Zen’s birthday happened while he was in Beijing (he left for the trip on November 6th early morning, his birthday was November 7th, he came back on November 13th). The school bought a nice birthday cake for him (and one other boy who was celebrating his birthday during the trip, but on a different day) and they had a little party for the two boys while in Beijing. Naoko and I passed a card to his teacher for her to give to Zen on his birthday, so that was how we recognized the day this year. We also provided a blank card for the other kids on the trip to sign, the teachers were very kind and organised that for us. I think that Zen really enjoyed this.
When he came back, Naoko made the meal for him that he had wished for, lasagna, and we gave him presents from ourself and from his grandparents – he got a big Lego Star Wars set, as well as a DVD set of season 4 of his favorite TV series – Star Wars The Clone Wars.
Birthday cake!
Birthday cake!
Birthday cake!
Birthday cake!
Birthday cake!
Presents!