Dont forget to pack the meat

Sooooooo its been a busy week Tuesday we took another trip to Vina. whooped Male and Manuel at bowling 3 games won by team kerry and Ella and the final game stolen from us when Ella somehow managed to forget how to bowl completely and sent a lot of balls straight into the gutter. I then managed to fall up an escalator in a slow motion running fashion right in the middle of the shopping mall, much to Manuels amusement. Took a gash to the leg and now probably have escalator aids. embaressing.

Wednesday was party day at the school. Some very interesting gladrags were put on. Im told floral is in fashion at the moment but not so sure about grass skirts on boys.. The kids looked adorable in their traditional dancing outfits. There was a bit of stage fright from a few of the kids. My fav girl wouldnt dance at all and stood with her arms crossed in the middle of the stage.. hilarious. After the dances the family got on stage with some guitars and sang a couple of songs. Followed by a bbq by some of the parents and the misses. MEAT MEAT MEAT. meat on sticks. meat in pastry, meat in bread. MEAT. We ducked out of the party to get some of our favourite bread and ice creams from our new favourite shop run by a little old lady who is very helpful. We're trying to get her to be our new best friend. Shes brilliant. Once the party was over we took to the trampoline for some bouncing fun with a few minor injuries and some impressive backflips from ella.

Thursday night after almost managing to fall asleep on the sofa we were taken to a dance in the park. and it was cooooold. but pretty fun. Highlight being the weird old man that came over to me and asked me to dance, I pretended I didnt understand him and apologised for my lack of spanish. He then came back ten minutes later and worked his magic with ella. She caved and danced with the very energetic crazy man. He took every opportunity he could to kiss her on the cheek then once the longest song in the world had finished he kissed her some more then showed his gratitude by giving her an empanada. TRUE LOVE. unfortunatly he left without giving her his number. Rejected.

Friday - Independance Day.. Lets see what the fuss is about.. well I would tell you but we missed the parade, due to numerous people sending us to the wrong place (ill name no names) So instead we took a long walk in the wrong direction to the park. and not the stadium. and then a long walk back. with a pit stop for ice cream again. mmm ice cream. half an hour later cars appear and people begin bustling around the house.. beach time!! ooooh yeah. Load up the minibus.. thats right maria we probably do need all those pots and pans. Do I think we need polenta?? erm maybe.. why wouldnt we need polenta maria? (turns out we didnt need polenta) but we DID need those two bags of meat. phew. Glad the meat got packed. right everyone in... 17 people later we all hit the road...

HOLD UP.. 17 people... one beach house.. I began to get a little worried and wondered whether we were infact going to ron weasleys magical house with lots of bedrooms or if this was going to be a super cozy shed. Not to worry two beach houses, 14 beds, two sofas and an extra mattress. phew. and grandma shotguns a bottom bunk. BQQ lit. music pumping.. and a huge beach to explore. ooooooh yeeeeah. 3 days of sunning ourselves on the empty beaches and exploring ( we found horse bones.. gross. oh AND we saw a boy surfing in a bouyancy aid.. hilarious.) time to pack up and head home... maria promises a meat free week ahead.. we'll see. Ive actually grown to quite like a lump of meat.. not too sure whats happening to me.. quite enjoy a bit of salt too. uh oh.

Oh and bread has officially been banned. the bread binge is over due to the health risk it was causing us. Buff and brown. buff and brown. not fatty boom booms.

Over and Out

CIAO CIAO

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