Rosa's Birthday Party

It was Rosa's birthday on October 22 - she is the 2nd in our Guatemala Girls group to turn 5. Ally is next, then Roxie in December and Gabi in April.

The main excitement was the butterfly pinata!

We started with it inside hanging on the door.

Then Rosa's mom Julie held it as Ally tries to break it.

Then we went outside and Rosa tried to break it there. All the girls tried but no luck.

So finally a couple of moms took turns at it. Here are the girls all lined up watching.

[l-r Alice, Rosa, Ally, Roxie & Gabi]

Julie finally did the deed.

And the girls all rushed in to get their loot.

I love this picture of all 5 of them huddled down.

Alice took a picture of all the moms!

[l-r Cheryl (Alice), Julie (Rosa), Julie (Ally), Becky (Ally), Kim (Gabi) & MaryBeth (Roxie)]

It was a beautiful Fall day and we had a wonderful time at the party.

For the record that was our 7th Birthday party in 7 weeks, and we have 1 more to attend this Saturday! Then I think we have a break for a couple of weeks and then its Ally's birthday. We will be having a small fish-themed birthday party for her Guatemalan Girls group.

To thank all of our friends new and old for all the parties we have been at, and to celebrate. We are hosting a HUGE Halloween party on October 30 at our local community center's gymnasium. So far we have almost 70 people coming! From all of our circles; preschool, neighborhood, adoption groups, and kindergarten.

Wish us luck, we are very excited and hope the party is a success.

One last picture of mama and Ally.