Guess what? I'm three now! I had my birthday on the 15th, and my parents had a big party for me. It was so fun. I had 9 others kids and their parents come to my party. We took lots of pictures. I'll show you everything we did!
The party was on the terrace of our apartment building! We had some friends help set up all the chairs and balloons!
We also had a Jumping Castle at my party. (That was my favorite part!)
I decided that I wanted a Barney Party. So my friend Claire made a special Barney birthday cake just for me! Isn't it awesome!
After everyone sang Happy Birthday in English and in Spanish, I got to blow out my candle.
Yum...the cake tasted as good as it looked!
We also had some jello for snacks...I thought my mom was going to make finger jello...but we ended up eating it out of a cup with spoons for some reason.
Another snack we had at my party were saltenas. Saltenas are pastries filled with a meat mixture. They are a special mid-morning snack here in Bolivia.
Of course we did lots of jumping...
And pulling...
and tackling...
And riding... (we got our money's worth out of the jumping castle!)
There were games for the grown ups too. We showed our Bolivian friends how to bowl!
We made the bowling pins out of big yogurt bottles. (Boy am I sick of eating yogurt!)
It was hard to get a picture of everyone...this was the best shot. (But it's missing my friend Noelia!)
I handed out special Barney boxes with gifts for all my friends that came to the party.
Then it was time for the pinata! You can't have a birthday party in Bolivia without a pinata. But they do it a little different here than in the US...check it out!
Ella,
ReplyDeleteYour Mom and Dad sure know how to throw a party!! So happy that you had a great time. Thanks for sharing the pictures!! We love you!!
Uncle Dan and Aunt Kate
Happy Birthday, sweet Ella! We thought of you on Saturday and it looks like you had a fantastic party... and I think we might just steal your bowling idea-- genius!
ReplyDeleteElla, we hope you received our birthday wishes via Skype! Wish we could have been at the party---looks like it was a smashing time. I can't believe you're already three and Matteo is six months (gotta throw Matteo's name in somewhere so she gets used to seeing it)! I remember celebrating your birthday last year in Cincinnati. We sure do miss you!
ReplyDeleteHappy Birthday Ella!! Ruth and Leah said you look like you're getting SO BIG!....And they loved the jump house and wished they could have joined you on that one!
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