Monica Turns Seven!

Monica's heart's desire (one of them, anyway) was a bike!

Michael found the perfect one on Craigslist

She told me later that she'd wanted a bicicle with a basket on the front "her whole life."


Opening presents with her friend Kylee

Spaceman Monica! (At OMSI)

Birthday ice cream at OMSI

Monica and Kylee examine a "toy giraffe" - made of toys.

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