We went to my nephew's birthday party today. It was your typical Filipino gathering: LOTS of delicious food, smiles and laughter, and people everywhere, lol! The kids had a lot of fun--there were so many of your typical birthday party games. It struck me today that kids play these same games at hundreds of parties during their childhood and they never get tired of them. I love that. For some odd reason, it was a comforting thought.
My very nice husband is the "grill maester," and being the kind brother he is, he stood outside in this sweltering heat for a few hours to barbecue all the YUMMY meat for his sister (and us!). What a nice guy, huh?
This is some of the food. Hope you don't drool too much, Teena :) First we have ...
pancit, a traditional Filipino noodle dish. I LOVE the way my sisters-in-law make it.
This is the YUMMY meat. LOVE this stuff!
And then we had some ceviche (not Filipino obviously!) and Chinese Chicken Salad.
And another thing I love about Filipinos. This whole BIG birthday bash was whipped up in literally two days. Filipinos are amazing that way. I could absolutely never pull that off.
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These are my favorite pics of the day:
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My nephew holding a baby (the face is blurred because I didn't ask the parents' permission to post it) ...
Ashley and her cousin (they're only seven weeks apart in age) playing musical chairs ...
and Ashley enjoying a "whistle" candy on the drive home.
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