WIT Shower

James (in flasher costume) with Jesse, one of the other newer WiT babies and his mum Hilde.

Last weekend James and I attended a baby shower for my international women's group, Wereldvrouwen in Twente. It was honoring Mayumi, who is due in late October but will be returning to Japan in the next weeks. It was delightful. I was not sure we would be able to attend until the morning of-- having just flown in the day before it was not certain that either of us would be conscious by midday Sunday. However, James and I both slept through the night our first night back, so things seemed fine. I also knew that going and doing something would be more entertaining for him than sitting at home. He napped for about the first hour of the party, which was nice-- then woke up ready to play.
When the sun was shining it was warm and gorgeous in Letteke's garden (well, it is always gorgeous in Letteke's garden). Occasionally the clouds would roll in, and we even had a light spattering of rain, but for the most part we were all in the open air and really enjoying the day. Nobody more than James, who loved the party. He spent a great deal of his time naked standing in one of Letteke's birdbaths-- of course he didn't strip down upon arrival. It happened gradually, going from wet shoes, to no shoes, to just shorts, to only diaper, to buck naked. Then some of the concerned mums worried he was too chilly when the sun went behind the clouds, so we put his rain jacket on. That is why he looks like a flasher in some of these pics.

Everyone gathering around Mayumi

Mayumi showing James one of her gifts

The food is always AWESOME at these events, and this was no exception. There were delights from all over the globe.

A view of Letteke's garden. For a Dutch garden she has a lot of space, and a much more natural, wilder, landscape. We always enjoy our time there.