Elena's Piñata

Today, the Guatemalan family celebrated Elena's birthday. I've included a few pictures to give you a taste of it. It was supposed to be at an open park area, but it was too windy so we ended up all crowded in my cousin's house. It was a lot of fun and a lot of people came together to celebrate our daughter, which was a blessing!

I think she has a puzzled look on her face trying to figure out why there are so many people standing in front of her watching her on the swing!



They all chipped in and gave her an Elmo themed first piñata.




And, of course, after the piñata was broken and all the candy was on the ground, she was taught by my cousins that girls wear dresses to piñatas to gather all their candy!


We had a lot of fun and are very grateful that the family has taken all the time and effort to spoil her. It really means so much to us to see them going so much out of their way to bless our daughter... eventhough we weren't here for Christmas there was a gift for Elena under every tree at every home of friends and family. We have no idea how we will manage to get all those gifts back home but I must admit that is a wonderful "problem" to have! I love my Guatemalan people!