Last weekend, we celebrated Penelope's first birthday with the party theme of "Feliz Cumpleaños, Havana-Style." It was a chance to eat great Cuban food and wear some white clothes. And, of course an opportunity to celebrate the first year of Penelope's life. Cuba is significant to us because Penelope is 1/4 Cuban, I'm 1/2 and, given how ancestry works, my mother a full-blooded Cuban.
Fifty years ago, in 1958, my mother celebrated her first birthday in Cuba.
Here's a photo of my mom with her two grandmothers:
And here's Penelope with her two grandmothers (my mom is on the right).
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