Saturday the 22nd of October was baby shower day! Since Menchie didn't want it to be an event just for women, it was decided sometime ago that men and children would also be invited to attend, to make it much more of a family event!(Food) preparations started the evening before the shower, right after Pash and Ulviyya's wedding. Daniel, who works in the kitchen at the Bahá'í World Centre, came to our home, and did an excellent job in preparing some of the yummy food we would be eating the next day. Highlight of the evening was the "how-to-make-springroll/eggroll/lumpia-course" which we really enjoyed, and which is a skill that I am sure will come in handy in the future. After making about 25 springrolls, I've become quite the chef!! (I have said the same thing after Shingo's sushi class, but am definitely in need of a refresher course on that one... So, Shingo, when you read this, you'll know what to do! he he :)))
We had invited well over 40 guests to our house, and surprisingly, they all fit quite well! Barbeque was great, thanks to the great marinade Menchie had made the night before, and thanks to our wonderful b-b-q chefs, Kevin and Santana and all the food and desserts that were brought by our friends were equally delicious!
Highlight of the afternoon was a game we played where we all had to come up with images of what our baby will look like. The trick was to combine features from both of us, which were superimposed upon a baby's face... The results were HILARIOUS! And now we definitely know why we should leave all of this in God's hands :) Click here for some impressions of the event, and make sure you don't miss the wonderful picture at the end, which we have also included here!
It was a wonderful day, with lots of fun and in the end we had fun opening the wonderful gifts from our friends. We feel so blessed to have such a great community of dear ones here with us, specially since neither of us have our families very close by. We thank these friends for being our family...and for spending time with us in this special and memorable shower party!
