Friday, December 22, 2006

PARTY *****CHRISTMAS PARTY

Today we had our own Christmas party - the one we have for all of us and our invited guests. We had 50 places set in the dining room and the girls had made 50 little construction paper adornos - one for each place. The places were full. Guests included most of the board members, a wonderful woman (who taught the girls to sew last summer (Janu., Feb., March) and will again and who makes clothes for the girls - really nice and stylish and with a particular touch)all of the staff and their primary and below aged children - and (to eat up the leftovers as he said) our Bishop.

We had white and some red tablecloths (donated a while ago by an hotel). And the menu: turkey and ham, stovetop stuffing, pink potato salad (almost red - made with beets which is a custom here) salad, rice with guandu (a type of pea - at least it is in the pea family and it grows on a bush - almost a small tree. We bought these - they are a great product to buy at stop lights - but will have our own in the month of January. They give a special flavor to the rice)and a delicious fruit punch. Each table had abundant apples, pears and grapes (traditional for Christmas).

After this and before the cake and icecream Santa (myself dressed in a Ngoby Indian dress) gave out gifts. Every child there received something! A lot of the girls got disposable cameras (with the promise of developing the film later)and everyone there got something. There were a lot of kids taking pictures.

***** TO SEE SOME PICTURES OF THIS GREAT EVENT go to www.padremickey.blogspot.com.

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