Helping Papà

Alex has been wanting to help out a lot more around the house and especially with Daniel. If we are doing anything that looks interesting, he wants to help. Here he is helping wash the car. He also wants to do dishes anytime I'm doing them...the problem is that he takes the clean dishes I've washed and gets them soapy and returns them to the rack to dry. It kind of makes things take a lot longer, but it keeps him happy.

Adventures at the fair...

All this month we have had a stand <------ at the Puebla May Fair, and almost daily I hear a little voice petitioning me with "fay-oh, mamà, go fay-oh?" So, we have been up the hill to the fair almost every day this month. Alex has ridden on a pony and done the euro-bungee jump at least three times each. The guy who runs the euro-bungee doesn't realize Alex literally has no fear of heights, so we have to keep telling him he wants to go higher. Alex says "up high!", but since the guy doesn't understand English...we have to translate. We have also ridden a few pregnant woman/child friendly rides. Alex wants us to take him on the roller coaster, or spinning type rides...I wonder what he'd do once he was on them! I know one thing, when he is older, we are going to be rollercoaster riders together (since his papi doesn't enjoy them). While we are at the fair, especially on busy days, we have to put a sort of kid-leash on Alex, so he won't get lost in the crowd. Lots of people stare at him pulling us along...but it's really the only way to keep track of him!

May pictures

Here's Alex an me at a coffehouse...and Alex helping me "wash" the dishes.

Dia del Niño

Alex enjoyed the Dia del Niño festivities at the fair last Sunday. He especially liked the giant dancing frog he saw and has not stopped talking about it since! He really likes frogs. Here is a picture of him imitating the frog as he dances around. We also had fun watching Alex and Uzziel chase after their balloons and dance.

fun in the sun