Hot Springs in the Mountains!

Hola from the beautiful city of Pereira! I’m sitting on our balcony enjoying the sounds from a Mariachi type band playing down the street ! It’s currently about 75 degrees with cloudy skies……sorry I just had to rub it in a little:-)
Well we have had a wonderful week so far! The girls are doing great and we are learning more and more about their personalities. They are really starting to come out of their shell, which also means they are starting to test the boundaries a little bit more. That’s why we were so exhausted yesterday! I guess you could say we had a dose of parenting reality. The good thing about it is that the parenting reality is just normal stuff that you would expect from a 2,4,and 6 year old. So in actuality it is still just a matter of figuring out the best way to care for them. We are still molding together as a family.
We also found out that too much sugar in one day is not good! While we were at the zoo yesterday we stopped and had an ice cream (as you can see from the pics). Then when we got back to El Cortijo and had dinner, the ladies at the hotel mad made us more ice cream for after dinner! YIKES!!! We couldn’t say no because they made it special for us, and also it would have been a fight to pull it away from the girls. So I’m sure you can imagine what happens next…… 3 girls bouncing off the walls! It is hard enough for me to follow along in Spanish at normal speed, then you throw in a sugar overload!!! Whoa Baby…..
Today we had a blast! We went to this water park up in the mountains. It was unbelievably beautiful. We got to swim in natural hot springs under a magnificent waterfall. That’s one for the memory bank. On the way home we drove through the city of Santa Rosa De Cabal (the birth place of Angee). We asked Jose if he would drive us past the hospital so we could get some pictures. We thought Angee would want them when she gets older. All of the girls were asleep in the back seat from a long day of swimming..
The owner of El Cortijo (Rosario) has a driver named Jose. We has been taking us to all of these wonderful places. He is incredibly nice. He doesn’t speak much English, but we still manage to converse pretty well. Chris and I’s Spanish has come a long way in a week! The best way to learn it is to immerse yourself in it!
Tomorrow Rosario is taking us to a country club to do more swimming. So we have another full day planned! Monday, Jose is taking us shopping, and Tuesday is our integration meeting with the ICBF.
Well Chris is already crashed in bed and I’m getting jealous…. So good night and God Bless!

PS…and yes mom I got your e-mail. I have had to put the computer up until after the girls go to bed now because they are wanting to play with Papi’s Computador….no no no…….. so if you email me I will respond at night.