2 Agosto
Abuelita is here and Tia Paula and Prima Galit and estamos contentos. They arrived late at night the other night, con algo de sorpresa.
Aviva has been speaking a lot of Spanish, particularly numbers -- she counts how many people are at the table, how many tortillas are left, how many bags we're carrying, how many dogs are sleeping on the street.
I bought fresh tortillas the other day and when I asked the price for 10 (still hot) tortillas, I was told "siete cinquenta". I thought that was 57, but I thought he was telling me, "seven and fifty." So I gave him a fifty and seven. That would be $3.50 or something. But he actually meant 7 and 50 centavos, or 7.5, which is like 80 cents.
Paula, Galit, Abuelita and I walked around town yesterday and went to little shops and coffee shops. Tonight we'll go to the children's library and a nice outdoor restaurant. This weekend we hope to go to San Bartolo Coyotepec, a nearby mountain village where they make black pottery.
Abuelita is here and Tia Paula and Prima Galit and estamos contentos. They arrived late at night the other night, con algo de sorpresa.
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| Walking back from Parque El Llano last night |
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| Drawing gatitos with Abuelita; notice the mariposas on camisa de Aviva |
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| Driving the little cars at the parque Aviva's a wild driver |
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| Noah's serving us aperativos |
Aviva has been speaking a lot of Spanish, particularly numbers -- she counts how many people are at the table, how many tortillas are left, how many bags we're carrying, how many dogs are sleeping on the street.
I bought fresh tortillas the other day and when I asked the price for 10 (still hot) tortillas, I was told "siete cinquenta". I thought that was 57, but I thought he was telling me, "seven and fifty." So I gave him a fifty and seven. That would be $3.50 or something. But he actually meant 7 and 50 centavos, or 7.5, which is like 80 cents.
Paula, Galit, Abuelita and I walked around town yesterday and went to little shops and coffee shops. Tonight we'll go to the children's library and a nice outdoor restaurant. This weekend we hope to go to San Bartolo Coyotepec, a nearby mountain village where they make black pottery.
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| Flavors of ice cream (nieve, like sorbet sort of) |
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| Minna and Jade at the school |
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| Random protest |
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| Canciones at the school |
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| Chocolate milk from Mayordomo |
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| Chocolate milk mustache |
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| Making of chocolate |
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| Just another parade, same old same old |
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| Little alter next to our house |
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| Soap carving with friend Griffin |
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| Corn fungus thing - xochitl or something |
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