Vacation!

I got to go on a vacation for Christmas! It was really fun. I got to swim in the pool everyday and on most days twice! They even had water slides. If you looked really close you could find turtles walking around in the grass and see real parrots up in the trees! Here are some pics of me.

Favorite places around Sucre

Now that I've been here for 4 months, I have a few favorite places around Sucre that I like to visit. The first is Simon Bolivar Park. There are a lot of fun things to do there. I love to swing, go down the slides, and every time I go, I get to go on a "ride." You can see some of the pictures below of the park.

Going down the cement slide! Jeans on cement go surprisingly fast!

In the airplane, one of my favorite rides! It only costs 0.25 cents. Eat your heart out Kings Island!

The other place I love to go is the Plaza. There are a TON of birds there and I like to take bread and feed them. Then I chase them around.

SLEEPOVER!

My friend Noelia got to come to my house for a sleepover for the last 2 nights while her parents were busy having her new baby brother! We had so much fun together. Here are some highlights of our time together.

I really wanted to hold Noelia...and she let me!

I showed Noelia my favorite thing to do when I get undressed!

Eating and saying Cheese!

Getting ready to eat!

Coloring outside for inspiration.

Pigtails and play-dough.

Mom just had to take the classic bathtub picture that will magically surface again for my highschool graduation.

Ready for Bed!

Manners

I am learning new things everyday and am becoming quite a little talker. My parents are trying to teach me to be well mannered. Check out my video below. I think I'm doing a pretty good job...what do you think?

Heat Wave!

I know for most of you back home, you are enjoying the cool fall weather. Well, here in Bolivia we are starting summer! The last week has been hot, hot, hot! Most days get up into the mid 80's, but then it cools down in the evenings.

Luckily for me, my friend Noelia has a blow up pool at her house. She has already invited me over a few times to go swimming! Here are some pictures of us swimming together, and playing afterwards. So glad I have a friend here to hang out with.

Pool time!

Stayin' cool

I gotta get my hair wet.

Helping Noelia get her hair wet!

Even though it's hot, it was still a little chilly getting out of the pool.

Snack time in our own little house.

Toilet de Pinata

Hi Everyone!

Today I discovered a great new way to pass the time when you are suppose to be taking a nap. I like to call it ~Toilet de Pinata~

** As a word of warning, this does take a lot of time, so I would make sure your parents are sleeping before you start.

Step 1. Start with a lot of toilet paper. You want to make sure you build a good foundation or else the water will get in your way. If you can still see water after this step, you need to add more toilet paper. I recommend using at least 5 rolls. See picture below.

Step 2. Put aside the left over toilet paper rolls. You will get to use those later!

Step 3. This is where you can be creative. Just look for what ever you can get your hands on. In my pinata I used 20-30 hair bows/clips, a bottle of lotion, a hair brush, a thermometer, and a bottle of perfume. Now is when you can add those toilet paper rolls and for an extra flair, I added 3 more full rolls of toilet paper.

**Make sure to get a good side view. You don't want to fill it too full. It's important that you are able to close the toilet seat so that your parents don't see right away that it's full!

***Also make sure that you are ready with your cutest face when your parents do finally find it, because for some reason adults don't seem to think this is as cool as us toddlers do!

Happy Napping!

Potty Time

I have exciting news to share with all of you. Over the past week and a half I have started to use the potty! My parents are really excited and proud of me. My goal is to be fully potty trained by February. In February I will be starting preschool here and I will need to be using the potty while I am there. This week was especially exciting for me because I reached an important goal in my potty training. Check out the pictures below and I will explain more!

Here I am with my "potty chart." Every time I go in the potty I get a sticker. After I get 5 stickers I get a prize.

Yesterday I got my 5th sticker! So here I am with my prize. I got a very girlie gift set that included a barbie, a cell phone, dress up shoes, lipstick (plastic), makeup (plastic), earrings, necklace, nail polish and a princess crown!

The earrings and "lipstick" are my favorite.

While this was a prize for me, my mom and dad have both benefitted from numerous makeovers!

I love my new prize! Now that I reached my first goal of 5 stickers and got my first prize I have definitely caught on to how the whole system works. This week I have been much more motivated to try to sit on the potty than last week! Looking forward to the next prize! Mom and Dad are looking forward to using less diapers!