Gabi's birthday celebrations

This weekend we continued with the birthday celebrations for Gabi (and boy am I glad it's done!).  Friday we took TEN girls to the movie theater to see a local movie (partly Peruvian and partly Argentinian) about a mouse who needs to find a princesses' tooth in order to save his kingdom.  I got a mini van to take all the kids from school to the mall and then we brought them home to sing Happy Birthday to Gabi and have some cupcake before all the kids got picked up.  I was totally pooped by the end of the day but Gabi was so happy to share with her new friends from school.


Saturday we had Sports Day at Gabi's school and then a family BBQ here at Jose's grandma's house to celebrate four family birthdays including Gabi's.  We had a great time with all the family and ate like champs, but boy was I glad to wake up Sunday morning and realize there were no more kids' birthday activities on the agenda!


Sunday morning Gabi had her first marinera class and while she seemed exhausted at the end (so much activities for the weekend!) she really liked them and is looking forward to more next weekend.  We had to get her a special skirt at the market yesterday too because the other one her grandma had given her as a present is still in boxes in this house's basement.


Now I'm praying for my sister to stay safe in the face of Sandy and all those in the East Coast of the US.  If you're looking for a live stream of storm-related news here's the best link I have found so far, Weather Channel on YouTube.  For someone who lives outside of the US and doesn't get a lot of weather-related news (the 7-day forecast for Lima is always exactly the same so no one bothers with the weather!) I appreciate being able to stay tuned so much.

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