It's Frédéric's birthday today.. He is out at his Spanish lesson and we are at home filling up the Piñata we have bought him for later this afternooon. A Piñata is a large hollow character made out of paper and card (we chose one from Toy Story because Frédéric loves the film). The idea is to fill it up with sweets and small plastic toys. Then you hang it from the ceiling and take turns to beat it with a stick until it breaks and all the contents fall onto the floor. 
A Piñata is a very common way to celebrate a birthday in South America, although in all honesty they are usually meant for those under twelve. When Lucie and I were buying it someone stopped her in the shop and asked how old the birthday boy was. The man was a little perplexed when she told him he was 34!
We have made him an album full of family photographs and bought him a new bag from the market in Quito. He also has a new Spanish-French dictionary to help with his Spanish which is improving every day
.His cake is from the bakery just round the corner which is typical of those in Quito which all seem to have an amazing display of freshly baked cakes, bread and biscuits. Fresh croissants only cost 29 cents each - making my French husband very happy!
I will take some photos of Frédéric with his Piñata later today.
Hi Jody, Frederic, Saskia, Lucie, Cameron, Luca and Nico! I found your blog from Saskia's Facebook page.
ReplyDeleteHappy Birthday Frederic! Hope you've had a fabulous day - and enjoyed your celebrations!!!
How are you settling in to life in Ecuador? Its lovely to see photos of all the children - Saskia, Lucie and Cameron look so grown up! And Luca and Nico are very cute too :)
It would be lovely to hear more about how you are all getting on in general. Lots of love, Jeni (from that lovely town of Hartlepool!)xxx
Happy Belated B-day Frederick. Hopefully you enjoyed the cake, pinata etc.
ReplyDeleteLove, Anne-Maarit