Mia is officially 8 years old! It is crazy to think how fast she has grown. I absolutely adore this little girl - she truly brings so much happiness to our lives. She is also a very unique little thing - she is Chinese, growing up in an American home, yet living her entire life as a German - kind of crazy! She is smart, thoughtful, caring, precise, funny, adorable, and most of all just a really nice kid. She is type - A, (just like her Mommy) and the German in her makes her all about the rules. She is hilarious (just like her Daddy), pretty (like her sister) and playful (like her brother). She celebrated her birthday with 13 of her closest friends - yikes! (O.K. it was all of the girls in her class - and I had promised her this when we weren't sure if this might be her last year here). They were great girls though, and for 3 hours we played old fashioned games at our house - a little chaotic, but really a fun time !
Mia - my birthday wish for you is a lifetime of happiness and fun, and for you to always know how much you are loved! Alles Gute Zum Geburtstag!!
*as a funny side note of differences in culture... of the 13 girls who came to Mia's party, only 3 RSVP's came to me. The rest of the kids just told Mia that they were coming. Luckily, we know that the German's would trust their kids to relay this message - so I knew to expect all 13 - such a funny difference though!
**another cultural thing...on birthdays, for both young and old, the tradition here is to go up to the birthday person, shake their hand, look them in the eye, and say "Alles gute zum Geburtstag". It is always so cute to see the little kids doing this :-)
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