Miss 9

It's not every day your young lady turns nine. So what does one do to celebrate?

One rents an inflatable bounce house


and invites seven other similarly-aged girls over to celebrate.


That's basically it. The rest pretty much takes care of itself.




Even Older Brother (哥哥) gets to enjoy a party with that many girls


Of course, there's more to a party than just bouncing.

There's food


and presents


and a birthday cake.

In this case, a King Cake, since Zoe's birthday was the day after Mardi Gras, she requested this King Cake for her party.

And to top it all off, Smores!


This was kind of funny because some of the girls, mainly the ones with Chinese parents had never toasted a marshmallow before. We totally corrupted them with American culture here.


After all the bouncing and sugar, it was time to sleep. . . or not. . . then wake up the next morning, re-inflate the bounce house, and do it some more.

Happy Birthday Zoe!