Since we were scheduled to leave within a couple of hours, and the flight was going to be long, we tried to keep Lorena from falling asleep in the airport. We managed, and she was soon asleep after takeoff. Oh, and I must say that she finds it most amusing when the airplanes “walk”, it is quite silly to her. Back to the flight; she watched the wings and said, “But look, the wings are not moving, they are not flapping!” Come to think of it, one really would expect the wings to flap, and that very thought guided many a failed attempt to device a flying machine. Later on, it might have been on that flight or a subsequent one, Lorena covered her ears and said, “I am covering my ears because I don’t want to hear: BOOM, BANG, PASSS, or, the plane is crashing!!!” Again an example of thoughts little kids have, sometimes they say them aloud, allowing you a quick glimpse into their heads, but many others they remain quiet thoughts,.
She was sitting with dad, and Arantxa was sitting next to me. With experience, we have figured that the best set up is to be seated on the same side of the plane, example seats 10A, 10B, 11A, and 11B. Lorena has to get a window seat so she can seat in her car seat. Then, Arantxa sits right in front of her, thus keeping Lorena’s kicks in the family. We can then all easily share books, toys, etc. and help each other out.
Arantxa and I were reading Pippi Longstocking among other things, so she laughed aloud frequently. When they came to offer us food, they asked her: “Would you like waffles or omelet?” She looked perplexed and asked them to repeat the choices. “Waffles or omelet?” repeated the attendant. Arantxa turned around, opened the window blind (it was pitch dark outside), and she told me, “but mom, it is nighttime!”
I had to explain that since we would have left in the morning, the food they had prepared was breakfast items. She took the waffles and managed to empty the syrup on her clothes. The flight attendants gave us a bunch of wet towels, and we cleaned as best we could, and it got all stiff but not sticky after it dried.
When we finally landed, it was quite late; and even more so after we cleared customs and immigration. We saw Palo and Vane (Pablo’s dad and sister) with the traditional red balloons, Yeya had stayed home sick. We went to the car rental booth, and found that calling Alamo to explain that the flight was delayed, and hearing from them that a note had been tagged to our reservation, was a waste of time. Why? Simply because we called Alamo, not Alamo Mexico. ARGH!!!!
We installed the car seats in Yeya’s car, and Pablo wanted to take a taxi; but it was really late and it had been a very long day. I ended sitting between the car seats (not an easy feat), Pablo drove, and his dad and sister sat on the passenger’s side.
Aeromexico is now exclusively using the new Terminal 2, we’d never been there. We followed the sign that said “Circuito Interior”, basically ignoring a Mexican driving rule of thumb: signs are randomly put in the city with no logic behind them. In this case, as in many others, it was worse to follow them. Side story. Once some friends and I were driving back to the city, and we followed a sign to the new highway. We followed the exit and ended up in a dirt patch of road right away. We thought we had made a wrong turn, so we backed up and tried again. We had followed the sign correctly. Then we understood: the highway was not yet built, but the sign was already installed.
All 4 adults kept trying to figure out where we were and how to get home. Arantxa fell asleep right away, she’d been awake many hours. Lorena was awake for the most part. The city was very difficult to navigate because they had had the brilliant idea to repave several of the main arterial streets at once (all to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the independence and 100th of the revolution next year). Many areas looked as if they had been bombed. After much driving, we pulled over to ask a policeman. Funny how we could do that with 3 passengers in the front seats; they guy did not blink, perhaps because everybody was wearing a seat belt.
Finally, we arrived home at about 3:30 am. Both girls transferred easily to the mattress that was set for them.
Thursday, January 22, 2009
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
Airport Stories and Adventures
If anybody had been wondering why Alaska/Horizon had cancelled all their flights, here is the answer. Can you see the guy with the little red shovel, under the wing? he had a lot of work to do....
Well, yes, that was a joke, but seriously, while we saw those little trucks that shove snow around, this guy cleaned all of that, on his own, just with the shovel!!
It is impossible to retell all of our airport adventures. Here are a few, from us, or people we met, on the way to Mexico.
You know you have been at the airport too long when:
- you have already used half of your SD card, and you still haven’t even formally left for vacation.
- you know all the names, basic stories, and information on the passengers that are stranded next to you.
- you feel extremely lucky to have been there sitting at the gate for only 10 hours.
- you know that since you are in a direct flight, you will make it to your destination, at some point....
- you feel extremely lucky to have been there sitting at the gate for only 10 hours.
- the kids’ backpacks and snacks are shared freely among several kids.
you hear a big cheer and applause coming from a neighboring gate. The reason? A single flight attendant had shown up, thus increasing the chances of them actually leaving.
Our situation in a nutshell.
Some of you followed along with us, via Facebook, as we were at the airport. Some of you have no idea, so here is the short story (can I really make it short????) of our travel to Mexico.
Seattle had had a TON of snow during the days prior to our trip. Much more than usual. We were really worried Sunday night, thinking we wouldn't make it to the airport. We had several plans, but we went with our first option. A taxi service was going to pick us up at 7 am (they couldn't come any earlier), they'd come in an SUV, and our flight was scheduled for 9:30. We left the house, all nice and clean, even beds were made. We managed to get our luggage and the girls
into the SUV, I had to wear my rainboots, and Pablo took them back to the house. We had several inches of snow, but not close to 1 foot.
The ride to the airport was super long and tricky. Aeromexico had reassured us over and over, that there'd be no problem. While Alaska Airlines had cancelled ALL their flights the previous 2 days, they had left on time. Even the interstate had not yet been cleaned that morning. Once we got to the airport at 8, we thought we'd be fine.
We knew things were crazy at the airport, with thousands of passengers still stranded there. However, we better understood the reality of the mess when we heard the following announcement, "To those passengers that arrived in last night’s flight from Hawaiian Airlines, please pick up your baggage at carousel number 3".
We checked in with no problem and proceeded to our gate. We soon realized that Aeromexico's prior direct flight to Mexico had not yet departed. We sat close to their counter, so we were able to hear some of what was happening.
While Alaska had cancelled their flights because they did not have anti-freeze, and their Canadian supplier was on strike; Aeromexico had the precious liquid, but, the de-icing machine was broken. Eventually, they would be able to use another airline's machine, when they were done using it.
Every hour or so, they made an announcement: Passengers on flights X and Y, please stay in this area, your flight will be leaving within a few hours. The other flight left, and some time later, our finally did. I think it might have been close to 6 pm. We made it past bureaucracy sometime in the early AM; and we got to PAblo's parents house, at around 3:30 am.
Some random stories
A family with 4 kids, maybe ages 3-10, were camping out next to the gate; they had been ON the plane for 7 hours the previous day, before letting them out. By the time we saw them, they had been out of the plane for 15+ hours.
Another family, with a not yet 2.5 year old boy, we met had spent 2 days at the airport. Their flight from Bellingham to Seattle had been cancelled so they drove down to Sea-Tac. At that point, ALL of Alaska Airlines flights were cancelled. The airline offered to get them to Playa del Carmen (final destination), 2 days after the end of their scheduled family vacation with extended family. They found spots in Aeromexico’s flight to Mexico City. That was our flight, Aeromexico had been departing with no problems the previous days. They spent a couple of hours in a hotel, the second night. They finally arrived in Mexico City, 2.5 days later, had to spend the night there, and hopefully made it to Playa the following day.
It took people 7 hours to get their checked luggage back (and they hadn’t even traveled).
A picture is worth a thousand words (or dollars???).
To be expected, right? Tens of thousands of people have been at the airport for over 2 days. However...
Are those drinks that bad NOBODY wants them? Not even under those circumstances. I think the marketing/product development of that company would pay money for that picture.
This was our preschool section of the gate. Eowyn (pink) was almost 2.5, she and her Mexican mom were flying to Mexico. Jackson, was the 2.5 year old on his way to Playa del Carmen (probably took them 3.5 days to get there). he was so sweet, after everything he'd been through. He had recently turned 2.5. We all shared parental duties, shared toys, snacks, had story time, etc.
Arantxa spent a good chunk of the time reading. Lorena was read from her princesses stories book, over and over. We all knew the stories pretty well, it was a good gift from Santa!
Finally, on the plane!!!!
Well, yes, that was a joke, but seriously, while we saw those little trucks that shove snow around, this guy cleaned all of that, on his own, just with the shovel!!
It is impossible to retell all of our airport adventures. Here are a few, from us, or people we met, on the way to Mexico.
You know you have been at the airport too long when:
- you have already used half of your SD card, and you still haven’t even formally left for vacation.
- you know all the names, basic stories, and information on the passengers that are stranded next to you.
- you feel extremely lucky to have been there sitting at the gate for only 10 hours.
- you know that since you are in a direct flight, you will make it to your destination, at some point....
- you feel extremely lucky to have been there sitting at the gate for only 10 hours.
- the kids’ backpacks and snacks are shared freely among several kids.
you hear a big cheer and applause coming from a neighboring gate. The reason? A single flight attendant had shown up, thus increasing the chances of them actually leaving.
Our situation in a nutshell.
Some of you followed along with us, via Facebook, as we were at the airport. Some of you have no idea, so here is the short story (can I really make it short????) of our travel to Mexico.
Seattle had had a TON of snow during the days prior to our trip. Much more than usual. We were really worried Sunday night, thinking we wouldn't make it to the airport. We had several plans, but we went with our first option. A taxi service was going to pick us up at 7 am (they couldn't come any earlier), they'd come in an SUV, and our flight was scheduled for 9:30. We left the house, all nice and clean, even beds were made. We managed to get our luggage and the girls
into the SUV, I had to wear my rainboots, and Pablo took them back to the house. We had several inches of snow, but not close to 1 foot.
The ride to the airport was super long and tricky. Aeromexico had reassured us over and over, that there'd be no problem. While Alaska Airlines had cancelled ALL their flights the previous 2 days, they had left on time. Even the interstate had not yet been cleaned that morning. Once we got to the airport at 8, we thought we'd be fine.
We knew things were crazy at the airport, with thousands of passengers still stranded there. However, we better understood the reality of the mess when we heard the following announcement, "To those passengers that arrived in last night’s flight from Hawaiian Airlines, please pick up your baggage at carousel number 3".
We checked in with no problem and proceeded to our gate. We soon realized that Aeromexico's prior direct flight to Mexico had not yet departed. We sat close to their counter, so we were able to hear some of what was happening.
While Alaska had cancelled their flights because they did not have anti-freeze, and their Canadian supplier was on strike; Aeromexico had the precious liquid, but, the de-icing machine was broken. Eventually, they would be able to use another airline's machine, when they were done using it.
Every hour or so, they made an announcement: Passengers on flights X and Y, please stay in this area, your flight will be leaving within a few hours. The other flight left, and some time later, our finally did. I think it might have been close to 6 pm. We made it past bureaucracy sometime in the early AM; and we got to PAblo's parents house, at around 3:30 am.
Some random stories
A family with 4 kids, maybe ages 3-10, were camping out next to the gate; they had been ON the plane for 7 hours the previous day, before letting them out. By the time we saw them, they had been out of the plane for 15+ hours.
Another family, with a not yet 2.5 year old boy, we met had spent 2 days at the airport. Their flight from Bellingham to Seattle had been cancelled so they drove down to Sea-Tac. At that point, ALL of Alaska Airlines flights were cancelled. The airline offered to get them to Playa del Carmen (final destination), 2 days after the end of their scheduled family vacation with extended family. They found spots in Aeromexico’s flight to Mexico City. That was our flight, Aeromexico had been departing with no problems the previous days. They spent a couple of hours in a hotel, the second night. They finally arrived in Mexico City, 2.5 days later, had to spend the night there, and hopefully made it to Playa the following day.
It took people 7 hours to get their checked luggage back (and they hadn’t even traveled).
A picture is worth a thousand words (or dollars???).
To be expected, right? Tens of thousands of people have been at the airport for over 2 days. However...
Are those drinks that bad NOBODY wants them? Not even under those circumstances. I think the marketing/product development of that company would pay money for that picture.
This was our preschool section of the gate. Eowyn (pink) was almost 2.5, she and her Mexican mom were flying to Mexico. Jackson, was the 2.5 year old on his way to Playa del Carmen (probably took them 3.5 days to get there). he was so sweet, after everything he'd been through. He had recently turned 2.5. We all shared parental duties, shared toys, snacks, had story time, etc.
Arantxa spent a good chunk of the time reading. Lorena was read from her princesses stories book, over and over. We all knew the stories pretty well, it was a good gift from Santa!
Finally, on the plane!!!!
Monday, December 1, 2008
Arantxa's school work
We recently had the conference with Arantxa's teacher and we got some of her projects back. Here is what she has been working on at school for the last couple of months.
in Technology, she made this self-portrait.
This is a patterned Anansi the Spider. She usually enjoys doing more complicated patterns, but for this she kept it simple.
This is word problem/story they got to create as part of their SALMON unit. She dictated the story to the teacher, after having created its visual representation.
Here is the story.I guess it doesn't work with the picture, so I am typing it over.
6 big salmon were ready to come home to the river. They started. After a while, they heard some roaring noise. A bear was looking down at the salmon. He got 1 of them., but the others kept swimming.
They swam for one hour without anything happening to them. But then they saw a fish net. 1 of the fish just went up to it. He wanted to explore the fish net. He had never seen one before. he got caught in the fish net. But the other four kept on swimming.
Soon they would reach the hatchery. Three of them were so excited, they started to swim extra fast! Then they were back to the hatchery. They were making nests for their eggs. The other salmon was still not in the right place to lay its eggs. It swam and swam and swam until it reached the others, and it began making a redd, too!
How many salmon survived the journey back to their spawing grounds?
6-1-1=4.
This is another word problem/story. Arantxa's work is easy to spot in her classroom because her stories are the longest. Her teacher says she can barely keep up with her dictated stories. She continues to be an obsessive story teller. Some other kids have more complicated equations. This was Halloween themed.
This is her story. Can it be read? Do I need to transctibe it again?
This is a mirror image Jack'o-lantern.
This is another Technology project, "things I like". That includes our home and family, mermaids, painting, unicorns and castles, reading, etc.
Finally, a collection of SOME of the various items she makes during "choice" time. There are a ton of assorted magic wands, fans, crowns, boxes, inventions, etc.
in Technology, she made this self-portrait.
This is a patterned Anansi the Spider. She usually enjoys doing more complicated patterns, but for this she kept it simple.
This is word problem/story they got to create as part of their SALMON unit. She dictated the story to the teacher, after having created its visual representation.
Here is the story.I guess it doesn't work with the picture, so I am typing it over.
6 big salmon were ready to come home to the river. They started. After a while, they heard some roaring noise. A bear was looking down at the salmon. He got 1 of them., but the others kept swimming.
They swam for one hour without anything happening to them. But then they saw a fish net. 1 of the fish just went up to it. He wanted to explore the fish net. He had never seen one before. he got caught in the fish net. But the other four kept on swimming.
Soon they would reach the hatchery. Three of them were so excited, they started to swim extra fast! Then they were back to the hatchery. They were making nests for their eggs. The other salmon was still not in the right place to lay its eggs. It swam and swam and swam until it reached the others, and it began making a redd, too!
How many salmon survived the journey back to their spawing grounds?
6-1-1=4.
This is another word problem/story. Arantxa's work is easy to spot in her classroom because her stories are the longest. Her teacher says she can barely keep up with her dictated stories. She continues to be an obsessive story teller. Some other kids have more complicated equations. This was Halloween themed.
This is her story. Can it be read? Do I need to transctibe it again?
This is a mirror image Jack'o-lantern.
This is another Technology project, "things I like". That includes our home and family, mermaids, painting, unicorns and castles, reading, etc.
Finally, a collection of SOME of the various items she makes during "choice" time. There are a ton of assorted magic wands, fans, crowns, boxes, inventions, etc.
Monday, November 24, 2008
A few things, including Ax's hang glider
A few weeks ago, Arantxa came back with a piece of fabric from school that had some wood sticks taped to it. She told me she has made a hang glider and I did not give it a second thought.
This is what it looks like.
This is what it looks like.
Some days later, she announced that she wanted to try it out. She went out with Pablo, and got her helmet on. Pablo was just following along to see what she would do. He says she suddenly had a disappointed look in her face the moment she realized that the hanging frame was too small for her. Phew!
He quickly suggested that they try it with a bear instead.
He quickly suggested that they try it with a bear instead.
Here is the video showing the brief flight.
She is really thinking about this flying business. We have talked about it and we have to remind her from time to time about our conversation. For any attempt of trying to fly, she has to start from ground level, and essentially don't jump down, not even from a chair. (She jumps off chairs/sofas all the time but that is not for flying).
Monday, November 3, 2008
Halloween Costumes
Lorena decided some time ago that she wanted to be Little Red Riding Hood. We bought a cute costume on Ebay, and complemented it with a basket. Before the first Halloween party, she had already undone the cape's ribbons. Other than that, all was set. She was especially excited about her red (á là Dorothy) sparkly shoes.
Of course I had to be Little Red Riding Hood's grandmother. A quick trip to Value Village was all I needed. I asked Lorena to help me find a "white" wig, and she kept pointing to those super blonde ones. When I finally found a grandma one, she pointed out that it was gray, not white. I think too many people are dying their hair now!!!
So:
Wig, $7.00
used flannel night gown, $4.00
Baby powder/cornstarch, $0.05
Getting this look: priceless!
I must have looked really odd, as Lorena did not want to be in the picture with me. I had to sneak from the back. Oh, and when Agnes (neighbor) came in she quietly asked Lorena if I was her mom.
Arantxa's costume was easier than I expected. She wanted a unicorn that was also a pegasus. Apparently many girls want both, because we were able to buy this, again from Ebay. They don't make this one anymore.
Both of them, before our 6th annual Halloween Playgroup party (which we hosted for the first time. It'd always been at Cathia's).
Arantxa had also wanted to have a WALL-E costume. She really enjoyed the movie, and has spent a lot of time playing WALL-E and even making creative Wall-E and things from the movie out of Legos.
So, here is the video showing how we got it together. It was a real family enterprise, even Lorena helped looking for the right box. Arantxa had started the idea by using her yellow binoculars as WALL-E's eyes. If you have no idea who WALL-E is (robot in futuristic Pixar movie), then click here to see a Wall-E trailer.
Here is the video.
And here she is, as WALL-E ready for her school's Halloween Parade. The costume was a huge success, by the way. We heard a lot of excited kids point at her and say "WALL-E" with Wall-e's characteristic robotic voice.
Of course I had to be Little Red Riding Hood's grandmother. A quick trip to Value Village was all I needed. I asked Lorena to help me find a "white" wig, and she kept pointing to those super blonde ones. When I finally found a grandma one, she pointed out that it was gray, not white. I think too many people are dying their hair now!!!
So:
Wig, $7.00
used flannel night gown, $4.00
Baby powder/cornstarch, $0.05
Getting this look: priceless!
I must have looked really odd, as Lorena did not want to be in the picture with me. I had to sneak from the back. Oh, and when Agnes (neighbor) came in she quietly asked Lorena if I was her mom.
Arantxa's costume was easier than I expected. She wanted a unicorn that was also a pegasus. Apparently many girls want both, because we were able to buy this, again from Ebay. They don't make this one anymore.
Both of them, before our 6th annual Halloween Playgroup party (which we hosted for the first time. It'd always been at Cathia's).
Arantxa had also wanted to have a WALL-E costume. She really enjoyed the movie, and has spent a lot of time playing WALL-E and even making creative Wall-E and things from the movie out of Legos.
So, here is the video showing how we got it together. It was a real family enterprise, even Lorena helped looking for the right box. Arantxa had started the idea by using her yellow binoculars as WALL-E's eyes. If you have no idea who WALL-E is (robot in futuristic Pixar movie), then click here to see a Wall-E trailer.
Here is the video.
And here she is, as WALL-E ready for her school's Halloween Parade. The costume was a huge success, by the way. We heard a lot of excited kids point at her and say "WALL-E" with Wall-e's characteristic robotic voice.
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
Country Dance
There was a hoe down at school a couple of weeks ago. The 3rd graders (I think) have a big pioneer/Lewis and Clark unit, and starting last year they will have this as an annual event for the whole school community.
I had scheduled long before we knew about it, a mom's night out with the playgroup moms; so I was unable to attend. Pablo said he'd take the girls. After careful review of their wardrobe, it was clear that we did NOT have anything remotely appropriate. Luckily, I ran into Krystyna at Costco that morning, and she came in with some clothes later on.
Lorena, decided, by just glancing at the clothes, that there was nothing girlish enough for her to even consider wearing. Luckily, she had come home with a HUGE stash of clothes, hand me downs from our neighbors (her teacher's kids). I guess I have to go into those. Terri had set aside some clothes on Thursday for the families to look at. By the time Pablo picked her from school, Lorena had already picked a ton of outfits (some went straight to Arantxa's drawers). Thanks again Terri. Lorena then settled on a dress.
Arantxa, as usual, gets into everything, and she goes full speed ahead. She asked me if she could wear the flannel shirt, from Nicolas (2.5). It did fit her, and she was even able to close the buttons, the sleeves, naturally, come 3/4. She also got Agnes's dress on.
here go the pictures. Arantxa, all ready to go.
Pablo, looking super handsome and even wearing boots.
I just love this picture and I am not sure why. I think it reminds me of Patricia (my sister) as a little kid, wearing a green cowgirl costume, with a similar hat. We had so much fun when we got a big trunk of costumes from Tía Laurita (sibling fact checker???). anyway, outside of the party place.
and her, the girls in action. Pablo says they could barely follow the instructions, but both of them have shown me some of the moves, and explained the name of the dances.
Mostly, he says, they had a good time running around, and they got to have a good dessert.
I had scheduled long before we knew about it, a mom's night out with the playgroup moms; so I was unable to attend. Pablo said he'd take the girls. After careful review of their wardrobe, it was clear that we did NOT have anything remotely appropriate. Luckily, I ran into Krystyna at Costco that morning, and she came in with some clothes later on.
Lorena, decided, by just glancing at the clothes, that there was nothing girlish enough for her to even consider wearing. Luckily, she had come home with a HUGE stash of clothes, hand me downs from our neighbors (her teacher's kids). I guess I have to go into those. Terri had set aside some clothes on Thursday for the families to look at. By the time Pablo picked her from school, Lorena had already picked a ton of outfits (some went straight to Arantxa's drawers). Thanks again Terri. Lorena then settled on a dress.
Arantxa, as usual, gets into everything, and she goes full speed ahead. She asked me if she could wear the flannel shirt, from Nicolas (2.5). It did fit her, and she was even able to close the buttons, the sleeves, naturally, come 3/4. She also got Agnes's dress on.
here go the pictures. Arantxa, all ready to go.
Pablo, looking super handsome and even wearing boots.
I just love this picture and I am not sure why. I think it reminds me of Patricia (my sister) as a little kid, wearing a green cowgirl costume, with a similar hat. We had so much fun when we got a big trunk of costumes from Tía Laurita (sibling fact checker???). anyway, outside of the party place.
and her, the girls in action. Pablo says they could barely follow the instructions, but both of them have shown me some of the moves, and explained the name of the dances.
Mostly, he says, they had a good time running around, and they got to have a good dessert.
Monday, October 27, 2008
Stuck in the bathroom
Pablo was on a trip. Lorena had had a bad night; she'd kept waking up so I finally let her come to our bed. Arantxa had had nightmares so I had to go to her room to soothe her (but she never woke up). I was unable to fall sleep again, so I was awake from 2 to almost 6, and then fell asleep. I woke up again, later than when I usually start. I had to get going fast since it was a school day. In fact, we had to leave a bit earlier than usual as I had to drop off Lorena at her friend's house (close by) since I had to take the other kids to school and had to stay for a class.
She wanted to take a shower with me but I did not let her. She resigned herself to being with me in the bathroom. As I was getting in the shower, she started kicking the bathroom door (it is one of those pocket or sliding doors, it slides into the wall when open). I asked her to stop, she said, "OK, mom" and did with no complain. A little while later she tried to get out but she couldn't. I instructed her to unlock the door (a bit tricky, twisty lock). She still was unable, so she had to wait for me.
As I got out of the shower and tried to open I realize that her kicking had stuck the door, moving it off its rail. Getting on my serious mommy voice I told her that we were stuck in the bathroom since her kicking had stuck the door. Well, I did not expect that to be totally true, but it was. I tried pulling the door, but of course I had little leverage. I tried pushing it back in place, but after 5 or so minutes I realized that I couldn't.
I called Arantxa who was sleeping (I was not sleeping mom, I was playing in my room and making a story). She came running into the room (I was expecting to get my big morning hug) but was surprised to find nobody ("hey, where is everybody" I thought, why did my mom call me if she was not here).
She came to the bathroom door and I explained what had happened and what she had to do. Now, Lorena is naturally strong while Arantxa is more like Bruce Banner and can only be super strong when angry, so just in Hulk mode. She kept trying though, but unable to get it.
I was naturally, ready to go to plan B, have Arantxa call the neighbors, get her to unlock the door, and embarrassingly wait for Nacho to come. Her only phone experience has been when we pass the phone to her, and we've showed her how to dial 911.
Altogether 10 minutes had passed and it was getting really late. Finally, Arantxa was our heroine and was able to push the door back in place. We rushed through breakfast and Arantxa got to buy lunch at school instead of taking from home. We got Lorena to Mia's house. She was SO excited, they were still in PJ's.
We were a bit late for picking up our carpool buddy, but still on time to arrive punctually at school.
All is well that ends well.
She wanted to take a shower with me but I did not let her. She resigned herself to being with me in the bathroom. As I was getting in the shower, she started kicking the bathroom door (it is one of those pocket or sliding doors, it slides into the wall when open). I asked her to stop, she said, "OK, mom" and did with no complain. A little while later she tried to get out but she couldn't. I instructed her to unlock the door (a bit tricky, twisty lock). She still was unable, so she had to wait for me.
As I got out of the shower and tried to open I realize that her kicking had stuck the door, moving it off its rail. Getting on my serious mommy voice I told her that we were stuck in the bathroom since her kicking had stuck the door. Well, I did not expect that to be totally true, but it was. I tried pulling the door, but of course I had little leverage. I tried pushing it back in place, but after 5 or so minutes I realized that I couldn't.
I called Arantxa who was sleeping (I was not sleeping mom, I was playing in my room and making a story). She came running into the room (I was expecting to get my big morning hug) but was surprised to find nobody ("hey, where is everybody" I thought, why did my mom call me if she was not here).
She came to the bathroom door and I explained what had happened and what she had to do. Now, Lorena is naturally strong while Arantxa is more like Bruce Banner and can only be super strong when angry, so just in Hulk mode. She kept trying though, but unable to get it.
I was naturally, ready to go to plan B, have Arantxa call the neighbors, get her to unlock the door, and embarrassingly wait for Nacho to come. Her only phone experience has been when we pass the phone to her, and we've showed her how to dial 911.
Altogether 10 minutes had passed and it was getting really late. Finally, Arantxa was our heroine and was able to push the door back in place. We rushed through breakfast and Arantxa got to buy lunch at school instead of taking from home. We got Lorena to Mia's house. She was SO excited, they were still in PJ's.
We were a bit late for picking up our carpool buddy, but still on time to arrive punctually at school.
All is well that ends well.
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