today was my BIRTHDAY!! so today i got woken up to my family singing happy birthday to me very nice! then i saw the wonderful video hannah and meghan made for me loved it i watched it about 3 times just bc i liiiked it so much lol!then i ate breakfast then they gave me presents which was my favorite german candy, a beutiful necklace made of amber and a birthday cake which tasted super good later in the day lol.then we went to rostock which is a big city  for them and went to the zoo then passed a art universte that susi goes too which was cool. then into a famous chocolate store ate chocolate and had hot chocolate since its cold here lol. then we went into a antique shop loved it! then we went home read some of my book then people started arriving. a few of my american friends came which was super nice! then we ate and played games it was a lot of fun! tommorrow i will go to sherwin to see the giant castle!! cant wait oh and it has like non stoped raining for two days now so hopefully when i go baack home ill bring the rain to for them lol! caant wait to go home and see everyone especially little smokie i heard he was super small but in the ppic he loook s huge!