Navidad

I haven't spend Christmas in Peru for 5 years but I always remember a lot of family and food, Christmas Eve we have dinner at midnight, yes we stay up late, that's why Santa never goes to my house 'cause we are all awake, only kids 0-12 get presents, the bigger kids get new clothes or money, if you are lucky you get both.
Well this Navidad was different of what I remembered, my dad every navidad for years now does an event for kids in need and give out toys to them.
Stephen, my dad and some workers went to pass out some tickets (for a free show and toys) to some of the poor areas in my city. They saw a little girl rocking a bottle that was swaddle with a piece of fabric, she was using it as her doll, it was heartbreaking they said.
We can't tell you how great we feel after this event, this is what Christmas is about, making someone happy and giving the best of us.
Now I will remember Navidad with those kids smiles and I will go to bed early so Santa can sneak in our house and leaves us some gifts.

2 Months in PERU

We had so much fun in Peru, it seems like a long time for vacations, but the time went by so fast for us, specially for my parents that got used to seeing Mia and spoiling her everyday.
We love the food there, specially my mom's, we are missing the fresh baked bread every morning for breakfast and real fruit juices.
We got to see a lot of family there, Mia loves visiting Abu Tin (my grandpa Valentin), she loves riding his wheel chair, she also likes playing with her cousins Kate and Joseph that were visiting from Atlanta.
The weather was nice most of the time, sometimes it got really hot that we had to take 3 showers a day, we went to Huanchaco and Pacasmayo Beach, Mia liked to seat on the shore and have the waves come and touch her feet.
We miss being there now, Mia keep asking for her Abus (grandparents) and we keep saying Abus bye bye, now we are back to our normal lifes, cold wheater and box juices.