Pirate Party

First year birthdays are big events in Panama. Beth and Andrew have been living in Gamboa 7 years, and took this sentiment to heart. We received a custom invitation (addressed to "Crimson Curls Gwendolyn") to a boat in the Pacific.

After short trip into the harbor on a jetty manned by pirates, we boarded a larger boat and encountered the birthday boy himself: here's Alistair, age 1.

Gwendolyn was fully entranced.

Steering the boat.

Consorting with her friend Freya.

And observing the piñata-attacking craziness from a safe perch with Helene and Eric.

David and I came in costume too.

Here are the Wren and I posing in front of the Bridge of the Americas.

And here's David, sporting the one-eyed sunglasses version of a pirate's patch.