We were more than pleased to celebrate with her this weekend. One of our burgeoning family traditions is decorating for the birthday boy or girl after they go to bed so they wake up first thing to a birthday wonderland!
So Friday was just a sweet family kind of day. A special breakfast of doughnut muffins (a new experience for us all) and cheesey eggs, compliments of Mommy. A table full of presents to open after breakfast (thanks to all who sent packages; and to those whose haven't arrived, we're excited to get them and extend the celebration!). Birthday shopping at the mall (Adrielle paid with her birthday money at the register all by herself). Lunch at Pizza Hut. A Tinker Bell movie on the projected 'big screen' right at home. And cake and candles after dinner!
We saved the real party for today (Sunday) so we could invite our team and some of our Chilean buddies. We reserved the community room at our apartments and, since we're in Chile, that includes a huge parilla (grill) for asado (a.k.a. 'grillin out'). So, we asked Joel, a Chilean self-proclaimed grill master, to help us pull it off. We were not disappointed! Check it out! (and that's not even all of it!)
Besides the good eats, we also tried to be sure the kids had a good time...indoors (today was a true Temuco-style fall/winter day: gray, cloudy, foggy, drizzly, cold & wet). Homemade playdough play time, a dress-up station, a princess piñata, pin the crown on the princess ( a la pin the tail on the donkey), and musical chairs...prizes and all.
So, as you see, the way we figure, a birthday is to celebrate that the Lord gave a precious life, and the way to praise the Lord for doing so is to have a genuine celebration. Thank you Jesus for Adrielle.
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Adrielle's birthday is a good reason to celebrate...And boy, you guys know how to celebrate! Looked like a very special weekend for a very special girl.
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