Birthday Smash

One of the couples from bible study celebrated their daughter's first birthday.  We learned that first birthdays are not as huge as it is back home with inflatable jumping castles, magic shows, balloon monsoon, billions of people, etc.  Our friends invited mostly their families, few friends, and had it in their own backyard.  They even cooked the food!

We also learned that it's common here to have a birthday smash!  They let the one year old go at it with their own birthday cake or cupcake.  It was so entertaining to watch this little one dab her fingers in the cake, lick them in such a classy manner and barely making a mess!  They let her go for a while as everyone watched her.  It was even more funny (but heartbreaking at the same time) when her dad took the cake away...she held her hand up and wholeheartedly screamed her head off.  Her face was so red with tears and all.  Too cute!