Happy Birthday, Miki!

We celebrated Miki's 4th birthday last weekend with a party for 10 of the students from her pre-school class. Ericka organized the whole thing, I made invites on the computer and, as per our suggestion, her friends brought gifts of flowers. Our apartment is now an assortment of white and pink roses and tulips. Miki absolutely loves the flowers and has begun to collect the various petals as they fall off.

It should note that we did not hold the party in our apartment, but rather rented a large, common (tatami) area on the 1st floor. As for decorations, the tables were covered in newsprint paper and crayons and stickers were provided for artistic impulses. Ericka said that she couldn't have decorated better; the kids made it look very festive indeed!

As for the cakes, there were 4 Milky Cake cream rolls, courtesy of a local pastry shop. We added blueberries, strawberries, a few raspberries and 1 chocolate swirl per child. Of course Miki loved it and wanted more.

We sang happy birthday in English and then Ericka broke into a spontaneous "head, shoulders, knees and toes" song and then read from a new book called, "My Heart Is Like A Zoo". Even after the aforementioned sugar injection, the kids were very keen on the book and listened intently to every word.

As our 2 hour party was winding down it began to snow. The kids and moms left in very high spirits and by 6pm that evening Ericka and I were exhausted. Needless to say, Miki was excited long into the evening but slept happily.

I have a feeling that she will remember this birthday bash for a very long time.