Today was La Virgen de Merced [or the Virgin of Mercy.] So to celebrate they put gun powder in a long line down the middle of many streets with firecrackers along the way- then they light. It was so loud that every time a firecracker would go off I could hear them clearly even with ear plugs! Then on the way back we met our friend Paola. Then a block before our house we saw and smelled freshly roasted chicken so we bought one whole chicken.  Once we ate, we cleaned the house some more and then played some poker games.

Here's a video of the fireworks in the street and some pictures.

             

Here's some pictures of me and the yummy chicken we ate.

                 

Yesterday I had my first report in front of the class on los niños hèroes or the boy Heroes and the attack of the castle in chapultapec. I was really nervous at first, but in the end I got 10 out of 10! Ulrich didn't want to present his project even though I would just tell him the words and he would repeat what I said. Eventually the teacher just read it at her desk. The boy heroes are called that because they all were really young, for example the oldest was 19 and they fought against the americans because the americans wanted more land. On friday we ate Ego ( really weird fruit were you pick the brown one's and they are sweet.) Then after school we picked up Ulrich his sister and dad. Then we dropped them off close to their horse camp.

                           Here's me and Paola and Maya. Paola is on the left and Maya is on the right.

                                   
                                                    Here's a picture of the fruit called Ego.

Today my friend Canek came over after skyping with my good friend Josh. We fought with nerf guns like dueling or on teams. Then when his mom came over his brother Emma played and so did my dad. They stayed pretty late but after they left we watched To Catch a Thief.

Today was pretty normal but had some twists. One abnormal thing was that it rained for the longest time. It's weird  because it's getting warmer and it's starting to get less rainy. Then I had spanish class for the first time after school and I had a great time because I have the best teacher ever.

I woke up with the relief of no school today,whew! First we ate breakfast and then checked my math (for a really long time.) Then at four I went rock climbing while my mom and dad went running. Then in the evening we watched another episode of Heroes.

Today was really sad because my great-grandpa died. So to remember him we are going to make an altar for him. When my dad told us that he died we were all really sad so we talked about the great memories we had of him. he was always really nice, charming and generous .

Yesterday we didn't have school because it was close to independence day and same with monday yeah! Today I had my first soccer game in Mexico but the team from Tuxtla didn't show up so our team was split up and we Played against each other. Even though the Tuxtla team didn't show up we had a good time. Though my half of the team suffered a bitter defeat. Then after the soccer game I went to my friends house who's name is Canek and we had a ton of fun from playing Halo to swinging on the best swing ever and many other assortments of things.

Today we had a TON or 2,000 pounds of fun at our party. First, Mina gave an AWESOME speech and so did her friend Emmanuel. Then, Mina's class made a restaurant and they served us, so that they could go on a overnight  trip somewhere. After we ate, we went to soccer and had a lot of fun. After  soccer, we decided to celebrate that Mina became school president!!!!! To do that, we went to a really nice pizza place overlooking the street.

Today was pretty much the same as yesterday we visited the bunnies and the dog. Tomorrow my sister and her class are going to have a bake sale and march around like soldiers.

                                                    Here is me and Yumari before school.

Today was really fun. first we got up ate breakfast and the went to the rock climbing gym. Then when we got all the gear we headed out to the mountains to rock climb. We had a lot of fun and we did some fun routes and we ate and talked. Before I climb I get a mix of excitement and fear although you know your gonna be fine. Also you feel great when you get really high or complete a course. It's also fun seeing how other people do climbing too. I also felt anxious on the drive to the forest. Here are some pictures of me climbing and other stuff.

Today is friday so that made things easier. Today was normal and stuff but then we had someone come over and fix our broken table and get our gas tank filled.After in the evening we watched a movie called heroes that was about people with super human powers and it was really good.

Today was normal and stuff but then I had to get my allergy shot today but it turned out to be fun. My doctor's name is Paolo. He's really nice and he uses a manual typewriter to fill out his forms. Here are some pictures of me outside the hospital and with doctor Paolo.

Today was unusual. We had math and went to the garden and weeded which we normally don't do. Then we had recess and played. After recess it started to rain so we didn't go to soccer practice.

Today we had our friends over for lunch and we did tons of things. First we ate and talked, then we played with some nerf guns for an hour or so, then we played soccer while one of the kids left to play in a band. After when he came back he brought his x-box and we played games on it.