THe barbecue/birthday parth went well yesterday. Katya got lots of cool presents and had fun playing in the backyard all day. After she went to bed we sat outside under the fly  and talked for a while. We took her to the neighbors house to see the pool and she actually let us take her in the pool so long as she was sitting on a floating raft. She actually didn't mind it all that much. Maybe in a few days we will bring her over again and see how she likes it.