Emie's Birthday Party!

We had Emie's 1st birthday party on her actual birthday, August 8th. We had about 60ish people here at the house to help us celebrate. Emie, unfortunately, got a nice case of Hand, Foot and Mouth disease for her birthday (didn't know she had it yet at the time of the party) and was really fussy. So, I didn't set her down much and thus didn't get very many pictures. She thankfully got a pretty mild case and as far as I've heard, no one caught it, so all is well. My nephew got some nice pictures and posted them on facebook (link is on my page), but I can't figure out how to copy them from facebook. Anyone know if that is possible? Anyways . . .

The menu included: Gus' famous BBQ skewers, hot dogs on sticks, pancit (filipino stir fried noodles), spaghetti with Italian sausage, chicken adobo, menudo, filipino meatloaf and fish meatloaf, Puerto Rican fried rice, fruit salad, biko (a filipino version of rice pudding), cake and the cupcakes from my former post. Noodles are a must for an Asian's birthday. They symbolize long life.

Gus' Dad gave us the money for Emie's cake. It was supposed to say Happy Birthday Emie Love, Lolo. But, oh well, Emie does love her Lolo!

Though Emie wasn't feeling well, she still enjoyed the feast. There isn't much that will keep this kiddo from eating!

The kids at the party seemed to have fun. The little boys spent quite a bit of their time in the sandbox. There was a butterfly pinata to ensure we sugared up our friends, neighbors and family.

Emie didn't want to try her cake at her party. But she did enjoy a dragonfly cupcake! We had some left over, so I let her have at it the next day. She made quite the mess, but certainly enjoyed her cake!