And the Next Day Annika Moved Out! (The Big 18; 4/2022)

 

...but she didn't really move out, thank goodness.

We love this girl bunches, much more than these few pictures of sorry quality reflect.

Annika turned 18 last year, which was another milestone in a year of milestones (Lark: 5, Zeke: 10, Susannah: 16, Annika: 18, Mildred: 20!). At this point, they come so thick and so fast that I've given up on trying to brace myself. 

Featured are It's-Completely-Dessert-Posing-As-Breakfast sour cream coffee cake, along with a gentleman duck to hold the candle away from Skylark's reach.

I don't remember what I made for supper-- probably either souvlaki or crispy chicken wraps with tzatzkiki, but dessert was lemon cheesecake, the perfect spring dessert for the girl with a sunny disposition.

Happy birthday, Nixie! At this point, you didn't know how full your year would swell, but you faced it with a smile and a wish.  May your great Hope hold true in the year to come, through new joys and sorrows both. We love you, sweetheart!