I have to admit I was a bit nervous on expectations for Charlotte's birthday this year. Charlotte had high expectations that all her friends would join her for her "Rainbow Unicorn Party" and there would be cake and a piñata. I tried to ground a bit more in reality that we've only been here for about six weeks and maybe her friends already had plans because her birthday was during the summer vacation but we would definitely have a rainbow unicorn cake. So in the last week of school, we sent out invitations.
Having a party in the park (or spielplatz in German) is a great way to have a party with minimal planning. I did snacks and the REQUIRED cake (from a bakery because I still don't have any of my baking pans that are S.L.O.W.L.Y. floating their way across the ocean). Then in a stroke of pure luck, I was wandering through a store the week before her party and came across a rainbow unicorn piñata. Y'all, I nearly jumped in the store itself.
All told we had 9 kids show up from her class + a couple of their siblings to bring us up to 14. It was the perfect amount for her to feel 120% loved.
A side note, many of the Swiss parents brought their children then left and came back a couple hours later. In a public park! International parents are much more relaxed than US parents, I'm learning.
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