Hello Everyone!

Yesterday I celebrated my birthday. I can't believe I got to turn 6 in Vietnam!

We had a big party at my house for my birthday. I invited a bunch of my friends (Linh, Ha, Vi, Nhi, and Thu), and my teacher, Miss Vang. My friend Nali couldn't come because she's on vacation. We put up balloons and streamers and had pop and Yo-Most yogurt drinks.

My mom and dad bought lots of pizza (I like "Pizza Margherita" the best--it's just plain cheese pizza) and springs rolls (which are called cha gio here) and a bunch of fruit like watermelon, mango, pomelo, and apple.
I also got to choose whatever birthday cake I wanted from the bakery, so I chose the hugest one with lots of frosting and flower decorations.


My friends and my teacher gave me lots of neat presents, like a little battery-powered robot, a pair of shorts and tee-shirt, a big backhoe toy that I got to put together by myself, and some books.
The only thing that could have made my birthday better is if I could have had all of you help me celebrate it, too! (At least I was able to open some presents from some of my USA friends, which was really nice.)

Love, your friend,

Hudson


p.s. The day before my birthday party we went to a cool place called My Khanh where we spent the night, but I'll write about that in another posting.

p.p.s. Being 6 doesn't really feel much different from being 5. I still have all of my baby teeth, but I've learned to ride a bicycle without training wheels, which is pretty neat, and I can read lots of words now.