Happy Birthday Penelope!!  Yesterday was Penny’s first birthday and we had a wonderful time celebrating it with Grandma and Grandpa.  Penny woke up, opened a few presents played and then we spent the afternoon in the valley.  We went to our favorite restaurant, Los Hornitos del Molle, then off to the zoo.  Came home around 5 took Leyna to the park and then had cake and cookies, opened more presents, and skyped with Grams, Grandpa Tom, Aunt Pat and Uncle Bob.  Penny had a wonderful birthday and was so exhausted we didn’t hear a peep from her until 745 this morning!  Happy birthday beautiful princess Penelope!!!

 

Grandma and Grandpa arrived safe and sound on Friday morning for a visit.  Penny is very happy they’re here and we’ve been keeping them busy.  We spent Friday afternoon downtown getting ready for Veronica’s going away party on Saturday.  Spent the morning setting up for the party, the afternoon at the party and then after Penny went to bed, Steve and I went and played poker (and won)!  On Sunday we had Jona’s first birthday party.  Today (Monday) is a holiday here so we’re planning on going to the mall and then playing some frisbee golf.  Here are some pics from the lat few days-

 

At the airport- here they come!!

 

Hanging out-

bath time-

This afternoon when I went into my bedroom, much to my delight I found a surprise visitor.  

a beautiful hummingbird had sneaked in.  We have an escape hatch for some reason in our closet that our cleaning lady opens occasionally to air it out and it must have flown in through there.  I opened all the windows in the room and helped it get out (it didn’t seem hurt).  It was absolutely beautiful to see, it had a green iridescent back, unfortunately my pictures don’t do it justice.  When I moved a curtain it flew out and hovered right in front of my face for a few seconds.  Penny seemed to like watching it as well!  Pretty cool!!

Penny had a great day with her dad today.  While Steve slept in, Penny and I made breakfast- homemade english muffins for breakfast sandwiches.  Penny had for the first time a scrambled egg with a little cheese and some spinach.  She really enjoyed feeding herself and Leyna was able to clean up when we were done.  We also played a game of frisbee golf with Rikki, Chris and Jack.  Overall we had a relatively quiet day with our family and our good friends.  To end the day, Penny talked with her Grandpa and Grandpa Tom and showed of her walking skills.  Happy Father’s Day to all the wonderful dads out there!!

Saturday was our annual book sale with proceeds going to Hogar Redes (an orphanage in town.  I spent all week helping to get things ready and I’m happy to say it was a success.  This year the hours for the book sale were earlier, from 9-2 as opposed to 12-5, but we ended up raising close to 800,000 pesos (about $1600).  Penny and Steve came down for a couple of hours to support us and as always Penny was adorable.  

(Penny helping us pack up the books at the end of the day)