First Day of School

Lilian has been going to school and she loves it. She begged us forever to go and we finally found something that would work for her. It's a pre-school that speaks in German and Spanish. It's mostly Spanish with German thrown in here or there. One day, Lilian came home singing a song in German. I didn't understand a word of it. Her Spanish is improving a lot now, also. She has always been able to understand, but hesitates to speak. Now she speaks in Spanish all the time. It's amazing how fast children learn.

Here is a picture of her on her first day. She chatters the whole walk to school.

Here Lilian is reading to Thomas in her bed. Most of the time when they get quite it means trouble. This time, however, was a pleasant surprise.

The Great Outdoors

I forgot to make a post about our camping experience before we went to Chile. We were able to spend 3 days and 2 nights on a private camp ground with 2 Paraguayan families before we left. The kids had and ball and did much better with the sleeping arrangements than I thought they would. (They slept much better than I - Allison - did, I'm sure!) Here are some pictures from our experience.

Here is our tent set-up. We borrowed someone's HUGE family size tent. We had no space issues at all!

Here's our "kitchen."

Thomas loved the company of his little friend.

And, being carted around...

Here is the creek where the kids played all day long. Helps to cool you off on a hot summer day!

Making chocolate cake!

And, you can't have a camp-out without roasted marshmallows! So, we taught the nationals how to roast 'em. The kids loved it, but not as much as their fathers! One dad told me he ate around 12!

Technically

Lilian gives the definition of technically