Thursday, December 9, 2010

My Birthday!!!

December 1st is the most magical day of the year!  It was definitely a different kind of magic here...I've never had a blue sky, sunny 70 degree birthday before, but I sure enjoyed it!  I CANNOT believe it's December!  I honestly have no idea how time has flown by so quickly; it seems like I just barely jumped on a plane.  Two more weeks teaching my kiddos, two weeks to travel, 14 hours on a plane, and I'll be back in America.  I have very mixed emotions about leaving this beautiful place, but either way - I'm excited to live it up my last month in Taiwan!
Birthday pic for you Mom: 23 years old!

Birthday magic from my awesome roommates :-)

We have a tradition of decorating each other's fridge on birthdays...Libby made this rockin Robert puppet that greeted me for breakfast.

Birthday/Christmas love from my wonderful family!  All of the above actually fit in the box...good work, Mom!

Birthdays spent in a foreign land are great, in that you get lots of MAIL!  Thanks everybody!

Best part of my day: My morning kindergarteners greeted me with birthday wishes, a birthday song, and then mobbed me with rubber duck stickers! Cutest. Thing. Ever.



I LOVE THESE KIDS!!!

Another best part of my day:  My roommates have become quite good friends with Reggie, and they know how much I like the lil' guy.  They made him this birthday hat and sign, and Allison surprised me with the following pictures of Reggie and my students!  I laughed so hard I cried.  Love it!

Eason
Alen
Damon
Cherry
Aila
Gigi
Jaelyn
Wade
Arvin

Birthday Bingshas!  One pineapple and one chocolate banana...delish.
 
Yet another best part of my day: SNOW!  Thanks for the Blizzard in a Bucket, Daniel!

One more best part: amazing surprise birthday cake!  Thanks Libby-dear!