Last night, Kristin, mi madre, y yo had a hair-dying party...she was so excited to give us a hand. Having 4 boys, I'm sure she doesn't get to do a lot of girly things, so it was fun to hang out with her. My hair looks pretty good, but I might need to buy another box tonight and finish it off...I warned Paqui that I had a lot of thick hair (thanks, Dad!), but she was sure that we would have enough and that there was usually extra...anyone who has dyed my hair before knows that this is not the case, so the bottom of my hair is a bit lighter than the top...oops! Oh well...it was fun. :)
Also...we've been having lots of fun conversations over the dinner table...Francisco is one of my brothers who is very animated and talks VERY quickly! He's always telling me stories, and I pretend that I understand, but usually don't. The other day, I must have looked hopelessly lost, because Gaspar said, "Don't worry, none of us understand him." It was pretty funny, and a relief to know I'm not expected to understand his craziness.
Paqui has also been telling us stories about when the boys were young. It's no surprise to us that Francisco was a demon child, because not much has changed! He's still very mischevious and fun-loving, and quite the party boy. Saturday night must have been an all-nighter for him, because he came out of his room at 2:30 for lunch, and then went back to bed till 6...oh, Francisco. :)
Anyway, his childhood stories are pretty funny. He like to destroy everything, climb on furniture and stuff things into the VCR. One day that they boys still talk about is a day when Francisco was 8...he had noticed a produce truck outside the window that no one else had, and so he declared that he didn't want to live, and proceeded to jump out the window onto the truck below. Needless to say, his older brothers were terrified, and rushed to the window...what an awful trick, huh?
But, after her problem child, Paqui said Dioni was an angel. He loved to draw, mostly pictures of scenes from Semana Santa, which is coming up and I'm very excited for! Paqui still has many of the drawings, and we looked through them after supper the other night...he was really good! It was very funny because he walked in the room as we had all his artwork spread across the table...he was a little embarrassed.
Anyway, I have many more funny stories about my family, but I'll save some for another day. Hasta luego!
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