The Other Side of the World

 A sweet little birthday celebration for a sweet two years

Checking her adult height - 24 months is supposed to be the halfway growing point.
160cm - 10cm taller than me!

Daddy slaving over homemade pizza

Some discussion over the act of blowing (not spitting) on the candles

And a little help getting the deed done (a whole wheat chocolate cake with raw cream cheese icing)

Happy Birthday, my fire-spirited, wild-limbed, weed-tough, tender-sweet baby-child. Here on the cusp of your own bravery and our mutual embodiment of love.

Thank you for teaching me; how to nourish, how to be brought to my knees, how to emerge stronger from the all-consuming fire of mama-ing.