Eighty Nine

     
 We had a little get together for Ama's Birthday and with all the vacationing and coffee business, it was somehow passed by.

 
Here we are at Don Pepperoni's. It's a big Argentinean chain, maybe like our version of TGIF's. 

Paulina stole the show as usual. Xime, Matias (of course) with Jose Luis stopping by near the end. We met quite early really. Joaquin and Magdalena, Tia Flo shown here with Pauli. 
  
This would not be her only party. Amalia's pals took her to lunch another day as well. Can you be 89 and still have pals? I guess you can.

13 AGAIN

Luca's birthday (Sept. 18th) arrives each year just as does Spring vacation. We postponed the party to make sure too many friends were not away. Then the schedule for the Club was problematic and finally Janine's trip to the states. It finally took place on Oct. 24. It was loads of fun and a record number of kids showed up.
It was 3+ hours of sweating, soccer and horsing around.

 After our scheduled time, the local team needed the field to warm up for a game. The boys got front row seats. An unexpected bonus.

Coke break

Camilo "Que te pasa?" 

all eyes on the cake

Luca, Emilio and Vincent

Que lo cumple feliz.....

Will there be an explosion?

We had a nice turn out from family members, (Cecelia, Amalia, Ximena, Jose Luis and Paulina, Joaquin all made it) but I didn't end with many good shots. I found myself with no battery charge in the camera and had to make due with Emilio's cell phone. Thanks Emi!
My apologies for that.
All in all, it went just the way it should.

Vincent Party No. 11

Almost a month after the day proper, we had the party. A tough place to schedule apparently and now I can see why. The field was incredible. As usual the grown ups hung out and handled the asado. We made something like 60 hamburgers, buns fresh from a nearby bakery - they were fab. Janine's two cakes were incredible as always. Most of the family was there; Cecilia, Joaquin, Ama with Ximena and Jose Luis bringing extra special news. Let's just say Paulina is not going to be the littlest one for long, eh? Know what I mean?? You didn't read it here.
Enjoy the photos

Tristan Narvaja

We checked out the big Sunday fair known as Tristan Narvaja this weekend. Vincent was at a friends (as usual), but we had our nephew Joaquin in tow. Luca had some PS games to look for, as for the rest, well there's just too much to believe. You will always come away with something. The weather was splendid and it's just a short walk from our neighborhood. I picked up some boot laces (30 pesos) and some fruit and veggies, but the real benefit is a chance to practice my Spanish.