I wanted to post about a few of Xuelian's special days since January. This year she took Chinese dance lessons at Yanlai Dance. They had quite a few performances this year including the Chinese New Year Celebration at University of Pittsburgh, the Chinese New Year Party for Families with Children from China and their year end performance at the August Wilson Center in Downtown Pittsburgh. She had a lot of fun and made many new friends.
This was her second grade year at Providence Height Alpha School which means there were a couple of special things going on. They spent the year preparing for First Holy Communion. In February they made their first Confessions and on May 12th they made their First Holy Communion. She was so excited and loves to go to Mass so she can receive Communion. It was a beautiful ceremony and we had a great party afterwards. Tim's sister Sue came in from Maryland and we had a lot of my extended family over. It was wonderful to catch up with everyone.
She had a great end to the school year her final report card was one B and A's in everything else. The end of the year was also sad. Xuelian is going to a new school next year and many of her classmates are also leaving. They didn't want the school year to end. We have been keeping busy getting together with all of her friends this summer.
The last big thing was Xuelian turning 10. She is in the double digits now. She had a party at a gymnastics center and they had a blast. They had obstacle courses set up, there was a rope swing into a foam pit, balance beams and the zip line that everyone loved. She said it was the best day ever.
Xuelian is starting to look like a young lady, especially in that picture on the sidebar. She's had quite a busy year. Wish her good luck from us in her new school.
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