Birshday Celebration!

A first American "Birshday" celebration was had on January 13th for Misrak Olivia who was turning 7! The girls say "birshday" and so, it has kinda stuck. We had yummy Ethiopian food the night before the big day. Misrak was concerned as to WHEN we would celebrate her birshday. She had seen many children celebrate their birshday at school with cupcakes. (What she didn't know was that those same children probably had a family or family and friends celebration also.) She really wanted to celebrate with her family. She thought it was EITHER OR! She was quite pleased to hear we could do both! So, Mom brought cupcakes to class and the whole class sang to her and treated her like Queen for the day! After school we took a fun detour to Monkey Joe's where the kids jumped and bounced their heads off and then stopped home to open gifts before heading out to small group where we indulged in chocolate cake (albeit a bit too late in the evening) and ice cream with our family and friends.