Party photos

On the fly...

I'm on the way out the door to FINALLY meet Rita's new granddaughter (and spend the night!), but wanted to post some of these picture quick before I left. The girls were invited to a birthday party here today. There was...

Running

And a game of Red Light, Green Light

Which Robin won

There was a tour of the park including turtles

And story-telling butterflies

And a playground

The likes of which you will never, ever see in the United States

And sunbathing iguanas

And music, dancing and traditional masks.

Unfortunately, my camera battery wasn't fully charged and I didn't get the picture I wanted of the three- and four-year-olds chasing each other around in papier-maché masks the size of a motorcycle helmet and shaped and painted into very creepy skull and ghoul faces. The birthday boy's Canadian grandparents were visiting and seemed a little taken aback - these kinds of scary masks come out at all Costa Rican cultural holidays, but I have to admit they don't usually surface at birthday parties. Okay, gotta go!