It's just the two of us, me and Lea now--as Kimberly is back home. We had a full week last week with lots of fiesta and playtime. It was a real typical time in this village, filled with fireworks, great food and drink, staying up late and drinking "chocolate," games at the local version of the carnival, and just lots of time together!
A friend joked that one reason the economy in Tepoz is kind of slow is because everyone spends their money on fiestas so there's nothing left to save! :-)
I once again had the opportunity to help make "mole," that wonderful sauce that has about a million flavors and a million variations. One of the tricks is that it must be stirred in a huge clay pot over a fire for at least three hours! You can imagine how my clothing smelled after standing over that fire and getting splattered with mole! But it was worth it, YUM!
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| In the Zócalo. |
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| On our way back from the market with a Rosca de Reyes! |
Now comes the "proud papa" part. Our daughter Lea is attending the public "primaria" (or elementary school) here for our last week in México. She started yesterday and honestly we were both a tad nervous about it. She's in a classroom with 37 children and one teacher--and no one speaks English! But it went swimmingly! By mid-day, when I went with Aurora to bring the kids lunch (see photo), Lea took off with her food and went to be with her friends!
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| Lea and friends on way to first day of school. ¡Muy emocionado! |
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| Aurora arranged for Lea to wear Lisett's old uniform. The school director was quite surprised when Lea showed up in uniform! |
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| Zoom in to see Lea standing along with the whole school to sing the Mexican anthem and salute the flag. |
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| School lunchtime. Which is at 10:30 am here! |
We traditionally invite José, Aurora, Lisset and Josecito over for dinner at our house. So last night, I bought a roasted chicken in the market and prepared lots of veggies and we feasted at our house for a change! The kids wanted to do an "after dinner show" but it was so late that the adults begged them to hold off for another night!
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Nopales and calabassa (zucchini) for dinner.
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Thanks for following along.
Love,
Brian & Lea
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