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We're finally all better and can all eat real food. Yay! Except Madelynn is now getting all of her teeth all at once. She has cut 3 teeth in the last 3 days. So she's pretty grumpy a lot of the time, which is not so fun for mom and dad. Pobrecita!
This week has been much better, now that we're all over the nasty sickness. However, we have decided to only stay for six weeks instead of twelve, so Nate is just going to do the first summer sesssion and possibly do the second summer session back at U of O. Or do a class or two online through BYU. Even though things have gotten a lot better here- our casa and our Senora are fabulous, the city is great, etc., we are realizing that it is just extremely difficult to do this with a toddler. Madelynn's doing pretty good, but at the same time, Nate isn't able to have anywhere near the same experience as all of the other students because he's quite a bit older than the rest of them and is here with his family. Plus, no one wants to hang out with us because we are a family, except for the program director. So most of the other students all hang out together and are constantly going out drinking and dancing til the wee hours, and it's also easier for them to get places without a stroller. Oh my goodness- our stroller is getting so thrashed! The streets are terrible here, and sometimes we just have to plain pick up the stroller and carry it. Brick and cobblestone may be pretty, but my goodness- they are terrible for walking with a stroller, or anything with wheels, pretty much. It's even difficult for cars. So, we will be returning to the states towards the end of July, which we are excited about, so now we can do all of the other things we love to do in the summer, like camping, traveing to the beach, hiking, and can go visit Boise. But, while we are here, we are planning to make the most of it.
My favorite time of day here to go out is in the evening when it has cooled off. We love to go to the centro historico of the city, where it is full of plazas, fountains, tons of shops and cafes, live music, beautiful cathedrals and buildings, and people. It's so alive at night! Plus, it's much cooler. The heat is pretty unpleasant, although it hasn't been as bad the past few days. It actually rained a few evenings ago, and it was wonderful!
Last Saturday, we visited Bernal. Bernal is one of the biggest monoliths in the world, and right below it is a little puebla (La puebla de Queretaro) that is full of touristy shops ad food places and has a pretty little church and park in the central. Unfortunately, I was horribly sick and Nate was feeling pretty crummy that day as well, so our experience there was pretty unpleasant. I spent most of the day lying on a bench next to the church, and Nate spent the day chasing Madelynn around. But, we got some great pictures.
Sunday was much better. We made it to church, and it was wonderful! It was the first time since we've been here that we felt we were somewhere familiar, even though we didn't understand most of what was said. The members of the ward are so warm and welcoming. We took Madelynn to nursery for the first time, and she liked it. There were only three other little boys there, so it wasn't too overwhelming for her (or us.)
Yesterday evening, we met up with one of Nate's classes for a tour of some of the historical places in the centro. Afterwards, we went out to eat and walked around. It was a lot of fun. Madelynn had a lot of fun playing with her new toy we bought her (a pinwheel), especially since it was a little bit windy so it worked quite well. She loves that thing.
Today, we watched the Mexico vs. Uruguay World Cup game, and then took Madelynn to a park. She absolutely loves playing on the swings- more so here than in the U.S. The swings are different here- they are hard metal and not flexible, and apparently Madelynn loves that.
This weekend, we will be going back to Mexico City for 3 days for a tour with the program. We'll see how Madelynn does on that. At least we will have a hotel to stay at and can return there if it gets too difficult, and can even return back to Queretaro on our own if necessary.
This week has been much better, now that we're all over the nasty sickness. However, we have decided to only stay for six weeks instead of twelve, so Nate is just going to do the first summer sesssion and possibly do the second summer session back at U of O. Or do a class or two online through BYU. Even though things have gotten a lot better here- our casa and our Senora are fabulous, the city is great, etc., we are realizing that it is just extremely difficult to do this with a toddler. Madelynn's doing pretty good, but at the same time, Nate isn't able to have anywhere near the same experience as all of the other students because he's quite a bit older than the rest of them and is here with his family. Plus, no one wants to hang out with us because we are a family, except for the program director. So most of the other students all hang out together and are constantly going out drinking and dancing til the wee hours, and it's also easier for them to get places without a stroller. Oh my goodness- our stroller is getting so thrashed! The streets are terrible here, and sometimes we just have to plain pick up the stroller and carry it. Brick and cobblestone may be pretty, but my goodness- they are terrible for walking with a stroller, or anything with wheels, pretty much. It's even difficult for cars. So, we will be returning to the states towards the end of July, which we are excited about, so now we can do all of the other things we love to do in the summer, like camping, traveing to the beach, hiking, and can go visit Boise. But, while we are here, we are planning to make the most of it.
My favorite time of day here to go out is in the evening when it has cooled off. We love to go to the centro historico of the city, where it is full of plazas, fountains, tons of shops and cafes, live music, beautiful cathedrals and buildings, and people. It's so alive at night! Plus, it's much cooler. The heat is pretty unpleasant, although it hasn't been as bad the past few days. It actually rained a few evenings ago, and it was wonderful!
Last Saturday, we visited Bernal. Bernal is one of the biggest monoliths in the world, and right below it is a little puebla (La puebla de Queretaro) that is full of touristy shops ad food places and has a pretty little church and park in the central. Unfortunately, I was horribly sick and Nate was feeling pretty crummy that day as well, so our experience there was pretty unpleasant. I spent most of the day lying on a bench next to the church, and Nate spent the day chasing Madelynn around. But, we got some great pictures.
Sunday was much better. We made it to church, and it was wonderful! It was the first time since we've been here that we felt we were somewhere familiar, even though we didn't understand most of what was said. The members of the ward are so warm and welcoming. We took Madelynn to nursery for the first time, and she liked it. There were only three other little boys there, so it wasn't too overwhelming for her (or us.)
Yesterday evening, we met up with one of Nate's classes for a tour of some of the historical places in the centro. Afterwards, we went out to eat and walked around. It was a lot of fun. Madelynn had a lot of fun playing with her new toy we bought her (a pinwheel), especially since it was a little bit windy so it worked quite well. She loves that thing.
Today, we watched the Mexico vs. Uruguay World Cup game, and then took Madelynn to a park. She absolutely loves playing on the swings- more so here than in the U.S. The swings are different here- they are hard metal and not flexible, and apparently Madelynn loves that.
This weekend, we will be going back to Mexico City for 3 days for a tour with the program. We'll see how Madelynn does on that. At least we will have a hotel to stay at and can return there if it gets too difficult, and can even return back to Queretaro on our own if necessary.
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