New hat!

We were lazy this morning- laid in bed till around 10. Alexandra woke up in a great mood and played with everyone for a while. We finally got up and did a little cleaning up the apartment before heading out for lunch around 1. On the way out, we talked to our neighbors (who own the apartment we are renting) for a little bit. Alexandra wanted to see their apartment so they showed her around. While in their apartment, Alexandra found a cowboy hat that was left by a French tourist some time back. The neighbors gave it to Alexandra so off we went looking even more out of place than usual. As the day progressed, others got to wear the hat because it was easier to wear than carry.

For lunch, we wne to a very nice Italian restaurant and had a great meal. Afterwards, we decided to do some walking/shopping to burn off some of the lunch. After a little shopping, we stepped into the China Wok for gelato. Not sure if the China Wok is the best for gelato but the soft serve machine at the Bembo's next door was broken so we had to make do. The gelato was great and we went to a park acroos the street to relax and eat our treats.

While walking around the park, our friend Cami called to she if we wanted to meet at the park. Cami had her 5 year old daughter with her so we knew Alexandra would enjoy some playground time with another little girl-other than Becca. Cami picked us up in her car and we went to an awesome playground on the coast. The kids had a great time playing and we got to enjoy the beautiful scenery. The sun was almost out which is a rare treat in this part of Lima. Later in the day, we actually got to see the sun set.

By this point, Alexandra was about to fall asleep while riding the merry-go-round so we headed back to our apartment. She fell asleep a few minutes later as we all laid in the biggest bed and flipped through numerous American TV shows dubbed in Spanish. Was it really worth it to dub the A-Team into Spanish? A few days ago we saw ALF dubbed in Spanish. Unfortunately, ALF didn't sound anything like Joe Lieberman (watch ALF and a Joe Lieberman interview- you'll see) but instead sounded like a very grumpy old man. Some shows just don't do well in translation.

Alexandra was asleep for about an hour but decided to wake up and is now laying with Drake and Luke watching Star Wars. I should put her back in bed but she needs to see Star Wars at some point so I'll let her stay up a little longer.

Each day the battles are getting shorter as the communication gets better. We appreciate all your prayers and comments.