Viva Mexico

Parker eating his bolillo

Turner and Lucia doing art projects
My sweet Nino

My precious Nina

Big Buddies

Turner's Mexican pet!

We had the awesome privilege again this year to travel to San Miguel de Allende in central Mexico. People thought we were beyond crazy, but we packed up our suitcases (complete with booster highchair and pack and play) and two little ones and hit the tarmac. The kids did FANTASTIC, and we had a ball.

Some of the highlights of the trip were:

• Seeing and spending time with our special friend, Miss Erin.
• Parker getting his two bottom teeth and trying them out on some locally baked bread rolls, "bolillos,"which he loved!
• Turner making a new friend, Lucia. They enjoyed each other's company every afternoon, doing crafts and playing. It was an ideal situation for Turner, because she could order Lucia around, and Lucia could only smile and nod. :) (Sorry, Lucia!)
• Watching Turner give out her mission bags. It is hard to visit San Miguel and ignore the vast poverty everywhere, so each year, we do a "mission project." This was the first year that Turner was old enough to pick what she wanted to do and plan it. Her idea was to give the elderly and children lemonade and M&Ms. So, we bought lemonade juice boxes, M&Ms, granola bars, bananas, peanut butter crackers and Twix and filled gallon plastic bags. Turner also colored some cross ornaments to go in the bags. She LOVED giving them out -- we did a few each day. She often cited that as her "favorite thing" of the day.
• Enjoying the playground in Park Juarez, complete with all things outlawed in the US, due to more lax safety standards and less lawsuits.
• The ride to and from the airport with Martin, who taught us all about cooking and eating armadillos...which led to great bedtime tales of armadillos all week.
• Dancing to the mariachi bands and taking in the colors and sounds of the Jardin.
• Hearing Turner use her Spanish and seeing her in her local dress, complete with gold and silver glitzy flip flops and pink purse from the locals market!

Thanks, Gammy and Pops, for hosting us and for a wonderful opportunity for our children to see how others live and approach life. What a gift!