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Birthday Party

Sunday 18th October, 2009 2 Comments

We had a little birthday party for Andres today – we invited a few friends and family around to help us celebrate his first birthday.

After a cool start to the day, it turned out to be a glorious afternoon and we had afternoon tea out on the back lawn.

Leanne out-did herself with creating decorations for the back yard (with a lot of help from her sister, Bron). But the best part was the cakes Leanne made – one was a plain cake iced in the shape of the map of Colombia, and the other was a pair of chocolate cake logs placed together and iced to look like the Colombian flag.

Andres's birthday cake - map of Colombia (in Colombian flag colours) with a candle marking approximately where Cali is
Andres's birthday cake - map of Colombia (in Colombian flag colours) with a candle marking approximately where Cali is
Andres's other birthday cake - chocolate log cakes iced in the colours of the Colombian flag
Andres's other birthday cake - chocolate log cakes iced in the colours of the Colombian flag
Andres looks a little bewildered by all these people singing to him
Andres looks a little bewildered by all these people singing to him
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  1. Gina says

    Thursday 25th April, 2013 at 04:11 AM

    What a lovely story… I have been reading your blogs, I’m from Cali, and loved learning from my city from another point of view. How did you decide to adopt two beautiful babies from Colombia? I have been away from Colombia for almost 20 years and miss all of them crazily. (I live in Miami btw)

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  2. Jill and Bill says

    Monday 7th December, 2009 at 08:15 PM

    The cakes do look great, hope they tasted O.K.

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