We have exciting news to share with ya'll: Antonio lost his first tooth on Christmas Eve!! Well, technically speaking, it was yanked out by Fede but it was at Antonio's pleading. The tooth was quite loose and when Fede yanked it out with dental floss Antonio didn't even wince. And....today he lost another one! So he has a SUPER hole in his mouth now, of which he is exceptionally proud. As some of you may know, in Spain (as well as other parts of the world) the Tooth Fairy delegates her job to "El Raton Perez" (Perez the Mouse) and he left Antonio 3 euros for his first tooth...let's hope the Mouse can cough up another similar sum for tonight's tooth too! Otherwise Antonio is going to be sorely disappointed. He's convinced that he's going to get rich off of this poor little mouse....
Yesterday we went to the Planetarium, which was a great experience. The kids (as well as parents) loved it.
Today our outing was to the Teleferico (Hanging Cable Car) Ride. From this vantage point one can see Madrid from the West looking towards the East. It's a really neat view of the Royal Palace, the Cathedral Almudena, the Manzanares River, and the Casa de Campo (Green park area) of Madrid.
At the end of the cable ride we found a terrific park as well as scenic views of the city. Here are the kids below on the slide (take a good look at the look of panic on Francisco's face! it's priceless! Don't worry he didn't get hurt).
We are had a good time taking turns on the playground equipment!!
The weather continues to be superb. Chilly in the mornings but with the sun by midday it's great. We managed to take the good camera with us today we snapped some terrific pics of the kids.....and us!
That's it for now. I will tell you about our outing to the Plaza Mayor and show ya'll a pic of the World's oldest restaurant soon!
Haha, Antonio looks pretty intimidating without those two teeth. Also, those photos from the cable car are amazing.
ReplyDeleteJuan, Katy, and Christina were over for lunch yesterday. It was good to see them and they told us y'all were doing pretty... well, minus the fact punctuality apparently isn't a strength of the Spanish haha. Oh and also the lack of salsa and peanut butter; fern and I should start exporting it!
Before I forget, Christina is doing me the favor of taking the iPhone 4 over to y'all. I hope y'all still need it, otherwise you can probably sell it for a decent price.
Lorf = David
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