January 25th- Bowen's 8th birthday
The day started out the usual way- well usual for the past 6 days anyway- with the four of us gathering round the picnic table for a delicious breakfast of papaya, oranges from the trees overhead, granola and coconut yogurt. Wendy, our photography neighbor stopped by and offered Bowen her cell phone for him to call a friend back home in Calgary. What a thoughtful thing that was for her to do. Josh wasn't home so he tried Grandma Carol and Grandpa Don next. Bowen told her he was in prison and that this was his one phone call. My parents are a little nervous of our travels with "their" Grandkids so it might have been a bit of a cruel joke.
All through the day other new friends stopped by with good wishes and interesting versions of "happy birthday". It all made Bowen quite self conscious but he seemed to love the extra attention in our strange new home. We invited all 10 campers and 2 guests of the hotel to a pinata smashing and refreshments at 2pm at our place. Several children arrived this weekend to spend time with their relatives at the Rancho Acosta so we invited them to the party too.
We hung the huge pinata from the tree which was no easy feat as the thing weighed about 15 lbs! All the kids scrambled for the candy and slingshots once the pinata was broken ( by a skilled mexican boy) and they quickly offered some to all the adults at the party too.
Each of the people we invited brought a small gift for Bowen to open. This was quite a pleasant surprise for us We didn't know any of these people (other than Alison and Ches) just 6 days ago and here we were celebrating our child's day of birth as if we had known them all our lives. They knew we were leaving the next morning so supplied us with extra purified water, fishing tackle and a bag of frozen doves from Joan and Mike who spend a great deal of their time in Mexico hunting these little creatures (it's a local thing.)
This is a birthday that all in attendance won't soon forget and both Remy and I are so grateful for the opportunity to share it with them all.
Alamos has been great but it is time to move on to El Fuerte tomorrow where we will catch the train to Creel near the Copper Canyon.
-Liz-
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A belated "Happpy Birthday Bowen!!" How many boys from Calgary can say they celebrated their birthday in a campground in Mexico? I'm glad to hear that your experiences with fellow campers/RVers is turning out to be wonderfully surprising. We also noticed that when Rick and I go RVing, people are VERY friendly and kind away from home. Quite a change from the city folk we normally meet isn't it? You all look so relaxed and your adventures so far, have been interesting, funny and envious!! I keep on looking forward to your updates and read them with great interest. Hope to read more soon. Take care one and all. Love Tina.
ReplyDeleteP.S. Your home is being kept in an imaculate condition and all is well! Tracey and the boys (I haven't met the hubby yet) are so friendly and very respectful towards the house, so there is no need to worry about a 'GROW-OP" HA HA HA!