family outing
slept in until 740am.
at 10am we left for la pradera, trekking through the trash filled minerva terminal with our grandma in tow. when we got to the mall, the kids rushed over to the escalator and had a great time riding it up and down. magda (the mom) and our abuela, however, were terrified and refused to get near it.
at the theatre, only 4 movies were playing, and only 2 of them were suitable for children. unfortunatly, the movies were all in english with spanish subtitles, which the kids weren´t interested in.
instead, we took them down to a game place, somewhat like a decrepit chuck-e-cheese. the kids played airhockey, and then were introduced to skeeball… for the very first time. tram and i handed out tokens and took pictures while they played. at the end, the kids had no idea how to exchange their tickets for prizes, so we had to walk them through it.
at the food court, we ordered two dominos pizzas, a bottle of coke, and chow mein for our abuela. the kids fought over who got to carry the pizzas back to the table, and finished every last bit. then… we grabbed chocolate dipped soft serve cones from pollo campero and took a micro bus back home.
back in our room, tram fell asleep at the desk sitting up, so i napped as well. when we got up it was too late to go out anywhere to study so we got milk from the local tienda and made hot cocoa.