Art Projects and Chicken Legs

Today Gabi and I joined some friends for breakfast in town. Then we went shopping and bought young Gabi some new shoes. They are lovely. This afternoon we joined several other families for art projects and Pollo Campero chicken.

We made gratitude drums and Gabi helped by ripping the paper that we put on the sides. Then we decorated them with sayings from magazines that reflected our experience here. The idea is to keep it positive. Ours turned out wonderfully.

We then picnicked on chicken and french fries. Gabi had her first real chicken that wasn't out of a can or jar. I've been afraid to give it to her because she doesn't have any molars but she did fine. But she was not the star of the show. That would be Jessica. Jessica is about a week younger than Gabi and has not a single tooth. But she can eat ANYTHING!!! It's one of the most fascinating baby things I've ever seen. She eats pizza, whole sandwiches, bowls of pasta, whatever. Not a single tooth. She just gums everything to death. And it doesn't require that it's torn into little pieces. She'll bite pizza right off the piece. But the real killer was today. She ate a chicken drumstick!!! I almost wet my pants. Jessica is tiny like Gabi. That drumstick was almost the size of her head. But that didn't stop her.

In other news, the earthquake from yesterday was a 6.1 off the coast of Guatemala. It wasn't just our imaginations. Since I've been here we've had a 4.6, a 4.8 and a 6.1. I think it might be time to go home.

And finally, Gabi has been up to some of her own tricks. She stood by herself several times. She was so proud of herself. She just lights up when she does something great. It's a riot. Humility is not her strong suit. So cute.