Daddy son trip!

Chris's parents got into town on Friday and I can't tell you how excited the boys are to have guests in the house. So they were here for one short day and then it was off to Machu Pichu, with Brock and Chris. Yep so it is just Z and I hanging out at home. I have to say I was terribly afraid to send Brock when Chris first brought up the idea, but then we decided it would be a really good father son bonding moment(brock has been struggling with dad never being around lately). So Saturday morning they were off, and I am sure they are tired of me calling to check on them. What can I say, I am overprotective. Chris says Brock has been awesome and they are having a great time. This morning they head out for a 3 hour train ride up to Machu Pichu, Brock is soooo excited, he loves trains. Anyhow, Zander and I had fun yesterday just the two of us, and then I had to go and get sick. Today is not looking so hot as far as fun goes, poor lil guy. He keeps asking where everone is, so sad. It is so cute every time I talk to Brock he asks to talk to Z, or as he says "his baby." It is so nice to see they really do love each other. I do feel wierd though just having one of them here with me it is so quiet, I miss Brock, and cant wait for him to come home tomorrow.

Tagged!

So my friend Melissa tagged me a few weeks back and I have been really lame at following through, better late then never right. So here is the 4th picture of my blog. Thankfully it is one of my favorites ever, thanks Lilly. Man I cant get over how big Z is getting.

I tag Emily J, Kelsey and Lilly, Luv ya. Oopps forgot to tell ya what to do, go to your archive and re post your fourth picture, good luck.

Phase 2

Yesterday was the last day of soccer, Yeah! Brock had a great time this season and learned a ton, but I have to say I dont think it is his thing. So I am on the hunt for his THING!

All of us, the moms all pitched in money to do something nice for the profe on the last day, so here it is. It was so sweet, he actually had tears in his eyes when we gave it to him and told us how much he loved all our kids. It was such a sweet moment.

So now soccer is over, so we are going to give swimming a try. Another plus to living abroad all these activities are super chea, so you can have your go at all of them. For example I was paying $50 soles a month for soccer three times a week for one hour, which is about $17. Cheap huh! So hopefully swimming will be a good experience for Brock, fingers crossed. So far so good see the giant smile on his face!

Again!

The competition is already starting for battle wounds! Yesterday we took brock to the hospital for stitches, 4 to be exact. I had just gotten home from a luncheon and Chris had picked Brock up from school for me, and he was so excited to show me his new karate uniform. He put it on and was showing me his new moves, by the way he is starting karate. We were having such a good time when he went to jump on the bean bag chair we have in the corner of our room, and over estimated his power and his head landed on the bottom ledge of our window. In a matter of seconds the floor was covered in blood and his head was just squirting, so i am a mess. It actually was probably a pretty funny sight because I am a mess Chris is putting pressure on his head, both our empleadas were trying to get his clothes off and cleaned up, it was chaos. We then went to the hospital to see what the damage was. Luckily he just needed 4 stitches. He thought it was cool because Zander only had 2 and he has 4, way to be positive right! Anyways, luckily Chris was home, and we live right by a great hospital wheeeeew. I will be happy if we do not have to go back to the hospital anytime soon. I guess this being our first incident with Brock in almost 4 years those are pretty good odds, hopefully it will be at least another 4 years!!!

China Festival

Last weekend we went to check out the China festival that they were having in a nearby park, and it was pretty cool. They had this dragon show that the boys just loved, in fact they have asked to watch this little clip i took about a million times, so I thought I would share it with you. It never ceases to amaze me how much culture there is here in Peru, it is wonderful. There is always something going on here, if only we could see it all!

Singing Time

Brock has turned into our little singer. His all time favorite song is I love to see the temple. I hear him singing it all the time, school, shopping, and at home. Every night we have to sing it before he goes to bed. Ever since he could talk he has been in love with the temple, and talks about when he is going to the temple. I think it is so cute how obsessed he is with the temple. He even knows who he is going to marry already, his girlfriend Sara from PR. He tells me all the time that he is going to marry her in the temple. If they could only stay like this forever!

Saturday Morning

Yeah, Chris is finally home! The kids were so excited. Brock has been having such a hard time with Chris being gone so much, so they had some good playtime this morning of course before Chris went back to work. Nothing like a good game of basketball in the house to make mom crazy. This is such a cute pic of Z giving poppy a kiss.

Brock thinks doing anything he shouldn't do in the house is so much fun, but mom let it slide this morning. It was so fun to see the kids so happy to spend a little time with their poppy. Nothing got broken so that was nice.

Zander is my hat boy. He loves putting on his poppy's hats, and he looks so cute in them too.

Painting!

I attempted painting with the kids today, which surprisingly turned out to be a great experience. By the end of our session Brock had paint all the way up to his elbows. He started off painting with his fingers, then with his hands and yeah well he just kept on going from there. Who knows what would have happened if I was not watching. Zander on the other hand had not a single drop of paint on his body. They both had a great time, and all the walls are still clean!

Team work all the way! As time goes by the boys seem to be getting better friends and get this even sharing! Whew thank heavens!

A night out!

Last week I had a night out all by myself, well not entirely, but without kids and unfortunately without Chris(he was in Thailand). My spanish tutor organized a trip with all his other students to go to Brisas Titicaca, a dinner show. It was very cool, they have tables surrounding a huge stage where they have dancers perform dances from all the regions in Peru. It is very interesting how they add so much depth and drama to their traditional dances. If any of you ever decide to come visit you will surely enjoy it. Chris and I have been to a similar restaurant here, but this one is on a much larger scale.

Here is one of the dancers, elaborate costumes huh! They did quite a few dances with scary looking guys like this that were supposed to represent the Spaniards.

Here are a couple of the other students and me and Mauricio my ever patient tutor!

Halloween!

Look its superman, and he truly is that's for sure. He totally had this trick or treating thing down pat. He even remembered to say gracias after he made sure they put the candy in his pumpkin, which of course they all thought was adorable. Zander had so much fun, he did not want to stop.

Yeah, so Halloween is not as big here as it is in the states, poor guy look at his candy. He was so excited to get home and count his candy, a whole 11 pieces, well maybe 14 he ate a few on the way home. I guess I should be grateful, less sugar right!

Here is Superman flying with our door man Ricardo. My boys LOVE Ricardo, he plays with them and I think he like them as much as they do. We always go down to the garage so the boys can ride bikes or get fresh air and he always plays with them, it is really cute. Brock always has to bring him treats too, which i am sure he does not mind.

Brock, Zander, and Santiago on our way to go trick or treating. I had to force Brock to put his mask on.

Brock, Liam, Facundo at school all dressed up for their Halloween party. Yeah, he was something different for every halloween event that we went to. He started off as sportacus for his friends party last week, then went to spiderman for school, and batman for Halloween night. Luckily poppy found some cheap costumes while he was in Thailand.