Rain...and fun!

....say when we signed up for this we were thinking sun and fun....well, we need to tell the weather folks here! It rained and was frio (cold!) here all day but that did not seem to dampen our kids spirits or our plans at all. After our morning lessons (moved indoors) we headed a block or so away to a montessori school to meet our host students. There we were greeted by the Principal, their English teacher and many other faculty and staff and our student hosts (both boys and girls) from their 7th and 8th grades who take English from kindergarten on. After their Principal spoke to us in Spanish about their school, I was asked to speak about our school in English. Our girls paired up with their students, each had brought pictures to share and talk about, and small gifts for one another (some mexican candies, bracelets, bookmarks, etc.) While our girls were shy at first, things broke loose once the soccer ball came out and several very muddy games of soccer were played!

Following our school visit the girls had a neighborhood tour, and visited the Jardin Etnobotanica (OK, I do not have pictures, because full disclosure here--I went back to the school and slept, still fighting this cold...). Everyone returned to school around 2:30 however and we headed home for Comida with our families before heading back to school for Salsa Class! What is a typical Mexican Comida like? Well, our host mom insists on making us traditional Mexican food the authentic way (and is pressed to make it vegetarian too). So yesterday we started with a tomatoey soup with noodles, followed by Authentic Chile Rellenos with corn rice followed by Flan Neopolitan. We were stuffed. Later that evening for the late night meal at 8 we had a variety of breads, puddings and coffee and tea.

So ask your daughter to teach you some Salsa--most seemed to enjoy the lesson. Many went for ice cream afterwards (despite the weather!) and then headed home for the night.

Today we head to the water park. We have changed which water park we are heading for aiming for one a little more south in the hopes of finding the sun and the warmth. The one we are going to now El Rollo has the BIG rides which the girls seem very excited about (sun or no sun). I am hoping to take lots of pictures and then find a nice hot rock and do my best lizard imitation...When we return we are going right into the Zocalo (center of town) for dinner in a restaurant tonight and perhaps some shopping at the artisan market before heading home late tonight.

This will be my last blog entry from Mexico since I dont think I will find a place to blog tomorrow at the airport. The girls have had a wonderful experience--different and fun--which is exactly what we had hoped for. They will be thrilled to be home, and then will soon miss being here. I will add out final pictures once we are home. Please be sure to have your girls write thank you notes to their host families (we will also remind them) and we will get them to them. Thank YOU all for giving them this opportunity to grow and learn with us. It has been a pleasure!