Alles Gute zum Geburtstag, Edel! (Happy Birthday, Edel!)
I just had such a great day at Germany. Today is my birthday. I just turned 8! And I got so much cool presents from my mommy. My family snuck presents and balloons in the suitcases so I wouldn't know. It was such a good surprise. And funny! (Birthday crepes with chocolate sauce, or German pancakes as my Oma calls them.) (A new toy) (Then I dyed my hair blonde for something new. Just kidding! It's a present from Abhishek.) (And here I got to be goofy with Abhishek for a while.) (And this is my Opa John Voss, on his 8th birthday. He is at his mom and dad's house in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin here, but when he was a kid he also moved to Germany and went to a German school.) I had a really good cake in Whitefish at my party on city beach. In Germany I had another cake today. A professor my mom works with brought me a German torte from his favorite bakery. It was really nice and I'm still glad I got to have a cake today, but...
