Alice had her 8th birthday last week-end. We had a small birthday party our house on Saturday afternoon. She had 5 friends from school and a neighbor over. They all had an excellent time. On Sunday we celebrated her birthday by driving north about an hour to the Gross Barmen Hot Springs “Resort”, a natural spring resort, for a dip in the mineral pools. The drive was beautiful, and looked completely different after the rains. Lots of green and wildflowers, and some of the dry river beds were even a bit muddy. While this national park was certainly not updated and was a little bit dingy, we were surprised by how deserted the place was. On a beautiful sunny day (it didn't start raining until late afternoon), there were only about 5 groups in the entire place. The resort has a huge outdoor mineral pool, and a large indoor hot pool, with a fountain, a big rickety playground, and a nice restaurant. We look forward to coming back here when it is colder in the winter!
Over the week-end Bill and I went to an adults-only dance sponsored by the International School over the week-end as well. This was not quite like any event we’d been too – a cross between a high school prom and an African disco. Not quite like the events at St. Anthony Park Elementary!
Other news: Maxine came in 3rd place in the entire school (k-13) in the “write the school song” contest. The winner was a secondary student.
Ruby and her class did a performance on Chinese New Years at the school assembly. She sang a song and got to hold up a fish, which she tells us, represents health and wealth. Unfortunately, she now has the stomach flu.
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