Wednesday, June 18, 2008

Fernanda's Party

One of the families in our apartment complex has a five year old girl and they invited us to her birthday party. We haven't ever been to a real Brazilian party like this before. What they do is rent a party room where there are games and toys for the kids to play with. In the picture you can see Fernanda's mom, Taisa in the front of the room that was decorated in a theme. The party room does whatever theme you want, they make all the foods and have people service the drinks and food, as much as you want. Everyone is invited, the whole family, not just the kids. I spent my time in the seating room, eating food and visiting with some of the people that I knew from the apartment. Travis went around with Ceara in the play room making sure that she wasn't getting into too much trouble. Many people bring their nannies so that the adults can visit while the kids play and the nannies watch the kids. It was pretty amazing to go to our first party like that. Another difference is that the party started at 7pm and went until 11pm, late night for Ceara so she was a bit cranky the next day. It's the biggest deal for Brazilian parents and they save up all their money for the year just to throw a party like this. I doubt that Ceara will ever have a party like this one but at least she can go to a few while we are here and have fun like she did at this one.

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