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This past Wednesday was both Jaime`s birthday and Fabiola`s birthday.  We had a small party for both of them. 

Cheescake birthday cake post transit.  Fabiola rode on the back of a motorcycle and a camioneta to bring it home.  It was suprisingly somehow still intact.

Cheescake birthday cake post transit. Fabiola rode on the back of a motorcycle and a camioneta to bring it home. It was suprisingly somehow still intact (just needed a bit of work to rebuild it)

Huesito rocking his v-neck shirt for the party.  I`m not sure if it has a collar or a cape...

Huesito rocking his v-neck shirt for the party. I`m not sure if it has a collar or a cape...

Jaime holding a giant balloon catipillar.  You can really feel his excitement.

Jaime holding a giant balloon catipillar. You can really feel his excitement.

Jaime, Fabiola, and Huesito birthday shot

Jaime, Fabiola, and Huesito birthday shot

 

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So things have changed a bit at home even in just the past few days.

Miguel left this morning for MA.   Miguel was good times.  He had alot of good one liners like “Vives solo un tiempo”, “pinta la ciudad rojo”, etc.

Before he left, Stella, Neri, Miguel, Carla, and I drove to the next pueblo over to see the celebration for Ash Wednesday.

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Fruit display guarded by a loaf of bread with a head

Fruit display guarded by a loaf of bread with a head

10 Commandments scene

10 Commandments scene

And of course we had to get a snack too.  I forget the name of this, but it is made of fried plantain and is covered wth condensed milk, honey, or chocolate.  It is in the same family as fried dough... definitely carnival food.

And of course we had to get a snack too. I forget the name of this, but it is made of fried plantain and is covered wth condensed milk, honey, or chocolate. It is in the same family as fried dough... definite carnival food.

And we got a new member of the family.  Her name is Muñeca (doll).   Stella got her from her cousin.   Huesito was getting really jeleous when everybody was paying so much attention to the bird.   Stella´s new favorite way to play with Huesito is to hold her buttondown sweater like she´s holding a bird and talking to it and chirping… Huesito gets all jeleous and starts wimpering…

Muñeca

Muñeca

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IgHRkUtvOFs[/youtube]And I figured I`d toss this in just for fun.  Sorry but you`re gonna have to turn your head for this one.

I`ve come to the conclusion that Huesito needs his own TV show.  It doesn´t have to be long, I think 5 minutes every morning would be enough to get you going in the morning.

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So the family has changed a bit.  Henry has since gone back to Canada.  I am now staying with Miguel (Mike) and Russ and Judy.

Neri and Miguel

Neri and Miguel

Miguel is from Western Massachussets.  He is down here to scope out plots of land where he can build his future house.  He has sold his house in Mass and is planning to move down here for good in November.  He´ll be down here for about three weeks.  He´s my roomate now.  His Spanish is pretty good and his vocabulary is way bigger than mine… we are pretty good about only speaking to eachother in Spanish.

Russ and Judy just arrived the other day.  They are from Kentucky and are here to study Spanish for a month.  They have many Hispanic friends and want to be able to communicate with them better.  Russ has been studing by himself for about a year or so…

Huesito rocking his warm weather gear

Huesito rocking his warm weather gear

Magical fruit that came streight out of some Nintendo game.  They grow on trees with the big seed part facing downwards.  EVERYBODY has eaten a part of this fruit many times in their life.  Take a stab at what it is, you won´t get it.  It´s not a pepper...

Magical fruit that came streight out of some obscure Nintendo game. They grow on trees with the big seed part facing downwards. EVERYBODY has eaten a part of this fruit many times in their life. Take a stab at what it is, you won´t get it... and it´s not a pepper...

Russ and I were very amazed by this mysterious fruit.  Stella is in the foreground answering Judy´s questions about it.

Russ and I were amazed by this mysterious fruit. Stella is in the foreground answering Judy´s questions about it.

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