A Birthday Party Fan

Elisa loves birthday parties. Yesterday I took her to the birthday party of 2 little girls we know. Bia (4) and Luiza (5) are sisters that have birthdays one week apart. Before the party we had to go and pick up a present. Up until that point it still hadn't sunk it what exactly we were going to do. Then I explained, "we are going to a party! We are going to sing 'happy birthday' and play with friends and eat cake!" When I said those magic words "eat cake" her little eyes just lit up!

We were the seconds guests to arrive (and we were 30 minutes late). It was raining and traffic was horrible. It was good that we were some of the first ones there. Elisa needs a few minutes to get warmed up to new people. It really didn't take her that long this time though.

Bia and Luiza's party was a Princess theme. They had Snow White, Sleeping Beauty and Cinderella cut outs all over the place. Bia and Luiza were even dressed up like princesses! Elisa loved that!

She played and played with the other kids for a couple of hours before we had to catch a cab and head home. I know she loved every minute of the party - especially that one bite of cake she had!

After we got home I got Elisa ready for bed. As we were saying our prayer she thanked God that "we sing happy birthday and thank you for the princesses". What a sweety.

These are our friends Milton and Julianna and their children: Luiza, Bia and Marcelo (this photo was taken in March of 2008).