Thursday. 12.2.10

Since our family will be leaving soon, there are plans made from here to the weekend to spend time with different people. Today, we’re all going to meet at the Abuelitos’ house for lunch with the family on Josue’s Dad’s side.
A day at Grandma’s house is always nice and relaxing! The temperature’s always just right, the food is always delicious, and it’s just mellow!
When we get there, the ladies are all busy in the kitchen, we find Tia Maura at the clequil. (Tia Maura is another GREAT cook!) Tias Mika & Lucy were in the back working on the enchiladas, and Tia Yola joined in with them! At Tia Yola’s urging I get in there to help roll some enchiladas. It’s not something I’m a stranger to, but it seems to be interesting to people here to see a “guera” cooking! So I’m finding out!
When it’s time eat, the table is full. We eat red chicken enchiladas, the sauce was a tomato, chile y mole mix - very tasty, and I’m not even that big on mole. There were also quesadillas de pollo, on freshly made tortillas!
After dinner we go outside to play around with all the kids! Tio Regulo’s kids like to play games, and teach us a new board game and a card game we’ve never played. Some of the rules seemed a little funny, had us wondering if they were making up their own rules - it reminded us of playing games with Jenna, Daniel & Isabel!
When you’re at Abuelita’s house, you have plenty of yard to play in and run around in. Then if you like you can go for walks following any trail you like. Then in no time, somebody’s in the kitchen again warming food up for the next round!
It was a real relaxing day spent with the extended family!