Back to School Party!

Lucy was invited to her first party from someone in her class.

It was a back to school party and the whole family was invited. We were all very excited, especially because it was a pool party! It had been a while since we were able to go swimming.

Today was a beautiful day, so we were even more thankful and excited.

After church we rushed home, all six of us got our suits on, packed our towels, extra clothes, lubed up with sunscreen, got all our sunglasses on and headed out - half way walking, half way taking a taxi - to get to the swim party.

We were late, but hey, we are on Ecuadorian time!

We had a great time, minus two issues:

#1 Apparently the adults here don't do the "swim" part of swim parties. Instead they, well, the ladies at least, still wear their stilettos and nice clothes. So Eric and I didn't swim either.

#2 It was an indoor pool. Not that big of a deal except for the fact that we spent 20 minutes and probably $7 applying sunscreen. The kids hate having to put sunscreen on, we hate having to put it on, and it is, as we call it "liquid gold"..... or at least it is priced as such.

sigh...

But we did have a good time. It was nice to meet some of the other parents of the kids in Lucy's class, even if conversation was a little limited. They were all wonderful warm, friendly people. And there were a few who spoke English (although it probably would have been better to be the only ones - so we would have been forced to speak more Spanish). We were the only full "Gringos" there, which we quite enjoyed. We love that the kids are the only, or at least one of few, North Americans in their classes. What an incredible opportunity for them.

The three blondes close together (harder to tell with wet hair) are Lucy, Mia and Cade.

Mia the gringo ("gringa", technically)

Even Lucy's teacher, Miss Ortiz, came. Lucy felt a little too shy to do a picture with her teacher all by herself so I had to join..... (notice the dry bathing suit straps).

And yes, a fun time was had by all.