Birthday Party!

Birthdays are a BIG deal here. Yesterday was the third birthday party my host sister attended in the last week. Lindsey's host nephew and my host cousin was turning 8. It was so much fun. Basically all of the adults sat a tables and talked while the kids played for hours. I really felt like part of the family; I knew a little less than half of the adults there. We all gathered for cake. Another tradition that apparently appears at the majority of birthday parties is a piñata. At this party, the Mexican tradition was altered to be a giant balloon filled with candy that the kids popped with forks. 

All of the kids gathering candy.

My host mother, sister, and I.