Today we pretty much hung around the house while daddy got some work done. This morning Sosi and mommy hung out in the kitchen with Maritza and she taught us how to make Gallo Pinto. Mommy tried to make this 3 times this past week and finally gave in and asked Maritza to teach her. Sosi chomped on grapes the entire time and just watched all the cooking going down.
Later in the afternoon when daddy finished work he thought it would be a great idea for us all to go hiking on this trail Alexis showed him…ummm…yea…not so much. It was daddy, mommy, Sophie, Firu, Chester, and Betsy (we left charles behind since he prob. would have chased some animal 5 times his size and got us all killed). Consider Charles lucky after the adventure Daddy took us on. The trail was full of cow doodie and of course Sophie wanted to walk and not be held. All the cow doodie finally led us to the herd of cows that Chester decided to try and chase, not realizing that he was grossly outnumbered, and all of a sudden the herd of cows line up and start marching towards us (thanks Chester). I would have taken a pic if I wasnt busy crapping my pants. I thought cows just grazed and people did things like tip them, etc. Apparently Costa Rican cows don’t mess around. Obviously we survived since I am here to write this blog. I think i’ll be sticking to the man made trails at Villa Blanca where one can whistle and snap pics of the friendly hummingbirds. Oh my husband and his secret inner yearning to fulfill some sort of man vs. wild character he was in a past life. Anyway, Sophie didnt seem to mind dodging cow doo and herds so if she is happy then the hike was still a success in my opinion.
After the hike Sosi got nutty on the swingset and just had a blast. There are a ton of pics b/c i just couldnt decide which to edit since her face was so hilarious in all of them. They are such typical excited Sophie faces that I just had to keep them all. She was pulling out all the silliness with her silent scream face, clenched fists, feet in the air and crinkled nose smile. Guess i’ll be going to wash the bottom of all our sneakers now. XO