Party practice!

Do you all remember Sebastian's birthday last year? Clowns and the works hiking up to the countryside house with huge, enormous bags of animating games and costumes? The same thing happened this year, but the difference was that this year I was prepared. Sebastian turned 8 on Sunday. I was preparing the night beforehand making carrot cake that didn't cooperate with me. I tripled the batch and it all crumble before my eyes. That meant a last minute run to the bakery store on Sunday. Sunday was a full lunch for the family cooked in oversized cooking pots over an open fire on the ground. In the afternoon the clowns, etc... came and did their show, including song, dance and a full range of costumes. It was equally a show for the parents as the clowns made the kids do ridiculous things. The kids were increasing their possibilities of cavities as they sucked on suckers, ate gelatin, popcorn and other birthday sweets. Cake time came at about 8pm, after the 3 hour clown show. You could tell the adults wanted to go home, but like good Peruvians, they waited til the end.

Sang Happy Birthday, put Sebastian's face in the cake and everyone was happy. The birthday party was a good excuse for the adults in the room to drink lots of alcohol. Which, meant crazy dance moves at the end of the night. It was a long birthday day...however the advantage of hosting the party at 'our' house is that we got all the leftovers. Cake for breakfast! The disadvantage - cleaning everything. At any rate, the party was good practice for our wedding celebration in January. There were only 30-40 guests (less than 1/2 the expected in January), but it helped me visualize the house bursting with celebration!