This week and last week is the kids spring break from school. Of course they don’t go back to school until May, but still, we are trying to homeschool them. Bonnie is doing a great job trying to keep a schedule going.
The courts are expecting to be closed until June, I was planning to fly back in May, because Mexico is loosening their travel restrictions after April 30. They might be allowing video conferencing for court, which is going to be terrible for me since my most formal outfit is a long sleeve t shirt with Darth Vader’s mask decorated with Aztec markings.
The kids did an art project after lunch. It was a family tree, and it was hilarious seeing them try to understand both my side and Bonnie’s side of the family. It’s funny to see their reactions when I tell them that I became an uncle at age 12. They also ask about how many kids my sisters have and a couple of my sisters have three kids. My oldest sister has four kids, and we have four kids. It’s always hilarious to me because she had the terrible job of babysitting me as I was growing up, and she always would say to me “I’m never having kids” because of something I did.
Lately the kids have been using the phrase “this is the worst day of my life” over trivial matters. After hearing it so many times, I broke and told one of the kids after they complained about eating lunch “me making you eat your lunch is the worst day of your life? My worst day was the day my mom died in front of me a few days before getting my letter of acceptance to my dream school. Not such a bad day you’re having after all!” I said that to my oldest a year ago over some trivial nonsense she was inconsolable about and she immediately started crying, and was sad the rest of the day. I probably shouldn’t bring that out again for a few more years or it might lose its potency. 😀
I happened to tell my kids that we are more than half way done with this trip, and the two oldest kids did not take it well. My son brought out all the notes his classmates wrote him and has been really down. He misses his friends so terribly, I offered to have him FaceTime or zoom them, but like me, he’s very shy. He just wants to be home and with his friends. My oldest does too. I won’t be sharing milestones of how much longer we have before we move back, until we pass through airport security.
Today is our youngest nieces birthday. She is 3 years old, and we had a zoom birthday party for her. It was nice seeing Bonnie’s family but I was trying without success to keep our two younger kids from screaming into the computer. I ended up giving up and went downstairs to clean up and do laundry.
Just woke up to rustling outside our window. The noise was coming from the street. There is a cow eating some brush just below our balcony. What I can only describe as creeks, or maybe drainage ditches, are where the wild cows of this city live. They are starting to pass by us every night around midnight.
Our Family Adventure 