Time to celebrate and it starts early!!! Like midnight. Having experienced the family wake up at midnight for Lex's birthday, we were ready.... with a cake. Very easily obtained - there are cake shops everywhere. Took less than a minute for the girl to write Feliz Cumpleanos Milka on it. Two alarms set, just in case. Woke up OK, but biggest problem was trying to turn them off without my glasses. Failed miserably, as both continued to go off.
We woke them up alright.... singing Happy Birthday in English and Spanish, but we weren't the only ones awake at that time to wish the birthday girl Happy Birthday - her mum also rang her. We didn't bother with cake-eating at that hour, thankfully, but did it all again in the morning....
It's a Peruvian custom - in fact I've been told twice that it's Peruvian LAW, that you get time off on your birthday. Milka got half a day off - others say it's a full day. Either way, I wonder if that would catch on back home? Half day at work seems to be a good idea ... oh and another cake!!!
So we went out to lunch to celebrate, since we're already flexible with our time ... Yeah!
Zac looked a little concerned about the wine opening .....
LOL!!!!
A delicious lunch for the third celebration for the day.... then home (for me) for a rest before a night out celebrating with friends.
AND.... another cake!!!! Birtday cakes here in Peru only have ONE candle, regardless of age. And it's customary for the birthday person to take the first bite out of the cake ......
Milka did it in style!!!
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