Well Layne and the boys flew out late last night. We had a few traumatic moments with Alexandra as we tried to explain what was happening. One of the most traumatic was when Drake in trying to tell Alexandra they were going home to feed Petey, actually told her they were going home to eat Petey. OH, the language barrier at times. In the airport, she kept saying Mi, ariba in avion...me, up in the airplane. It about broke our hearts, but luckily our friend Marisa was there to explain in real spanish (not our pieced together attempts) that we would be going later in the airplane and would all be back together. She still wasn't sure, but was ok when the boys reached in their backpacks and gave her candy. That seemed to speak a language that told her it was all ok and she said "adios" and we headed off.
So far, we have done well. I think we will spend a lot more time in the apartment now, only because it feels huge after having all 6 of us in here and because she seems to enjoy it. We feel very safe in Miraflores where we are and we walked to China Wok for lunch today. We were able to get enough for lunch and dinner. I am going to forget how to actually cook after all this.
Alex and Bec are watching Finding Nemo again in Spanish and we actually worked on our English ABCs today. We have a long way to go, but it will be fun to watch her! The pic is us and our driver Andres heading to the airport. Andres was great and even though we didn't communicate with each other well, he became a friend and got to experience the journey with us. Alexandra even choose him to share the coveted candy from her brothers with.
Just a little while longer now - it'll be nice for the three of you to have some quiet time to work on English and Spanish together. Thanks again for keeping us updated. :)
ReplyDeleteI am glad you all made it through OK. I am sure it was difficult for her to understand. Only a couple more weeks and then you get experience life in a whole new way.
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