02/10/08 - My First Birthday in Mexico

San Miguel/2008 Blogs

Dear Jess, Darren and Girls: 

My friends at my Spanish school threw a little party for me on my birthday. Here's some

photos. I wrote down the little story of what was happening under each photo.

Above - Mario (my Spanish teacher) is playing "Feliz Cumpleanos" (Happy

Birthday in Spanish) while I listen.

A close-up of Mario.

The people from the school gather, and we sing a Mexican folk song in Spanish

(I'm holding a piece of paper with the words on it).

I'm told that it's a Mexican tradition to "bite the cake", so that's what I'm doing in the

picture above.

Now I'm wiping my mouth, after "biting" the cake, and everyone is cheering for

 me. This was my first birthday in Mexico. What a very special and meaningful birthday this was for me.

Love,  Mom/Judy/Emmie