Some goofy pictures from yesterday of M & K coming in out of the rain (Max gets his swim suit and shirt on before gleefully running out at the first sign of drizzle.)
El 8 julio, 2008
The last two days have been very similar to each other so this entry will be a combo-
Kids sleeping in late- no, not making beds very eagerly in the morning anymore. The novelty of that wore off (you were right B). So "late" means 7:30 which we really appreciate. We close all their curtains, drape a towel for extra darkness and shut the window- yes, a little stuffy but they sleep through the multiple calls to church from the dozens of churches in the neighborhood. Kelsey's never had a problem sleeping in. Would probably go until noon if we didn't drag her out of bed at the ungodly hour of 8:30.
After our oatmeal, we get dressed for the "cursos" at the library. Today Kaya protested a snack bag of any sort, fearing stares from her little colleagues (carefully having noted yeterday that no one else had one). As we sat awaiting the teacher this morning however, she started to panic as she looked around at some other kids clutching various baggies. "Maybe I should have brought something too." Wonder what she will want for manana..... Will take pix of this scene for Thurs. (for tomorrow we play hookie: going up to a village festival celebrating with a feather dance- couldn't tell you yet what the celebration is though).
Kelsey, Max and I headed out to discover an aqueduct that Scott had heard about just north of town. Luckily, I read a more detailed description because it really did blend in with the side streets in many parts. Not exactly sure which colonial period it dates from but it's pretty crumbly-looking. Houses and shops have literally been built into the sides of it- with doors emerging from the arches. I thought it was lovely, but Max and Kelsey were less than impressed after 10 blocks of "just around the next corner" (that's you coming out of my mouth, Mama). Max was more taken with the lovely Jesus statue and insisted on a picture of it with electric pole coming out of his head. Voila both of them. What's your preference?
Wandered back through town, found a cavernous cafe with the most yummy chocolate caliente. I don't know if we mentioned already that Oaxaca is the birthplace of chocolate. They have indeed perfected it. This hot choc. has very slight cinnamon and malt taste and is absolutely delicious. Will have to figure out exactly what they do. Hard not to make it a daily habit. Scott is in the market for a chocolate beater but seems to me like a whisk will do the trick..... Bate, bate, chocolate.
Dropped Max off to join Kaya at noon and Kelsey and I did our daily market run. Had to look ahead for any meat vendors so that we could veer through a different aisle. Had to have her wait in a nearby aisle (reluctantly turning away from "the smell") when I finally bought some tenderized slabs of beef. Decided we're tired of rice and beans so we went with a stir fry tonight. Every other stall has a tortilla vendor, (wrapped in beautiful cloths) so we've been somewhat randomly picking some up each day. However, we're noticing subtle differences and the ones we got today were definitely the best so far. They are our staple for every meal- even dessert: warm with honey. Yum.
Couldn't resist throwing in a few extra pix today since we figured out how to minimize them so that the blog would allow for more. The one to the right is Max doing his favorite thing: legos. These last two on the left are of our trip four days ago up to the pryramid city, Monte Alban.
Ciao for now,
ox
A
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