Birthdays in Spain

Our twins turned 4 today (wow where have those years gone!). We held their birthday party on Saturday afternoon to which we invited some of their English and Spanish friends. The plan was to hold it around the pool but in the end we held it in the apartment as the pool wasn't working (the pumps keep blowing).

One of our friends told us that the Spanish never go to English birthday parties, they just don't. So, we we'rent sure if any Spanish would turn up. How delighted were we (and our daughters) that some of their Spanish friends DID turn up! They found an "English" party to be very interesting and quite different to a Spanish party. It seems that Spanish parties tend to be a big eating and drinking occasions (for the adults) and the kids...well they just get on with it! Our Spanish friends thought it was great that we played pass-the-parcel (they don't play this in Spain) and then did an Easter egg hunt!

All in all it went really well and I think everyone had a nice time. We're looking forward to going to a proper Spanish party and seeing what that's like. I'll report back soon.

4 years....how time flies....