Emersyn is officially eleven today – sort of. With the travel time living half way around the world, she is officially eleven during the night. On Sunday, I made cake #4, the school cake. I am done baking the family chocolate cake until October – where is my good Mom award!?! Emersyn did the final frost and sprinkle on Monday after school.

Emersyn left for school excited about celebrating her birthday with her friends. She didn’t have the birthday she had planned. During the year, Emersyn’s group of friends have a birthday celebration ritual. They decorate each others lockers since this is the first year they have lockers. They buy a chocolate croissant in the cafe and sing happy birthday during lunch. Most of her friends are in Mr. C’s class which had a class lunch in the room for the children leaving – no croissant or song. They forgot her locker since they were busy with their class party. She was a little sad when I picked her up, but life is full of lessons. We talked about how the little things make a big difference to people. When she got home, she had a birthday email from Kate and Mimi – this gave her a big smile – yes, the little things make a difference!

She enjoyed sharing her cake with all her classmates.

The end of school year is very busy, therefore, we needed to plan the day/driver needs. Eleri had her music concert at 6:30 pm. It made sense for Lyon ladies to stay in Jinqiao while Mr. Nie went to get Jim. Since we had time after school to waste, I treated the girls to the Dragonfly for a pedicure and a manicure – they love it! I also promised them an ice slush to drink while they were being spoiled at the Dragonfly. We celebrated Emmy’s birthday dinner at Cantina Agave before rushing off to school to hear Eleri sing!

Hard to believe she is ELEVEN already and is growing so quickly.