Tardes Calenas

We said goodbyes to Doug, Sydney, Jack and Evan. I did this morning, by Kimberlyn and Rosita can sleep through anything. Kimberlyn and Sydney have shared a bed here nearly every night, but last night she wanted the single bed to get a decent sleep. This got Rosita all upset since she doesn’t want to share a bed with Kimberlyn because she moves too much. So then this got Kimberlyn upset since no one wants to sleep by her. Wait til we have to share a vehicle, sit at the table…So Syd got the bed and Rosita chose the floor over the bed with Kimberlyn. The floors here are terrazzo and hard! The girls’ personalities are starting to come out more each day. Papa put Rosa in bed when they got up at 0400. Then Kimberlyn who sleeps in every car ride, no matter how much bumps, pot holes, speed bumps, brake slamming…woke up at 0500 and said she wasn’t tired anymore. I also slept very little last night before or after the rest of the family left, so I am hoping for an early and easy bedtime tonight. The girls never want to go to bed and delay, stall,… as much as they dare. The mornings are the same too, never want to get out of bed. Today was easy though since I told them we needed to say goodbye to the family from Spain. The girls like them very much so it was a recorded morning for getting ready. Usually Rosita showers at night and in the morning, and the rest of us are waiting for her to go to breakfast. This morning she was up and nearly skipping out of the room.
We didn’t go anywhere today. The girls swam twice, watched tv, played on the computer and we have played several games of Uno and Skipbo. Mentirosa is the word for liar by the way, I forgot what is cheater. I didn’t learn any of the vocabulary for parenting in Spanish class before. I sure could use some of those words now, like because I’m the mom and I said so. Or how about play fair, don’t pick on your sister, be kind. .. Spanish books have all about ordering from a menu, getting a hotel or finding a bathroom, but lets get to really matters in life. Oh I just heard it, tramposa, that is a cheater. If I knew all the right words they would have heard stop calling each other names and play fair. It is really quiet here without the rest of our family and our friends either. I am looking forward to Whitney arriving soon!
On Sunday we went to an upscale water park about 45minutes from Cali, called Tardes Calenas. It was great there. Many different types of pools, slides, canoes, dancing in the pool and much more that we didn’t have time to do. There was paintballing, a zip-line, soccer, go-carts, and the food was unbelievable. Doug was the only one to finish his and it nearly was the finish of him. It was about a 20 oz smoked pork steak with a Hawaiian flavor. I had a steak and the kids had junk burgers. These burgers had about a 1/3 lb burger, a slice of pork tenderloin, ham, cheese of different varieties, a sauce, onion, tomato, all on a sesame seed bun. Kimberlyn’s favorite activity there was the group dancing in the pool with an instructor. Syd is certain she is her sister because she is a dancer. Rosita has really improved her swimming skill and spent most her time swimming. Jack and Evan liked the boats and tarzan drop as well as the slides.