13!!!

Today Emily officially turns 13! This marks the end of the 13 days of celebrating that began with a spend the night party on March 13th. We have had 2 weeks of fun celebrating. Of course this also coincided with Spring Break, but Em has claimed every fun event as her own. Thankfully evenwith the drop in the dollar, most of these events are much cheaper here than in the US. I thought I would share a few pictures of our 13th year festivities!

Emily was so excited this morning.

In this case a picture is not worth a thousand words.

You need to hear her voice as she squeals...."I'm thirteeeeeeen!

Celebration #1- Sleepover March 13

We loaded our van with 4 girls, 2 boys, and 2 parents and went to an amusement park down on Manila Bay. The Faith kids were off school on Friday while most of Manila was not so this meant few people out at the park on a Thursday. We had birthday cupcakes on the way in the car. Can you see the decorations?

Cup Cakes in the car

Em and Friends at the entrance to Star City

Bumper Cars were a big hit. The kids loved crashing into each other. They must have ridden this ride at least 20 times. As soon as it was over they would rush back to the entrance to get on again.

Emily and her friend Jaina have no fear when it comes to rides. This is their favorite: an inverted roller coaster called the Star Flyer. They thought it was great to fly through the air and whip upside down, all with your feet dangling below (or above depending on where you are in the ride.)

Will got to invite a friend along so he wouldn't be surrounded by teenage girls--(eeww yuck) He and his friend Sam look wet because they are. Their favorite ride was the Log Jam an old fashioned log flume ride. They counted and rode it about 18 times.