Today’s staycation involved travels to Mexico! I had a meeting until after 11:30, and then we watched the Pope’s prayer at the Vatican, so we got a late start on Mexico.
I made cheese enchiladas with chili gravy sauce for lunch. Yum, yum! I always forget how much I love cheese enchiladas. I’m sorry to say that they were so tasty and we were all so excited that I forgot to take pictures! We also had a sparkling pina colada drink that I picked up at Aldi awhile back.
I showed the girls the travel pictures from when I went to Puerto Vallarta and Cancun with my family when I was younger. They loved seeing their aunt, uncle, and I being goofy and exploring Mayan ruins. They also really loved all of the lizards.
After that, we learned some Mexican words from this site: https://www.fluentin3months.com/common-spanish-phrases/. Our favorite part was actually the end of the page, where they talk about funny Spanish phrases. There were some very interesting phrases to learn!
Next, the girls made salsa with the America’s Test Kitchen recipe that they receive in their monthly subscription box. The box was all about experimenting with texture. We made my husband do the taste testing, and it was really neat to compare the two salsas. The recipe called for half of the salsa to be made as a chunkier, pico de gallo-type recipe, and the other half was to be processed until it was smooth. It was interesting to compare the two styles of salsa and see how different the same ingredients tasted in different textures.
The next part of our day was definitely a favorite of both Wormy and Squid. I set up a marketplace, printed off some fake money from this website: https://thisdisorganizedlife.wordpress.com/2012/10/08/reward-system-family-general-store-plus-free-printable/, and the girls got to learn the art of haggling. I had wanted to do this on Jamaica day, but found it was just as useful on Mexico day, too. I grabbed some random toys, crafts, and food that I had lying around the house, and let the girls bargain with my husband and I for the cost. It was a lot of fun, and they got pretty good at it. They each had 8 pesos to spend.
Next, I taught the girls the basic Salsa dance steps, and they had some fun dancing that for awhile. By this time, we needed a little down time, so we watched the movie “Coco.” We followed the movie with some yummy quesadillas for dinner, and then started an epic Uno battle. Our first game lasted 20 minutes, but the following game went on for an hour and fifteen minutes!!! These girls are crazy Uno players!
Well, tomorrow we have to ‘return home’, as the girls have dance class to get to! Our week of virtual travels has been a lot of fun, and now we return back to the world of online learning, as their spring break is coming to an end. Wish us all luck!
Car Full of Harmony 