Since Julia’s birthday was on a holiday here in Belize, we celebrated her birthday on Friday.  She invited some girls in her class over after school to swim, do crafts and have dinner.  Iris and Sam each had a friend over, too.  I don’t know why, but the prep for the party took me longer than if we had had a formal dinner party for 50.  I forget how much work even the most basic of entertaining is in a tiny kitchen with limited supplies.

When I was out shopping for the food and stuff, I did find a place that made me happy!

I had a delicious cheddar jalapeno bagel with honey chipotle cream cheese!  Sorry I didn’t take a picture…

At Julia’s “party” we made stressballs with balloons, water and cornstarch.  No, that wasn’t messy at all…I needed a stressball to get over the stressball making!

Cake time!