Surprises and Carnival!

Ahh winter.  Everyone who knows me knows my feelings about winter.  As far as I'm concerned, if winter never existed I'd be elated (not to mention, I think Belgium took all my cold weather tolerance !!) However, it does, and we've made the best of it here in Spain.  This is my little model, Agueda :)

The girls were home from school pretty much the entire month of February because each of them had a cold.  Agueda had a fever and a skin rash that spread across her body and Valentina also had a fever, as well as cough and all the other fun symptoms of having a cold.  Even little Celsa had a fever.  Everyone was sick! Except me (although now it's my turn!) We basically played lots of games and made little Valentine's day cards.  I will say having the girls cooped up in the house everyday is very hard! Poor things were so antsy to let out all their energy!  **Celsa's new thing is sleeping on the floor! She walks or crawls over to a pillow and just plops down! So precious

Fortunately, the past few days have been really beautiful here in Santiago.  No rain (I know, I know--it's unbelievable considering everyone in Spain thinks it monsoons 365 days a year.)  and about 60-65 degrees.  The girls have had an opportunity to play in the park and run around a little taking in the clean air and warm sun.


Carnaval was this past week--the girls got all dressed up and we went to see a little parade that was going around in Santiago.  The girls also had a parade for their school where the girls dressed up as Daisy Duck and the boys dressed up as Donald Duck.  VERY CUTE :)

I also had a WONDERFUL belated Valentines day surprise-An absolutely gorgeous bouquet of flowers arrived at my door here in Santiago!  Thank you, Matt for sending such beautiful flowers and something that the girls and I could share together :)  It meant so much to them and me!

Anyway, I am looking forward to Spring!  Although I think we have had a wonderful winter in Santiago...I am ready for winter to be over for the next 8 months or so :)

Ahh invierno.  El todo mundo sabe mis sentimientos sobre invierno.  Si invierno no existe, estaría muy contenta.  Sin embargo, se existe, e hicimos lo mejor de invierno aquí en España. 

Las niñas estuvieron en casa casi todo el mes de Febrero porque estuvieron la gripe.  Águeda tuvo fiebre y una erupción de piel en su todo cuerpo y Valentina también tuvo fiebre, tos, y todos los síntomas de la gripe.  Celsa también tuvo fiebre.  Todo el mundo estuvo enferma! Jugamos muchos juegos e hicimos cartas para el día de San Valentine.   Estuvo difícil a tener las niñas en casa todos los días todo día! Pobrecitas tenían mucha energía y no tuvieron una buena forma para liberarla!

Sin embargo, estos días pasados han hecho muy bonita aquí en Santiago.   No lluvia y 15-18 grados!  Las niñas han tenido una oportunidad a jugar en el parque y correr un poquito.

Carnaval estuvo esta semana pasada—y las niñas disfrazaron y fuimos a ver un desfile aquí en Santiago.  También, las niñas estuvieron en un desfile del colegio y disfrazaron de ‘Daisy Duck’. 

También, yo recibí un ramo de flores bonitísimo para el día de San Valentine.  Muchísimas gracias a Matt por mandando flores tan bonitos y algo que las niñas y yo podríamos compartir juntos.