Zapatillas

Sarah, looking at an old, rundown abandoned building near a place we stopped in Mexico to get gas:

Quiero ir a esa escuela. Mira, tengo zapatillas! (I want to go to this school. Look, I have high heels!)

(Ever since she saw her Tia Lupita wearing high heels on her way to school, Sarah has understood them to be essentially linked to school, and puts on toy high heels when she wants to play pretend school.)

Highway?

One of the campaign promises made by the Mexican politicians was that if the local and national leaders of the PRI party were elected, they would pave a much more direct highway from A.P. to Bacerac. That would be nice because it would cut travel time from 6 hours to 2 or 3. All of the appropriate persons were elected and took office Dec 1st so now we'll wait to see if they pave the shorter road to Nana's house.

Swim Classes

Several weeks ago we signed the kids up for swim classes at the YMCA. Unfortunately the heated pool was still pretty cold and the swimming instructor waited until after the class was over to inform us that the kids wouldn't learn how to swim, but that rather the class would be to accustom them to the water. Papa was let down, Mama never thought the classes were a good idea, but the result was that we cancelled the classes and are still waiting for a time for the kids to learn how to swim.

(Grandma later commented that she remembered having some failed swim instruction at a Y many years ago herself.)

YMCA

It's been a couple of weeks since we've gone to the "Y" and Stephen is out of practice, so he is crying in the childcare area (visible from the workout area). But Sarah the whole time is being an excellent big sister by hugging and holding him. She pulled up a little kid's chair and sat in it, holding Stephen's head on her chest/lap while trying to soothe him. What a great sister!

Update with photo

Hey Gowol

We were reading a book at the library reading castle area and a girl a little bit bigger than Sarah came up and wanted to play Barbies.

They played for a bit and then the girl started getting frustrated with Sarah, who was jumping on the cushion inside the caste, and walked away a little bit. Sarah followed her toward the water fountain:

Sarah: Gowol! (To Papa) I want wader!

Girl, mad: I'm not "girl"! I'm Savannah!

They return to the castle area for a few moments before the girl runs off, escaping towards another part of the library, with Sarah trailing behind her.

Sarah: Gowol, where are you going?!

Library

The Lego Table

Stephen With Lego Car: Ppppbbbbbvvvvv!

We Love This Place

Leaving Nana's

Yes, Some Peanut Butter Did Make It
Past The Face And Into The Mouth

Another Picture That Completely Fails To Capture
The Awesomeness of "La Cruz  Del Diablo"

The Ladies

Sarah: Says It's A School, Wants To Go To School Here
(Huasabas, Mexico)

Visiting Loreto And Pregnant Lorena In Moctezuma,
Where We Picked Up Some Huge Bags Of Beans

Made It To A.P.

Playing Nice With The Toy Sarah Always Asks For

Now Stephen's Turn

Then a trip to Walmart before hitting the road again.