Friday was a school day, so she got up at 7:00 a.m. and we made pancakes for breakfast. During breakfast she Skyped with her grandparents and other family members. She also had several birthday emails and cards to read...she was almost late for school!
We made shortbread cookies shaped like stars for her birthday snack at school.
Since we have a hard time finding some things in Japan, we'd done a little pre-planning while we were in the States at Christmas. We bought a few presents to bring back, as well as birthday napkins with the characters from Tangled (a new movie about Rapunzel, that isn't out yet in Japan) and an edible image topper for her birthday cake.
Laura has been suffering from middle child syndrome a little lately, so we wanted to make sure she got lots of attention on her birthday. However, our kids only get big parties for their 5th, 10th and 16th birthdays so we didn't want to go too overboard. On Saturday we took Laura and three friends (and her siblings) to an indoor play area called USLand. It has lots of video games, pool tables, small rides, trampolines and climbing structures. They had a great time but chaperoning 5 hyper children via 2 different trains to the play place wore Matt and I out! We came back home for cake and ice cream and then Laura's best friend Jessica spent the night. They insisted on having Skyline chili for dinner (even though Laura doesn't really like it!) However, Jessica is also from Cincinnati and they both love the restaurant!
Despite being a bit sad about missing home, I think she really enjoyed the weekend.
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