Last week it was one of my new Kinders birthdays. Usually kids are ecstatic about their birthday, but this child has a much more shy personality. She told me she was excited, but she is so quiet that I wasn't sure. All of my other Kinders brought in their gift for this child and they must have asked me about 20 times before 11am when the party was going to happen!
I have always found these 'parties' to be very funny personally, because the actual birthday child has to have a photo shoot for almost the whole party with the teacher, opening presents, and then with their classmates. All the while their classmates are chowing down on cake, fruit, and cookies and the birthday child is not allowed to eat yet. As the teacher, I have to be ready to be in about 50 photos (no exaggeration) and still keep my kids in line. I have always wondered how much the birthday child actually enjoys this kind of 'party' (aka photo shoot) because they aren't actually eating and hanging out with their friends. They only get to eat their cake during the last five minutes and are usually hurried along as the other students are starting to misbehave because they are done with their own food already. Well I couldn't help but laugh as this little girl didn't crack a smile during her ENTIRE photo shoot. She is the most adorable little sweet natured child, but just would not smile. I don't know if she was being shy, hated getting her photo taken, or was thinking exactly what I have always thought about these birthday parties; "This is a rip off." Either way, it was hysterical and I couldn't help but snap a few photos myself of this adorable somber faced Korean girl.
Good times......
Haha priceless!
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