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Top 5 reasons why teachers shouldn’t throw baby showers in Costa Rica:

1) Not our area of expertise: we are teachers for a reason, right? This career path doesn’t cover party planning and baby shower throwing. Thank God for Google.

2) We live in Pavones, an isolated beach town with one and a half super markets (those who have been here know what that means), no shopping whatsoever, and a rickety old school bus that provides precarious transportation to the nearest town, the border of Panama. Ah yes, Beautiful Paso Canoas, how I love thee. The foul, cesspool of a border crossing where one can buy virtually any Chinese-imported piece of junk for a low, “duty-free” price (I don’t even know what that means). Now we know not to shop for baby showers on a Wednesday, though, because out of all days, that is the day the one party store is closed. Bummer.

3) Considering the amount of investigation we conducted, it seems that the Costa Rican culture doesn’t have any baby shower traditions. The only thing we could find is that it’s called a “Té,” which means “Tea” in English. So what, are we supposed to have a tea party at one of these? How about sangria instead?

4) Let’s just say our salaries don’t cover a whole lot after rent, the phone bill, and our monthly ration of rice and beans… okay, I admit that’s a bit of an exaggeration. But seriously, Mom, Dad- you’re teachers, you know what I mean!

5) One should not turn a nice party for a pregnant friend into a chance to recruit new students from out of town. Oops.

All jokes aside, it was a good party with lots of laughs and great food. Killer pink cupcakes, might I add, in honor of our dear friends Katie and Daniel who are going to have a girl names Pheonix in a few months. Congratulations, we love you guys!