Today was Shen's 6th Birthday! We had a great little family celebration at home. Cam and Ben had work and school this evening but we're hoping they will join us in a joint Shen/Kai birthday celebration in a couple weeks. His big present was a new "Big" bike (16" wheels) which means he can now keep up with Kai out on the road. In this photo he is sporting a new night shirt hand-made by Gramma O -- check out the custom length sleeves, Gramma jammies are the best, no rolled up sleeves! And that hand gesture he's flashing, that's not a gang-sign, that's the Chinese hand sign for six (liu)! Cool thing about hand counting in Chinese, you can count to 10 on one hand, very handy for kids with one hand!
For the last year he's always seemed confused when asked how old is. He almost always answered "4", but today he seemed to be quite happy with being 6, and there was a lot of reinforcement. At bedtime Kai said that now that Shen was 6 they are twins. I told him, "Yes, for the next couple weeks they are twins." Then Kai said they'll be twins again next year when Shen turns 7.
And here's a shot of him riding the new bike!
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