Abuelitos Fernandez’s Road Trip
After 2 days on the road coming from Maryland and a night in a sleazy Motor Inn, Nelson and Loreto made it to Halifax on a gorgeous sunny Sunday. They spent a week getting to know Sebastian and Lucas and helping us out. Nelson quickly became the baby whisperer with his patience to put babies to sleep and Loreto took a double role as director of hygiene and ‘sacando chanchito’ (Chilean for burping the pig). Analia appreciated having a high energy companion throughout the day to keep her company (Loreto), and Nelson kept up with the 2 of them pretty well!
Additions to the glossary of terms contributed by Nelson and Loreto:
- the boys like to chill out in their ‘Tan Tan‘ = swings
- Pavarotti = a nickname used for whichever one was crying at the moment
- anti tsunami towel = receiving blankets for wiping reflux
- brazitis = spanish for ‘arm-itis’ a condition describing the desire to be held upon sight of 2 arms
Most importantly, the lesson bestowed up the boys by Abuelo Nelson and Abuela Loreto when fussing or crying was that ‘la vida es dura‘ (‘life is difficult’)!
2 Comments
Alanna Nanny Lowe
It was wonderful to meet the Fernandez’s.
Loreto
Likewise Alanna. It was a real pleasure to have met you both and all the girls . Many thanks again for having us for such a special ocassion and to share that delicious food with us.