Proyecto Cumpleaños/Birthday Project

There are 26 girls presently in my hogar. There is no way I am able to celebrate each girl’s birthday. Instead, we have “proyecto cumpleaños”/birthday project. Once a month we set a date and all the girls who have a birthday in that month come to Casa Personal for a birthday celebration. First we go to Santa María Reina, the special girls’ house, and buy popcorn and pop. One bag of popcorn for each girl and they each get their own bottle of pop. Then we go to Casa Personal and bake a cake. While the cake is in the oven we watch a movie. When the cake is ready I sing “Las Mañanitas” (Spanish “Happy Birthday”) to them and then we pig out on cake. It’s a fun way to hang out with the girls in a small group, enjoy a fun kid flick, and end the celebration totally stuffed!