Maya had already gotten a new bike for her birthday when we were in the States.  We wanted to give her some little thing on her birthday so we got her some drum sticks and let her start drum lessons.  The image on the left is similar to the card we gave her.

We are so happy
to be
your parents.

Maya's  friends crowd round the Henry the Hamster cake.  From left to right: Jessica (daughter of Olive's walking partner); Sarah (in Maya's class and at Sunday school); Maya; Kathryn (in Maya's class) and Joyce (neighbor).

Maya's friends were all real nice.  They ate pizza, played games, sang Happy Birthday, watched a video, giggled and went to bed at a reasonable hour.  Unlike any slumber party I had ever heard of, in Manila fashion, most of the girls were up by 6:00 AM.

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