Again, quite a busy week. We only went one afternoon this week at the Amor en Acción. Barb was pretty tired after the busy week before. Also, we had Sonia from Dartmouth on Tuesday evening. She returns to Nova Scotia, Monday, the 30th and we wanted to have her before she left. Then on Saturday afternoon, we (Kate, Jack, Sonia, Barb & I)went to a concert by Los Cantantos del Lago. It is a choral group of about 65 singers. Most are ex-pats, but there are a number of Mexicans too. The choral master is very demanding and the group is quite good. This was the first of 3 concerts the group is doing over 4 days. It is for fund-raising as the group goes on a couple of trips to other cities in Mexico. The concert featured a wide variety of music from Mexico, Canada and the US. It also covered a range of time periods. Some of their songs they do achapella. The concert was held in the Sol y Luna (Sun and Moon) hall which is part of the Danza del Sol hotel complex. It is about 2-3 kms on the other, western side of Ajijic. It was the first time that Barb & I had been there, mostly because it is a bit far to walk from our place. The hall is quite good for a concert, although it was quite warm on a sunny afternoon. After the concert, the five of us went across the street to a new (to us) restaurant called Villa del arte. It used to be an art gallery and the owner of the restaurant is an artist; there are some of his paintings on the walls. We had expected the place to be filled with other concert goers, but there were only about 8 or 9 other patrons besides us. The food was good.
Today, we had the 3 little girls again. While Elvia was supposed to come again, when we got there we found that she was going to be cooking the dinner for everyone. The system is that each dormitory has a kitchen and the children and houseparents make and eat breakfast and the light evening meal in their own dormitories. However, there is a large kitchen and dining area where everyone gathers for the main meal of the day in the early afternoon. So Elvia was the cook for this main meal, although some of the children were away (as our three were). In her place, Elvia sent a 13 year old girl, named Cynthia. She was pleasant and a good help with the little girls. Barb had prepared a BBQ chicken dinner which we had almost immediately as it was after 2 p.m. The little girls ate a bit, but neither of the twins likes green beans, we found out.
After eating, we had the little pool set up again. This time, Barb had bathing suits for the girls. She had spent a good part of Saturday trying to find them. She went to WalMart (not something she likes to do even though it is only 3 or 4 blocks away; nada in bathing suits for little girls. She did find balls and a couple of toys as well as sunglasses. She bought 5 pairs of the latter, not just for the 3 girls, but also for the other 2 who live in the same dormitory--Leo and Belen. She thought it would cause trouble if they didn’t all have a pair. She ended up making a fast trip into Chapala to the Soriana supermarket (in fact it is like WalMart with appliances, clothing, etc. besides a food supermarket. She did manage to find bathing suits there; we were a bit worried that they might not fit because they looked pretty small. However, they are very stretchy and were fine. Barb used different colours to be able to tell the twins apart. Again, they loved playing and splashing in the pool. At one point, I thought that it needed more water, so I got the hose. We put the nozzle on fine spray and the girls had a whale of a timegetting sprayed and spraying each other. When they finally tired, we got them out for ice cream and cookies. When they were back in their regular clothes (after 4), we were wondering if they would lie down to sleep as it was well past their usual nap time. However, they were not interested in that. Our next plan was to drive to Chapala, park and take the girls for a walk along the malecon. However, by the time we found a parking spot (Chapala is packed with people from Guadalajara on weekends this time of year), the girls were all fast asleep. We ended up driving around a bit and finally took them back to the center at about 5:30 p.m. There were 3 tired little puppies. Truth be told, Barb and I came home and immediately lay down for over an hour of rest and sleep ourselves.
Today, we had the 3 little girls again. While Elvia was supposed to come again, when we got there we found that she was going to be cooking the dinner for everyone. The system is that each dormitory has a kitchen and the children and houseparents make and eat breakfast and the light evening meal in their own dormitories. However, there is a large kitchen and dining area where everyone gathers for the main meal of the day in the early afternoon. So Elvia was the cook for this main meal, although some of the children were away (as our three were). In her place, Elvia sent a 13 year old girl, named Cynthia. She was pleasant and a good help with the little girls. Barb had prepared a BBQ chicken dinner which we had almost immediately as it was after 2 p.m. The little girls ate a bit, but neither of the twins likes green beans, we found out.
After eating, we had the little pool set up again. This time, Barb had bathing suits for the girls. She had spent a good part of Saturday trying to find them. She went to WalMart (not something she likes to do even though it is only 3 or 4 blocks away; nada in bathing suits for little girls. She did find balls and a couple of toys as well as sunglasses. She bought 5 pairs of the latter, not just for the 3 girls, but also for the other 2 who live in the same dormitory--Leo and Belen. She thought it would cause trouble if they didn’t all have a pair. She ended up making a fast trip into Chapala to the Soriana supermarket (in fact it is like WalMart with appliances, clothing, etc. besides a food supermarket. She did manage to find bathing suits there; we were a bit worried that they might not fit because they looked pretty small. However, they are very stretchy and were fine. Barb used different colours to be able to tell the twins apart. Again, they loved playing and splashing in the pool. At one point, I thought that it needed more water, so I got the hose. We put the nozzle on fine spray and the girls had a whale of a timegetting sprayed and spraying each other. When they finally tired, we got them out for ice cream and cookies. When they were back in their regular clothes (after 4), we were wondering if they would lie down to sleep as it was well past their usual nap time. However, they were not interested in that. Our next plan was to drive to Chapala, park and take the girls for a walk along the malecon. However, by the time we found a parking spot (Chapala is packed with people from Guadalajara on weekends this time of year), the girls were all fast asleep. We ended up driving around a bit and finally took them back to the center at about 5:30 p.m. There were 3 tired little puppies. Truth be told, Barb and I came home and immediately lay down for over an hour of rest and sleep ourselves.
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