V turns 11

Veronica's party was on Saturday, but her actual birthday was on Sunday, so we had a quiet day mostly at home, which we were all perfectly okay with.

This year's gift opening strategy was to close her eyes, open the gift, guess what the gift is, and then open her eyes, although I think she only does this when she knows what the gift is going to be, like this Tale of Sorcery book from Omri:

Her letter of acceptance to Hogwarts arrived by owl... Omri's jaw drops:

She looks confused by this one:

This was pretty exciting:

This was the most excited I've seen the girl get in a while:

Good smile:

It's the complete series of her favorite manga (Japanese comic book):

The name of the series is Death Note, which I'm told is not as violent as it sounds. We started watching the anime version of it together on the TV.

We went out to dinner at Benihana, a Japanese steakhouse where they make a show of cooking the food right in front of you. Omri liked the steak and chicken. Veronica had a California Roll and tried some other new things too.

The photos didn't turn out great at the restaurant, but we had a great time!

Happy birthday again to my sweet pea!