Our First Quinceanera

Okay it wasn't our quinceanera, but it was the first one that either one of us has ever been to. Alexandra the daughter of Rafael Ramos, who works on my project, celebrated her 15th bday in style and we were lucky enough to pick up an invitation.

To be honest I'm a bit disappointed in the pictures because they don't do the celebration justice. First of all she looked GORGEOUS. Second of all there were many funny events that went unrecorded. Por ejemplo...Mike awkwardly dancing with the bday girl, the baile del valle where they chuck candy around at everyone and knocked my drink over, the panuelo dance where I waltzed around shaking a hanky like I knew what I was doing, etc.

I can't remember all of the different parts of the celebration but there was definitely a mass, a waltz, presentation of flowers, some doll presentation thing, a waltz familiar where poor Alexandra had to dance with every male family member in attendance, cake, lots of little Coronas, plenty of mescal to go around, and delicious mole (again mol-ay the sauce not the rodent).

It was a wonderful event and we are so happy that we were able to attend. Not the typical cultural experience that every tourist gets in Oaxaca, but it was definitely a truly Mexican celebration and we had a blast.