Blogging from Peru. I've skipped a few weeks and have finally found a moment to blog. I have a lot of catching up on my cooking and traveling. A Traveler's Wife is as true as can be. We were in New York for a few weeks as a family of four while my husband took some classes for work. We returned home for the weekend to unpack and repack to seperate to different countries. I was heading to visit my dad in Lima, Peru for two months while my husband headed to work in Algeria for 3 months. This time was a little harder to seperate as we had been traveling together for the last 6 months. We've adjusted some and are finding our regular schedule to comunicate. With a six hour difference from Peru to Algeria the time actually works out great for us. Girls get time with daddy every day after there nap however there isn't video skypeing available until Chad finds better internet.
We have been in Peru for 4 weeks so far and it has FLOWN by too fast! We've enjoyed the city scene here and have made our rounds to several of the parks. Our weekly schedule is very relaxing! We picnic several times a week, visit the park daily, play at CityToys once a week, and enjoy the sun everyday! I'm also cooking while I'm here which is something I look forward to while I travel. I love the fresh food and markets near by and ff course with my luck I always seem to live near a bakery. Unfortunetly I'm not walking nearly as much instead I've been driving! CRAZY but I took my husbands advice, "Drive like you are in the states following every law even if no one else is. Drive with extra caution and always stay to the right." Well it's held up so far. We been exploring outside the city and further than we would walking.
Back to cooking. Last weekend we hosted a party in our apartment for my dad's coworkers. Talk about throwing a party without the supplies. I had to really use my imagination to put this onne together. You can see for yourself it turned out great and we all had a blast! Here are a few pics of what we've been up to while in Lima, Peru. Some are from a few weeks ago but I'll explain more with the pictures.
Finding ways to entertain the girls abroad is always a challenge. I have my staple toys but that only last a few days. This day we decided to pull out the pots and pretend cook. This has been a weekly favorite for them!
Eating abroud another challenge when it comes to Alisia's age. The good ole pot trick, but I found that two big phone books work better. The only thing I miss is how easy I high chair makes meal time.
Dyeing Easter Eggs turned out a lot of fun! I thought ahead and brought dye and I'm glad I did. Turns out they don't sell it here or it's hard to come by. Also a new for the book dyeing brown Eggs gives it a more earthy tone instead of the vibrant colors we're use to seeing with white eggs. Brown eggs are preffered here in Lima and white eggs are more expensive. Go figure!
Sugar cookies in Lima..POSSIBLE...I found sugar cookie mix in the box! We mixed it up, rolled it out, and thankfully I brought my butterfly cookie cutter from home to cut them out. Icing was a little bit tricky. I ended up using cream cheese, powder sugar, and vanilla. The texture turned out like royal icing which worked out well. I used a sandwich bag and piped the outline and filled it in. The girls put sprinkles on top for the final touch. We packed them up for our weekend Easter get away to Paracas, Peru
This is where we spent Easter weekend at the Paracas Hotel in Paracas, Peru.
Aliana was a big helper the other day! I went on the other side of town to Jockey Plaza (a big mall) to do some shopping and I needed to run into the grocery store before we headed back to the apartment. I had Alisia in the stroller and didn't have an extra hand for a buggy and the carry basket was working out to well. A few minutes in the grocery store we spotting the perfect solution. Aliana was so excited to help out and she insisted that we go shopping there from now on!!
To be continued on my next post!
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