Anneke's Birthday

The next big event after our beach excursion was, of course, not-so-little Anneke's first birthday. Eagerly anticipated by Lautje especially, who looked forward to 'helping' Anneke blow out the candles on her birthday cake, the festivities opened with a visit from the Opa and Oma and some serious mudcake-baking:
This was followed by the unwrapping of the presents where once again, Lautje proved a big help, both in unwrapping and in volunteering to try out the new stuff. Delicious veggies were added to the already rather well-stocked kitchen (though never will there be enough stuff to keep the two from fighting over it...):
Thanks to auntie Nicole, Anneke's fascination with keys can now finally be fully satisfied - which, happily, tends to distract her enough to keep her from noticing that Lautje has stolen the corresponding house:
The t-shirt should make it a lot easier to explain to, well, pretty much every stranger who asks for her name that it is, in fact, neither Annette nor Annika - and it also looks really cute on her:
But Anneke's favorite gift of the day clearly was her new 'Poppenwagen', her doll's stroller, which serves as both a bed for her new doll and an addition to the abundance of vehicles she uses to explore the apartment:
All in all, a good time was had by all:
Of course, this blog entry would not be complete without a picture of the birthday girl herself, looking (quote) to die for cute in the little birthday outfit provided by the Nanny: