Last Saturday Alejandro and I were invited to a baby shower for a friend of his. I always thought that showers (bridal or baby) were strictly "women only" events, and Alejandro said that they usually are in Mexico too. But this shower was attended by men, women and children.
I also thought that the party centered around the opening of gifts. (Alejandro and I had bought a present from her gift registry at Liverpool Department Store.) The gifts were piled in the corner of the room, but they were not opened. I understand that it is standard procedure to have themed party games, and we had several of those.
Two of the games were word search and scrambled word puzzles. This retired Spanish teacher did miserably on them both.
On the word search I only found five of the words... carreola - stroller, pañalera - diaper bag, cambiador - changing table, cuna - crib, and tina - tub. On the scramble word puzzle I only figured out four... pañal - diaper, cuna - crib, babero - bib and leche - milk.
Everyone received a little teddy bear made of chocolate mixed with amaranth, a grain that has been cultivated in Mexico since pre-Hispanic times. These traditional amaranth treats are known as "alegrías"... the Spanish word for joy.
By the way, the Spanish word for "baby shower" is... "baby shower"!
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