Lera turned 13 today...her last birthday in an orphanage. It's our understanding that there are no celebrations of birthdays in the orphanage, so we think it's unlikely that they have ever celebrated these milestones in any way.
Natalya (the wonderful Redline United translator) hasn't visited our orphanage for a couple of weeks, and we think that tomorrow, she will visit the kids. She will deliver Lera's birthday card with stickers and photos which we were able to FedEx to her a couple of weeks ago. Along with this, she will deliver our translated letter, explaining our custom of making a birthday cake with candles, singing the Happy Birthday song, blowing out the candles and making a wish.
It is exciting to think that next year, we will get to introduce both of our new kids to these lovely simple traditions.
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