Blogger has had some issues the past 24 hours so my blog from yesterday is late. Here is what we did on Thursday May 12th.
Today was quite interesting. We headed to the water museum which is on the other side of Quito. The taxi driver knew where it was but had never been there. So we drove and drove as the traffic was terrible. We could see the museum on the top of the hill but it took at least five stops to ask people how to get up there! With Michelle along we now tend to have very long conversations with our taxi drivers. He was a nice fellow and told us that once we get to the museum that it is in a dangerous area and he was not sure how many taxis would be around. He said he would stay and wait for us. When we got there he decided to come in and take the tour with us!! He is the man coming out of the slide in one of the pictures!! I am glad he stayed as there were no cabs around after our tour. We would of had to walk quite a ways to get to the main street to get a taxi. The water museum was interesting and FUN so Emma and Danni enjoyed it immensely. The tour guide said that all nino's small and big have to do what he says! That is why we have some nice pictures of adults doing what the kids do!! I stood by and took pictures - it was hilarious to see them crawl through tunnels and slide down slides pretending they were water!!! There were many school groups taking a tour too of the water museum. We were outside looking at the view and Emma was leaning WAY over. We heard a girl squeal "Nina, Nina!" and when we looked back they were pointing at Emma. Friends and family all know Emma's pants issue - well she was showing a bit of the moon!! The girls were giggling so hard!! It was funny! Emma of course didn't care...even when we told her it was going on the blog. :)
For lunch we went to the mall. Danni gets there and asks for ice-cream!! He got it after he inhaled two big pieces of chicken! He is a good eater for such a little guy. We of course all got ice-cream! It is just so darn good here!!! Having desert meant we had to walk home. It was gorgeous out anyway so why not! We live on a very HIGH hill - 6 or 7 blocks up. You need to walk up slow and steady but by the last block you are struggling a bit. Emma always complains the most on this block. She started bending over and moaning and groaning. Danni started to imitate her...that is the picture of them bending forward. He is such a card!!
As I sit here writing this blog yet ANOTHER car alarm went off. Everyone has a car alarm and they go offf constantly. I dont even know how they know if it is their car or not - they all sound the same. We like it here but we are all looking forward to the quiet at home! Later! Mari
