I love birthdays!! Every morning growing up, I would stumble down stairs to find a cinnamon roll and a candle at my favorite breakfast seat! This is the one thing that remained consistent for EVERY birthday!! It’s something I look forward to on my birthday… and all my siblings birthdays!!
I didn’t know if the tradition would follow me… and being away from my family… I figured it wouldn’t follow me… but… (was I wrong!)
I woke up to crate paper and balloons all over my bed.
I went over to the “boys’ house” where all meals are served. As I walk into the room, everyone sings “Happy Birthday,” and Seth has cut mangoes and laid them out just for me.
Later in the morning, Heather and Jeanette walked in with two pans of “homemade” cinnamon rolls (and Danny made the icing)!
We ride the bus to Spanish class,
and I walk into another “HAPPY BIRTHDAY!” from my teacher!
Every Friday at the school is dancing lessons! The guy who cleans the school has such a gentle spirit danced with me for the last part of the lessons! He was a great leader!
And then, we make COOKIE DOUGH trying to speak in only Spanish… Some our teachers had never eaten cookie dough – more or less made it ONLY to eat it!!
We walk back to the bus… Traday took this picture… We could put this one in “People” magazine…
The squad took me to a Mexican food restaurant and some how – I got my food first…
Jeanette asked Christopher to cook me an “African” dinner. It was so good – African with a Indian twist – my two favorites!
Heather and Jeanette cooked my favorite birthday cake – “Blackforest Cake” or come like to call it “Chocolate pudding delight.” It was fabulous…
And then the night began with Salsa dancing and karaoke. Seth and I sang “Somewhere Over the Rainbow” – it was fun, but the singing was far less than par…
Thanks for making my birthday so special!!
