More Mexico Pics

No visit to Mexico is complete, at least for me, without a visit to the Blue House, Frida Kahlo's home, in Coyoacan. Here are the boys in the gardens of the house.

Museo del Nino El Papalote

The Mexican squad is ready for the World Cup!!!

Mati looks hilarious in this picture! Shows his true clownish character!

Beautiful peacock in the Dolores Olmedo museum in Xochimilco.

"Ma mi, you are choking me!"

After visiting the museum, which exhibits wonderful art by Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo, we went to lunch in San Angel, to La Taverna del Leon. Deliiiiiiicious Mexican nouvelle cuisine!

On our last day, after brunching at the San Angel Inn, walking through the gardens.

Three generations ...

Brotherly hugs

El Guerito

El Guerito, aka Santi, turned 18 months on Monday!!! He's adorable, huggable, kissable, and super talkative. I took him to the pediatrician today for his checkup and here are the stats:

height: 87cm (above the 90th percentile)

weight: 10.9kg (50th percentile)

I try not to get wrapped up in the statistics, but I can't help swelling up with pride as the doctor tells me that in terms of his motor, social and cognitive skills he measures up to a two and a half year old!

Santi is sooo sweet, a lovely dovey, reminds me of Mati at this age. Also very observant, but more adventurous, more coordinated, and certainly more opinionated! He stills finds his brother to be the coolest person on Earth. When I tell him we are going, he automatically assumes it's to pick Mateo up, and with the biggest smile, he'll start saying, "Ma mi, Ma mi". This also means that he does exactly as Mati - so if Mati eats his lunch, Santi will too, if Mati shouts, so will Santi, if Mati jumps, Santi follows. It's very sweet!

New words in his vocabulary include:

ma mi = Mati

hose = horse

den u = thank you

ot = hot

huero (gringo style with the "r") = guero

anane = andale

aue = abue

geno = geno

aueita = abuelita

Other words: shirt, knee, main (hand), foot, apple ... and then ... the cutest of all ... he sings non-stop during the day. Who knows what it is he's saying, but he just sings and sings and sings!

San Miguel de Allende

Our stay to Mexico started with a road trip to San Miguel de Allende, a picturesque town in central Mexico, about 4 hours north of the D.F.

Embracing the cascarones tradition. "You mean I get to break an egg on someone's head??? Really?????"

Note: It's a tradition in Mexico to make cascarones (confetti/flour/sparkle filled eggs) during Carnival. The fun is derived from breaking the egg over someone's head, allowing the filling to spill out. Traditionally, the filling shower brings good luck and fortune.

"Aaaaahhhh, I like to break the eggs, but I don't want anyone breaking them on me!!"

Rubbing his head ... he was brave for the first couple of egg breaks, but after that, he would run away or simply start crying when an egg was broken on his head.

Even Santi got eggs broken over him.

And his brother was quick to clean his head from the glitter.

La Catedral San Miguel Arcangel

This is the first one of the "HOLA" series. The boys ran to this window after lunch and greeted everyone that passed by on the street.

A special pedestrian!

I felt like a war time reporter when taking these pictures. Groups of older kids were having an egg war, throwing the eggs at each other and running around the plaza and cathedral.

"Vamos, todos contra el Gringo!!"

Mateo was always so gentle when breaking the eggs that many times he didn't succeed in breaking the shell.

I LOOOOVE this kid!