Bike Ride

Around The Streets Near Nana's and Tio Guero's in Bacerac

Happy Birthday Cousin Eddie!

We are lucky to have a cousin for the kids who is about the same age. Too bad that they live very far away from us. But we are happy to celebrate his very first birthday today. Happy Birthday Cousin Eddie!

(Maybe I am the only one who thinks it is funny to call him Cousin Eddie).

Ball

The first time that Stephen saw a ball, he was clearly and immediately attracted (the same way that Sarah was with doggies). He turns everything into a ball. Fruits, rocks, other toys and objects. He seems to throw pretty well for a 1-year-old. Definitely more natural talent than anyone else in his family that we know of. (Although I found out during this trip that Tata used to play some baseball before he married Nana).

Tools

Stephen is showing early natural tendencies to be very handy. He picks up tools, carries them around and tries to use them. His favorites while here in Bacerac have been a red screwdriver and a tool that sort of like a pizza cutter. He takes the screwdriver and pokes it in any holes that he can find.

Running

We went to the park the other day and had a good time, playing on playground equipment (including Nana swinging on the swings with the kids) and Sarah climbing up some tall things, and even looking at some cows and horses on the other side of the hill. But the time was too short and Sarah didn't want to leave. She got frustrated on the way home and was saying she was too tired to walk and needed to be carried, but Papa came up with a little game that changed her mind. Papa and Sarah started racing each other from lightpost to lightpost, Sarah always winning, and she ended up running all the way home, plus some extra, which was pretty far. Score one for Papa (and Sarah!)

Sarah was funny too because she was running zig-zag in front of Papa, apparently to try to keep him from passing and getting ahead. This girl!

The Christ

Sarah: (looking at a picture of a bloody Christ figure at Nana's house)

Why he has owie in his piernas? (his legs) (pause) Why he has owie in his face? (pause) Why he has owie aqui? (Here, pointing to chest)

Later...

He was fighting! He was fighting! Look, he was fighting! (pause) I no like it. (making face) Let's put it in the trash!

El Cuarto Secreto

There is a closed-off room at Nana's house off of the kitchen that we have converted into "El Cuarto Secreto," the Secret Room. Sarah likes to go in there to play and to eat sometimes. It has a sofa and some pictures and momentoes, and has its windows covered, giving it a private, secret feel. It also has a couple of coolers that serve as kid-size tables and play objects. It's a perfect secret place, even if a bit dusty.