00:01-00:17

[Carl Perreault: Here we go!]

Should we start singing soon?

Claudia Trudel and children are carrying a birthday cake with candles. They’re singing Happy Birthday to Mathieu Perreault.

[guests singing Happy Birthday]

 

00:18-00:20

The opening credit Kids’ party, Perreault family, Québec appears. Mrs. Trudel and the children sing.

[singing]

 

00:21-00:24

You know, I’m not even sure he knows what we’ve got planned.

 

00:25-00:29

An electric mixer blends cake batter.

[voices of a man and a child, noise from the mixer]

 

00:30-00:38

Children and parents gather in the kitchen. A grandfather kisses his grandson.

[Carl Perreault: To us, the birthday cake is very important so that every year…So that he remembers the cake. And we photograph it. We want to immortalize it.]

 

00:38-00:47

• Should we add a bit of yellow there? Or it doesn’t matter?
• Add some.
• Add some? We’ll add some.

Women and children are assembling the cake. Children of all ages and their parents are at the party.

 

00:48-01:06

The most important thing is that he has fun at his birthday party and makes a craft he wouldn’t normally make since we wouldn’t take the time to say: “OK, this weekend, this is our theme.” We try to find something special and we adapt the cake to the activity.

[voices of children and parents, noise coming from the kitchen]

 

01:07-01:33

The children are making crafts, women are decorating the cake, a boy is preparing fruit skewers and a young girl is playing with a ball. With their parents’ help, the children are trying on and wearing their costumes.

[children’s voices]

 

01:17

Voilà! Fruit skewers!

 

01:25

[Claudia Trudel: Are you making your birthday cake, Mathieu?]

 

01:26

[noise from a drill]

 

01:41-01:52

[Claudia Trudel: We often go to kids’ parties where parents drop off their child and leave.]

[children’s voices, noise from a scooter]

We like to involve the parents and have them stay with us.

 

01:53-01:56

Children and parents around the table sing Happy Birthday to Mathieu.

[guests singing Happy Birthday]

 

01:57-01:59

Sharing a meal is an event. It’s enjoyable; it’s sacred.

[guests singing Happy Birthday]

 

02:00-02:13

[Claudia Trudel: I think you should help him, right?]

With the help of his friends, Mathieu blows out the candles on his birthday cake.

[guests singing Happy Birthday, children’s voices, clapping]