Qu Ni Sheng Er Kuai Le (Happy Birthday)

Today was Karen's birthday. which means today was a very good day. We taught from 9:15-9:50, then we did play rehearsals (for the end of the year presentation for their parents) then at 10:30 Karen's mom shows up with the good stuff. Chinese kids school birthday parties consist of the mom coming in with a huge bag full of goodies (puffs filled with chocolate, milk or juice drinks, candy) and an AMAZING cake from the bakery in Guzhen. These cakes are seriously my favorite thing ever. They have the lightest frosting and chocolate and they top it with beautifully arranged fruit and sometimes vegetables (candied cherry tomatoes). A nd its always a white cake with two layers of frosting with chopped up fruit in it. Okay it may sound gross with the fruit, but seriously its amazing. They are the only ones that can put fruit and even vegetables on a cake and make it even more amazing than if it wasn't on it.

the cake.

So Karen's mom shows up and we had a mini birthday party, sang happy birthday in English and chinese. Qu ni sheng er kuai le (choo nee shung er kwy la) is happy birthday in Chinese. And we just ate and just had fun. Karen turned 6 years old and wore her new pretty pink dress that she had to twirl for anybody that came into the room.

karen and her mom cutting the cake

passing out the cake


me and the birthday girl ♥

paul, mike and ben

party :)
(mike, katie, yaya, blake, teacher apple, kid apple, tina's arm)

me and yaya ________________________________ me and paul

and probably my favorite picture ever.
this is me, and my apple ♥♥