Wednesday afternoon we celebrated my son Oliver’s third birthday party. Birthday parties in Latin America are a big deal and we went all out to give the little guy a nice day. His first two parties were small affairs, so we wanted to do something special for him. I also think that this birthday was special because Oliver was born in Anaco and this will be his last birthday he celebrates here.
Oliver’s favorite color is green and he loves to dance so we made the theme “Green Music Party.” Nadia spent a lot of time and money in planning the party. She made cute CD invitations, made green t-shirts, made a playlist of children’s music, etc. We invited 15 children and held it in front of Alejandra’s house at the school. There is a perfect cement dance floor underneath a Merey (Cashew) tree for the kids to dance on. We played musical games like limbo (see video above), hot monkey, musical chairs, etc. Everyone had a good time, especially Oliver. Ollie is currently in the stage of hitting other children and he did throw of few tantrums, but other than that, things went smoothly. He really enjoyed blowing out the candles on his cake.
Happy Birthday Oliver – You have brought much joy to our lives.
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