Wallace's Wonderful Adventure: Fight/Baby Shower

No, those two things in the title of this post do not go together.

We started the day like any other. Got ready and took Cameron to school. Since I ruined the lettuce and tomatoes yesterday I had to go to the veggie market to rebuy those items. I wasn't even sure if it was open at 7:50 but decided to try. We pulled in the parking lot and it was pretty empty. I got out of the van and walked behind the building to go inside. There were tons of people back there buying breakfast from all the little vendors. The market was hopping too. I found my veggie lady and bought lettuce and tomatoes. My fruit lady wasn't there yet so I had to go to another to buy 2 peaches that we were short for the favors for the baby shower. These 2 peaches cost me way more than yesterday from my lady. Oh well. We needed them.

I got back in the van and we headed back to the apartment. We got to the corner of Nanhi Lu...VERY busy street. I saw a bike lying on the ground that was hit by a cab. I then saw 2 older gentlemen fighting. There was a lot of yelling. Both men were holding onto each others shirts pushing and shoving each other across 4 lanes of traffic. Everyone drove around them like they weren't even there, including my driver. Mr. Xue just laughed and continued on. I kept looking back watching the 2 guys. They then started throwing punches. Mr. Xue was laughing at me because I was making noises in disgust. The worst part was there was a "police officer" standing there looking like he was oblivious to anything going on. Incredible.

I spent all morning making little taco boats for the baby shower for Yvonne today. What a gigantic pain in the rear. I can tell you that Chef Ramsey from Hells' Kitchen would have kicked me out of his kitchen in the first 5 minutes. I burned the first 3 taco shells. Then I burnt the top of my hand. My kitchen looked like a tornado went through it. This project took 5 times longer than it should have. I am just not an organized person by any means of the word in the kitchen. I was kicking myself for choosing to make these. I wished I had just ordered something from Jacky's and had it delivered. The final project was a success so I guess I should be proud of that. AND everyone seemed to think they were really tasty too. I hope no one is expecting me to make 20 of those again anytime soon.

They look good.

Fancy.

I had to rush to get ready, get the kitchen cleaned up, and be at Ileana's by 12:00. I made it but just in time. The shower started at 12:30. Last minute preparations and then guests started to arrive. Yvonne and Alejandro are having their second baby in just 3 weeks. Samantha, their daughter, is 2 1/2. Yvonne was very thankful and happy that we had this shower. It was a pot luck so there were many wonderful dishes to choose from. Heather made one of her delicious cakes. Yvonne received some very awesome presents too. All in all it was a great afternoon with some great girls. We all had to leave in a rush to go to school to get our kids. Thank God for ayi's to clean up.

Some of the ladies enjoying lunch.

Yvonne and alll her gifts.

The cute, yummy cake.

All the girls.
Ileana, Luz, Carrie, Rachel, Cecilia, Heather, Jovi, Nadia, Rosemary, Anna, Becky.
Megan (Mason), Susan (Lars), Me, Yvonne, Marina (Maya), and Andrea.

At 6:00 we headed over to the new Jacky's. It isn't so new anymore but that is still what everyone calls it. A bunch of us decided to have dinner there and just hang out. There is a huge area where the kids could run and play without fear of cars or anything. They played with balls, jump ropes, chalk, hopscotch, etc. They had a lot of fun. The adults sat together and enjoyed drinks and food. It was a beautiful night to be outside. Jacky, the owner, was happy to see us all. He got crazy and bought all of us a shot of Tequila. Yuck. We decided to get another shot for everyone but it was Kaluha and Baileys with whip cream. I showed them all how to drink it with no hands. The Danish people thought that was hilarious. Of course everyone tried it that way. There was a lot of laughter. Around 10:45 Carrasco's and us jumped in a cab and headed home. When the cab was in front of our apartment Ileana told him to stop in Chinese. For some reason this made him mad and he started yelling at us. No idea why he snapped but at least we were home. Off to bed.