Claire's Birthday

Claire's birthday started with presents, and ended with presents - which she thought was just about perfect. She opened her gifts right after breakfast. The highlight was the marionette she picked out at the market.

After lunch we headed out to Beckiland. (Claire chose Beckiland over the Zoo because the weather turned cold and rainy.) Beckiland was everything the girls had hoped for and more - a bouncy castle, giant twisty slide that landed in a ball pit, a climbing/sliding tent thing (the green and cream thing in the pictures), rock climbing walls, 2 different climbing areas, more slides and ball pits, ball shooters, bumper cars, train rides, trampolines, a bouncy castle alligator that ate you, scooters and tricycles that you could ride anywhere you want, fussball tables.... I think that's it. We stayed there almost 5 hours. Claire had wanted to get pizza for dinner, but elected to go to the McDonalds across the street so she could have 1/2 hour more of playtime.

So after the Happy Meals we headed to Old Town to get Claire's birthday ice cream (she chose ice cream over a cake this time.) The four of us got every shade of pink gelato that was at the stand. We got to Old Town Square just before the centuries-old Astronomical Clock rang the hour. And then, despite insisting she wasn't tired, Claire did admit she was cold and she would like to go home.

When we got home Claire discovered that our landlord had left a present for her on the door. It was a Prague Castle pop-up book that his wife helped to edit. Claire said she loves the book and will take it with her forever so she will always remember her birthday in Prague. And that was how her birthday started and ended with presents.