All our girls have been asking when we will all go to spend time at the Arms of Love homes installations in Jinotepe, to share it with the older boys and younger children there. We told them that as vacation extends until the end of January we should spend Christmas here in Managua at Las Palmas home inviting them to Christmas dinner and joy, and then afterwards go to visit them.
They enthusiastically accepted and were asking us to start getting our home ready, and we chose yesterday to do so. This big task required gathering strength and fueling enthusiasm, so a hearty breakfast was the order of the day. We decided to have a mixed American-Nicaraguan one.
Gladys loves pancakes! I love eggs! As usual, giving ourselves up to some personal desires requires digging into our personal pockets because it is unconceivable for us to buy for ourselves and letting our children just watch.
They enthusiastically accepted and were asking us to start getting our home ready, and we chose yesterday to do so. This big task required gathering strength and fueling enthusiasm, so a hearty breakfast was the order of the day. We decided to have a mixed American-Nicaraguan one.
Gladys loves pancakes! I love eggs! As usual, giving ourselves up to some personal desires requires digging into our personal pockets because it is unconceivable for us to buy for ourselves and letting our children just watch.
Three pancakes for Gladys mean at least 75 pancakes for all. Usually more because they all ask for seconds! Me? I am happy as always with my usual 2 eggs, hot sauce, coffee and cremora. It is very cheap to satisfy my cravings. The only problem is when I want to have my other favorite Nicaraguan meal, nacatamales, as they are more expensive and heavier on my pocket.
After they cleaned the tables and did the dishes they asked my wife to lead them and give them a chance to clean our silverware, as well as floors and walls all over the house. WOW! They know how to clean when they want to.
All participated, from the older to the younger one, and then, after playing around all afternoon, they sat down, very satisfied and tired, to watch TV.
While we, the Abuelitos (grandpa and grandma) even more tired than them but joyfully satisfied, watched the nativity set and the Christmas tree!
How many fond memories come to our hearts and minds! These nativity figures, Christmas tree and ornaments have been in our family for many years, from the times we lived in Guatemala and in Arkansas. They are intimate parts of our past, of the sad and the happy days of our lives!
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