Fun with the Cousins and Exploring Mexico

"Mi Pequeno Sol"

We spent lots of time with my nieces and cousins and they had a great time playing and getting to know each other.  School was a wonderful experience for the girls and their Spanish improved tremendously.  Just the fact that Fiona says "Si" is a major improvement.  She is definitely speaking more Spanish than ever and Sofia's Spanish is fantastico! 

Walking with my cousin Rossy,on the way to an after-school treat

Mini treat

Sofi, Sofia and Majo at the park

The girls' English teacher

The girls were able to participate in an End of Year Festival and spent a few weeks practicing.  Sofia danced to two Brazilian songs, along with cousin Majo, and Fiona danced to two songs from "Grease", along with cousin Sofi.   

Wonderful performances

I'll upload some videos of their dances soon.

Here are some cute pics of the girls throughout the rest of the trip.

                                                                  Fiona ziplining

We watched "Ice Age 3" (I think) and this was an advert for having a birthday party at the movies

"When in Rome..." the girls were happy not to travel in car seats when they could.  Here they share a backseat in my uncle's 9-passenger van.

And here Sofia and Majo enjoy Rossy's VW bug sans car seats

The girls' last group pic on the morning we left.  Hopefully we'll see them again very soon.

Fiona was pretty sad about leaving.

We did spend a little time exploring Leon and Guanajuato, which is a beautiful medieval city. Joe and I spent a few days in San Miguel de Allende and in Guanajuato, but here are a few pics of the girls.

Fiona poses en el Zocalo de Leon (downtown)

Sofia of course

Wonder how the trees get so pretty?

The girls watched his handiwork for a few minutes

Our first few minutes in Guanajuato

They were getting a little tired

To be continued....