We were all out of bed early this morning so Robin and Enid could make their 7:30am flight to Los Angeles. They will be attending the wedding of Robin’s cousin Bill this weekend, and then going on a short cruise with Robin’s parents and brother. The cruise ship is traveling, ironically enough, to Mexico and back (to Ensenada, in Baja California). I’ll be flying out to meet them in northern California next Saturday and we’ll spend the holidays there, returning to Monterrey January 2nd. But for the next week I get to enjoy the carefree bachelor life.

Last night was the “posada” at Enid’s preschool. It wasn’t a real posada (which, I’m given to understand, are increasingly rare these days) but actually a little Christmas show performed by the kids, followed by a catered meal. Since we’re talking about a preschool, obviously the performances were not very elaborate. The four year olds (Enid’s class) were able to (kind of) sing a song and dance in unison. The two and three year olds mostly just stood there and looked cute in their costumes. But everyone received plenty of heartfelt applause anyway, and a good time was had by all.

We also went to another posada with my coworkers on Monday night. That one was also mostly just a holiday party, but we did at least light candles and sing a brief version of the traditional posada songs, plus we broke a piñata. The party was at a guy named Hector’s house way out of town, and we had to slog through rush hour traffic for about an hour to get there, and then keep Enid up way past her usual bedtime, but it turned out to be worth it since it was a really fun party.