.