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)

but Penny has started using the toilet.  Many people start at 6 months but I decided to start last week.  You have to be somewhat regimented with it in the beginning and now seemed like a good time to start.  After eating she sits on the toilet for about 5 minutes or less and goes potty.  She usually will do something and seems to enjoy sitting on the toilet and talking to me.  She won’t be potty trained for a long time, but at least she’s getting used to using the toilet.  Supposedly after awhile she’ll only do “number 2″ on the potty, no more poopy diapers (HEAVEN!).  Here’s some pics from tonight-

 

Daddy time-

Dinner time-

Potty time-