Evening entertainment

     Most evenings here in our home in Olón we sit out at the cabana and watch the sunset. You have seen the pictures. It is usually amazing. What you don't see is our entertainment program.

     Our two beautiful children have been putting on a nightly program. Lumia dances and some times Cael joins with that. Cael has perfected some magic tricks where he has us pick a card then without us seeing (usually around a corner) he hides that card. The first time when he hid the card in his hat, he went through the whole deck without finding the card then 'accidentally' dropped the card out of his hat on to our laps. Steph and I were both surprised, laughed for quite a while, and it was a successful magic trick. 29 times now later with Lumia now performing the trick it has worn a bit thin but we still usually get a good laugh. Cael is also working on his New Jersey thug inpersonation that he got from his friend Alex at school. He opens a pretend trench coat to reveal first one side with 'ya want some watches' then the other side to 'or ya want some meuychendice?' It is hallarious. Also it is wearing a bit thin after two weeks but there have been variations on the theme. Kudos for them for trying to entertain their parents. Kudos for them for putting up with 3000 miles from home, friends and family. They are troopers and seasoned travelers. Did I say that we love them?

     I have also not detailed our Spanish lessons. Luis from Outdoor Ecuador gives Steph, Cael and me one hour lessons three days a week. When we move to our next destination, we will get more kid friendly lessons for Lumia. Until then Luis is running us through nouns, adjectives, simple phrases and now finally a verb. We are totally useless at conversation but some things are making sense. Cael is good at remembering words but no grammar and Steph is figuring out the phrasing better. I am falling back on my high school French which helps me understand how everything comes together but sometimes overtakes me confusing everyone including Luis. We are making slow progress. I can tell you what time it is sometimes, if you are not in a hurry. 

     Finally I miss the Internet connection from the last four days. I was able to make much prettier blog entries. Hopefully Hugo from Interdatos will be here this week to set up a satellite connection. That would be so cool. Until then buenos noches at dial up speed.