Michells Birthday Party

Thursday evening I skipped art class and Roy and I went to one of the landlords grand daughters 9 th birthday party, (turned out class was cancelled anyway because of the holiday).  The party was held at the Salon de Eventos Titanico where they have pools and water slides.  With the heat here the kids were just loving being in the water.

Snacks, corn on the cob, fresh fruit and drinks were enjoyed by all, followed by a meal of Pastel Sorpresa, salad and beans.  Cake of course followed, along with goody bags for all.  We gave our goody bags to some of the kids and received big smiles in return.

 (Pastel Sorpresa is basically a huge sandwich with various filling, covered with yellow cheese and decorated with some chilis and eaten with a fork.  I kind of remember something similar to this being served at showers, etc. in Canada; but don't remember what it was called.)

A fun evening as usual.


Three pools and 2 water slides.

                                                                               

The birthday girl with her cake and gifts.

Grandma holding the newest grand child who was making a very funny face.

The Party Continued

This afternoon there was a knock on the door and when I opened it the older granddaughter from across the street stood there with a table centerpiece from the party last night.  I thanked her and she left.  Shortly after there was another knock on the door and there stood the little birthday girl with 2 bags of candy.  We had left the party before the bags of sweets and centerpieces were handed out, so the girls personally delivered them to us.

The Party

We went to the party last night for awhile.  Wasn't feeling great so we didn't stay for a long time.  There were a lot of people there; probably over a hundred.  The salon de eventos has playground equipment and they had also brought in a couple of those blown up bouncy house things.  They had 2 ponies there giving the kids rides and also a clown/magician that put on a show for the kids at one point.  There was a live band, one which is quite popular here.  They had a hot dog man giving the kids hot dogs and had a hot meal for the adults.  Beverages and snacks flowed freely.  I tried to get a photo of the birthday girl; but she wasn't having it, every time I tried she would turn away.  She looked really cute with her hair all done up and a long, gorgeous white dress.

Alan and Diego with one of the ponies.













My mom had her swallow test this morning and I guess it did not go well, so they are going to try again this afternoon.  She also had another CT scan, so we will see what if anything that shows.  Her blood pressure fluctuates and they are working on the meds, yet again.  Only time will tell I guess.  Hoping for the best.

The Birthday Party

The birthday party was held in the salon de eventos "Titanic". I had never been there before and had no idea of what it was like inside. They have 2 water slides emptying into separate pools and another pool just for the kids to paddle around in. The pools are very shallow and just perfect for little kids. There were tons of kids enjoying themselves immensely on the waterslides and in the pools. There were a couple of really little kids that wanted to play in the water; but were afraid of the big pools so they put some water in a little plastic paddling pool and they had a ball in their private pool. They also gave the kids beach balls to play with in the water and had balloons floating around in the pools. They also have swings, etc. for the children to play on.





The youngest birthday girl.

The older birthday girl.

Birthday banner which was the same picture as what was on the invitations.

As soon as we were seated we were served with soda and snacks with salsas. Then we were served plates of fresh fruit. After the fruit we were given a bowl each of a calamari salsa with chips. Later on 2 hot dog carts were rolled in and everyone was served with hot dogs complete with all the fixings, the kids loved it. Then came the cake. Everyone was really full by this time and people began to leave, naturally everyone left with a big shiny bag of treats.
They had a piñata which of course was shaped like Ariel in the undersea movie. (Sorry I am not up on the names of these kinds of movies). I forgot to take a photo of that.
A good time was had by all.

Time For A Birthday Party

Yesterday we were just going downstairs to go for some groceries, when a visiting relative at the landlords asked me to wait for a minute. I should know her name as she is at all of the family events; but it escapes me at the moment. I have always been terrible at remembering names, anyway she went to her car and came back with a birthday party invitation for me.

The invitation is so cute, I tried to scan it; but because of the seashells attached to it, the scanner lid wouldn't close properly so it didn't scan very well. The party is for 2 little girls this afternoon at a salon de eventos called Titanic which is on the road to the beach at Miramar. It looks like it will be an under the sea themed party.

So, I am off this morning to go gift shopping, wish me luck. The party is this afternoon at 5 PM. Should be fun.

Update: Shopping done. Got the gifts wrapped at the same place I usually use, cost $2.70 total.

It was raining hard in centro and is drizzling here. 28 C. feels like 33 C. and 84% humidity, it is sure sticky.

Allans Birthday Party

Allans Birthday Party

We had been invited to Allans birthday party yesterday afternoon. We made the long trip downstairs and joined the adults that were sitting around visiting. The children were either jumping on the trampoline, a Christmas gift, or playing fooseball (sp?). Everyone was having a good time. Lots of snacks everywhere, dinner and cake later and of course a goody bag full of dulces, (sweets). A good time was had by all.

There are events going on all week here for the Festival Dr. Alfonso Ortiz Tirado . There are some things that we would like to go to; but as we are both fighting nasty colds, I am not sure if we will attend anything or not. I think this is the first bad cold that I have had since the winter of 2005 and it is sucking away all my energy. Last night when we got home from the party, I felt feverish and my throat was really sore and Roy isn't feeling much better. Just feeling yucky in general. I think that we may just stay home and take it easy.

Hummingbird Nest Update

Hummingbird Nest Update

The hummingbirds hatched out of the eggs a couple of days ago; but I hadn't managed to get a photo of the babies. The nest is located so that it is always in the shade, smart momma; but it makes it difficult to get a photo of the babies. This morning Roy helped me out by holding a couple of the branches so that we could get some sunlight into the nest. This helped a bit and I did get one photo where you can actually see one baby a bit. It is not a good photo; but was all I could manage.

I read online that the females lay two eggs and this one did. I also read that the babies stay in the nest for 21 days before fledging, we are not exactly sure what day they hatched; but they have about 2 more weeks before flying away. They have almost doubled in size since the first time we saw them about 5 days ago. If you view the photo full size by clicking on it, you will see one of the babies, the other is to the right of the first one. Their beaks are short and broad and look nothing like the adults beaks, maybe it is easier for momma to feed them if their beaks are short for awhile.

Yesterday the young fellow from next door came over and gave us an invitation to his mothers 55th birthday party. It was already 4 PM and the party was to begin at 7 PM. I am not sure why he was delivering the invitations so late; but he had a whole handful of them to deliver. I rushed uptown to get a gift.

We waited until just after 8 PM before going to the party. When we arrived there were some people there; but we didn't know anyone. We greeted the young man who had invited us and were introduced to the "birthday lady". We had never met her before; but we see her son daily. We sat down, nibbled on the snacks provided and checked out the decorations. People kept arriving until the patio was almost full. There was one little boy, who could just barely walk, who was playing with a soccer ball. He adopted us and we rolled the ball back and forth with him for awhile. He was so funny, he could hardly walk; but was determined to play soccer. Irene, our landlady arrived and came and sat beside us. Some of the other neighbors also arrived, and we greeted them. Irene leaned over and told me that the young fellow had hired a Mariachi band to come and play. She told me the name of the band and apparently they are well thought of, as she seemed impressed. A few minutes later, the 6 piece Mariachi band arrived. The violin player was a lady. They were dressed in the black outfits with the silver ornaments down the pant legs, they looked very nice and sounded great. When they first walked in the birthday lady was so surprised to see them and excited. Her son just beamed, obviously he knew what to do to please momma. The young fellow has a very nice voice, he is always singing, and he sang several songs to his mother accompanied by the mariachis. It was nice to watch the love and emotion between mother and son. They played for about 1/2 hr. and took requests from the birthday lady. Very nice.

Right after the band left they began to serve dinner. Irene quite proudly told us that Nancy, (her daughter in law) had cooked all the food for the party. Nancy is becoming quite an entrepreneur. We were served a plate with a yummy roast pork, mashed potatoes with mushroom gravy, refried beans, and a slice of french bread. It was delicious. We stayed for awhile longer; but there were so many people standing and trying to eat their food that we decided that we would leave and give someone else our seats. We made our way into the kitchen to say our thank yous and goodbyes to the birthday lady. Nancy was still in the kitchen supervising and she wanted us to stay for cake and quite proudly showed us her concoction, it did look good. A lovely evening.

A Birthday Party

A Birthday Party

Irene had come up and given us an invitation for one of her brothers granddaughters 1st birthday party. The invitation itself is really cute, it has a photo of the little girl dressed up as Minnie Mouse on it along with a picture of the cartoon Minnie. When we arrived at the party, it was still pretty quiet; but people started arriving shortly and continued to arrive for a couple of hours ( I would estimate that there was approx. 150 people there all together). The children were all very well behaved and throughout the whole party there was not one argument or any tears among them. Amazing, with that amount of children in one place! There was a clown and a fellow dressed up as a musketeer cat (I know he has a name; but can't think of it right now). The clown kept the children busy with face painting and various games. There were 3 piñatas, Minnie Mouse, Mickey Mouse and also a star shaped one. They were very tough and the children had a hard time breaking them, especially as the clown or the cat kept raising and lowering it as the children were whacking at it. Alan ended up with one of Minnies shoes and Brittany ended up with a shoe with part of the leg still in it. There was alot of playground equipment in the open area and the children had a ball. There was no shortage of people, drinks, snacks or music. The children were given cake and jello and then lined up to receive their goodie bags. These were really neat, they were cut out of styrofoam in the shape of Minnie Mouses head and then painted and decorated, with sides and handles added on, out of cardboard. Lots of work; but very cute. Lots of the adults ended up with them also, we gave ours to Alan, we told Irene that he needed the sugar more than we do; but Irene wasn't too sure of that! There was a fellow video tapeing the party the whole time we were there. At this point we thought that the evening was drawing to a close; but no. We were then served dinner and cake. It was a very good meal and we enjoyed the whole afternoon and evening. People started leaving and almost 5 hours after we had arrived, we too left for home. A good time was had by all.

Irene with Ariana the birthday girl.

The Minnie Mouse pinata.