September 17, 2009

The Red Cross has free Spanish classes everyday and so we started going. I guess we could use a little improvement. So the first day was really good and we were excited. Today, though, the new teacher took us on a field trip to see some arts festival exhibit inside a trailer and I couldn't understand a single word except "luz" when he was talking about a painting. Complete waste of time. I wonder what next week will bring?

Weston is managing quite well. It's tough to wake up so early, though, and then ride your bike uphill 2 1/2 miles (literally) in the dark. We are proud of him. When we asked him if his Spanish was getting better, he pled the 5th. First we had to explain what that meant. That means, yes his Spanish is getting better and he doesn't want to admit it. So now we are all in school. But I'm starting to agree with my kids that this is "the crazy language".

The weather has turned cold. We ended up going on a bus adventure yesterday to see how to get to where we need to go. I'm hoping the drought continues a bit longer and we can use our bikes the whole time. The bus isn't very convenient for us and so it is either going to take us a long time to get somewhere or we are going to get a bit soggy. However, we did buy a bus pass today.