Puerto Rican Birthday!
THe kids and I went to a birthday party, Puerto Rican Style. A friend of
mine invited the kids and I to her son's birthday party. There were tons
of people there and even more food. There was also a pretty great DJ that
blasted Puerto Rican music. They had a great time. They asked me why there
were a lot of people who looked black but were from Puerto Rico. I
explained just like everywhere else, there are different shades of people
from every country. Sean said that "for a second there was one guy I asked
a question and I could have swarn he was black." There were a lot of kids
that they could play with. It took them a little time to warm up to
everyone but in the end it turned out great. I even helped in the kitchen
a little. My friend said that they had been cooking for 2 days working on
her 3 year old son's birthday party.
We are also working on cultural cartoon comic strips. It took me a few
weeks to get some comics together that showed the kids the cultural
differences within the comic strips of our Milwaukee News paper. Quan said
that it probably took so long because really most cultural cartoons are
shown during a certain month, meaning only when that months cultural
events came around. Out of the twenty of so comics in our newspaper, two
depict an African American and hispanic cartoon. We decided to make our
own cultural comics which the boys are working on now and I hope to share
with you soon.
Cultural cartoons
Huge meal
Kids enjoying the party
The matriarch of the family
Comments
Glad to hear the boys had a nice time at a Puerto Rican birthday party... it reminds me of the Pinata party they got to join in on in Mexico with the local kids from Cuernavaca.. so great to know they are having new chances to connect with new people- and hopefully to practice a bit of Spanish as well...
Posted by: Michelle | October 22, 2007 12:29 PM