We are already accustomed to street vendors approaching our car whenever we stop at an intersection, selling everything from juice or water to bonbons (lollipops) or pipe cleaners. But today we were caught slightly off-guard when a shabby-looking guy was suddenly meandering between the cars, selling what turned out to be huge, dead grasshoppers!
They were green, and much longer than a hand. I have no idea what we were supposed to do with them. Eat them as snacks, possibly, or bring them home as souvenirs. We did not buy any.
We feel that we are making progress with our bonding process. We are still charting the waters, but where we used to get only screaming and kicking in response when we tried to set some limits, now we find that we can reason with our son and explain to him why he can't do everything he wants, in a way that he accepts (most of the time). If that doesn't work, he is usually easily diverted by a new toy or a game. So we get a little less crying and frustration now.
But today at the country club disaster was unavoidable. We got there around 11, and the place was so noisy and full of fun things to do and watch, that there was no way we could get him to take his siesta at noon. We tried again at 1 PM, and at 2 PM, but he got more and more hysterical the more we tried to make him sleep by carrying him, singing to him, lying down with him, etc. In the end we gave up and let him play in the pools (even though he still has a cold) until he was so exhausted he actually fell asleep in the middle of eating an ice cream cone. That event is captured on videotape and now ranks near the top of our list of video sequences, second only to our first spaghetti dinner (see day 8)!
After so many hours in the sun today, both mami and papi are slightly sunburnt (which you may or may not be able to see from the pictures). We were very careful to put sunblock lotion on him, several times during the day. But we forgot to look after ourselves!
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