Eri recently celebrated her third birthday with a rainbow-themed party with a dozen or so friends and guests of honor from the states, Nana and Grandpa, which was by far Eri's favorite part of the festivities.
As far as we can tell, children's birthday parties here differ in two ways: they are a really, really big deal (think My Super Sweet 16) with activity and/or entertainment rentals for the kids and catered food and beer for the adults, and they are long in duration, usually starting shortly after lunch and ending at the dinner hour (likely because guests have no problem rolling in a couple hours late, which to them is not late or rude.)
Below are also a few pix from Eri's second birthday, where we are all noticeably more pale, that I meant to send to my aunts last year, but forgot. So, disclaimer: this post may not be of much interest to non-blood, non-female relatives.
Eri Steeves: 3 years old in Florianopolis, Brazil!
Eri's ladybug birthday last year at Nana and Grandpa's house in Eagle, Idaho.
