Our daughter Maya turned 11 on December 4th and carried on the same kind of birthday celebration that has been successful for the last 4 years: good friends, bowling, burgers, ice cream, movies and sleep over. Maya had a fun 4-day run of events. The 4th was her actual birthday - school, pizza with the family and presents (a new lego challenge). The 5th was an all-school music recital at a concert hall away from campus, then the bowling party with 3 classmates. They stayed up til 12:30 am giggling and talking like teens. Awoke the next morning and hug out, played "Dance Dance" Revolution on Wii, watched a movie and ate chocolate chip pancakes. Later that day we all attended the Copenhagen International School Holiday Fair (where mom was in charge of the menorah craft table). Sunday we had friends for brunch and Maya went to the Nokia company Christmas party with her friend Maddie. That was probably our busiest weekend for the entire holiday season.
Maya has taken her time to adjust to the school and home life here. She misses her trusty, reliable, true-blue friends from home terribly, and is seeking out quality people to connect with. So far, we love her choices. Her friends sang "happy birthday" to her in dutch, chinese and spanish! Now she is playing basketball and bonding with teammates as well. Maya is really evolving into an independent, responsible, thinking and caring person. Being here has been good for her development and challenged her comfort level in a good way. We are so proud of her.
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I like that 'seeking out quality people to connect with'..this is what our children do, emphasis on quality and not quantity *phew*.
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