Monday, December 29, 2008

With the Shoaie´s :: Con los Shoaie´s



We went to visit Mr. and Mrs. Shoaie at la Guardia, a beautiful town surrounded by green hills and the river. I took a lovely nap the Santa Cruz way, later I woke up for tea and treats from the region, and with Mr. Shoaie I enjoyed playing with the turtle they have in their home.





Swimming with Fereshte :: Nadando con Fereshte



Persian food :: Comida persa



Santa Cruz tiene una pequeña comunidad de persas y como mi abuelito Sia es persa, hemos estado disfrutando comida oriental. Aqui estamos con Mohsen y Jamileh, y su hijo Mohammad, quien jugo conmigo toda la noche y me regalo una muñequita!

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Santa Cruz has a small persian community and since my grandpa Sia is Persian, we have been enjoying lots of oriental food. Here we are with Mohsen and Jamileh, and their son Mohammad, who played with me all night and also gave a little doll!

Merry Christmas .::. Feliz Navidad



We celebrated Christmas at aunt Ingrid and uncle Yiyo, they prepared a yummy dinner and I was able to visit with all my aunts and met my uncle Rodolfo. We played and after dinner, which was after midnight, I could open my gifts! It was a warm day, with warm happy memories now... next day for lunch I went to tia Monica´s and there also I enjoyed playing with the children of her family.

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Celebramos Navidad en casa de los tios Ingrid y Yiyo. Ellos prepararon una deliciosa cena y yo pude estar con todas mis tias y conocer mi tio Rodolfo. Jugamos y despues de comer, que fue despues de medianoche, yo abri mis regalos! Fue un dia calido y ahora guardo calidos recuerdos de entonces... al dia siguiente fui a almorzar en casa de tia Monica y ahi tambien disfrute jugando con los niños de su familia.



How strong is Bahia? :: Que tan fuerte es Bahia?







At Christmas lunch :: En el almuerzo de Navidad

Saturday, December 27, 2008

Visiting family and friends :: Visitando familia y amigos


We visited my aunt Estercita and friends last week, finally here are the pictures. The little baby is my new friend Ameli, her parents are friends of my mom and we went to see her... she is cute!!

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Visitamos la semana pasada a mi tia Estercita y a algunos amigos, finalmente tenemos aqui las fotos. Veran a una bebe que se llama Ameli, hija de amigos de mi mami, a quien visitamos y esta bien bonita!!


Dinner at the Hajaris :: Cena en casa de los Hajaris


Tuvimos un rico Kabaab en casa de la familia Hajari... no sacamos muchas fotos, solo estas de nuestras mamis y nosotras (Fereshte y yo) comiendo tojme!! La pasamos super bien y la comida estuvo deliciosisima, yo comi mucho arroz y kabaab... mmmmm!!!

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We had a delicious Kabaab at the Hajaris, we didn´t take many pictures actually, but here are the few we took of our moms and us (Fereshte and I) eating tokhme!! We had a great time, and food was amazing, I had lots of rice and kabaab... yuuum!!!


My friends and their moms :: Mis amiguitos y sus mamis


My friends in this picture are Fereshte, Kalim and Ruhi...

ZOO


We went to the Zoo with my parents and aunt Carolina last weekend, and here are some photos of that fun visit. I love animals, and going to the zoo was a happy thing for me, I met some animals from this region and I talked to them, and some talked back!!
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Fui al zoologico con mis papis y la tia Carolina el fin de semana pasado, aqui van fotos de dicha visita. Me encantan los animales y me encanto ir al zoologico, conoci animales de esta region y hable con ellos, yyyy.. algunos me contestaron!!


Looking at fishes, here is the famous peakock bass from the Amazon :: Mirando pescados, aqui esta el famoso tucunare del Amazona.


Flamingos and turtles were cute :: Los flamencos y tortugas estaban lindos.


There were interesting animals such as aligators and huge falcons from the low lands :: Tambien habian animales interesantes como los lagartos y las arpias




This is a tree with large round fruits like gourds, called tutuma. Locals make bowls and other things from it :: Arbol de tutuma!!

Family Weekend :: Fin de semana en familia

A week ago my great grandma Elenita invited all the family for lunch at aunt Ingrid and Uncle Yiyo. We had a yummy meal and an awesome dessert: chocolates!!! My aunts Carolina and Olivia played with me with lots of balls that great grandma gave me, I loved it. They will throw them all at once to me or hide them under my dress and I couldn´t stop laughing of excitement!!

Soon after we rested from the great food we had we walked over uncle Negro and aunt Roxanita´s home, where my parents and I jumped into their swimming pool and enjoyed the water. The evening was lovely, the weather perfect for me as an Iowan, a lovely breeze and the garden was a paradise for my little feet, I explored all over my aunt´s plants, the grass tickled me and aunt Olivia introduced me to her dog: Bidou. I played with him, we even exchanged our balls and ran after each other. Later on we had coffee time where aunt Roxanita spread another amazing table full of delicious things from which I tried and loved all, especially eating empanadas de queso, probably I ate one whole one, and that is a lot for my size! We danced and everyone clapped at me and auntie, because we danced non stop!! I really really enjoyed my family that day, and I know they enjoyed me too... just look at their happy faces looking at me! :)

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Una semana atras mi bisabuelita Elenita invito a toda la familia a comer un chanchito para el almuerzo del sabado en casa de mis tios Ingrid y Yiyo. La comida estaba riquisima y el postre era increiblemente delicioso: chocolate!! Mis tias Carolina y Olivia jugaron conmigo toda la tarde, la abuelita me regalo muchas pelotas y ellas me las tiraban, a veces todas al mismo tiempo o las escondian debajo de mi falda y yo estaba tan feliz, no podia parar de reir de tanta alegria!!

Despues de digerir un poco la rica comida caminamos hacia la casa de mis tios Negro y Roxanita, donde mis papis y yo saltamos a la piscina y disfrutamos del agua. Ese atardecer estaba de pelicula, bellisimo, el clima perfecto para mi que soy de Iowa, con una brisa fresca y el jardin era un paraiso para mis pequeños pies: explore por todos lados y entre todas las plantas de mi tia, la grama hacia cosquillitas a mis piecitos y tia Olivia me presento a su perrito: Bidou. Jugue con el tanto que hasta intercambiamos nuestras pelotitas y nos perseguiamos el uno al otro. Luego tomamos el cafe de la siesta, la tia Roxanita habia preparado todo un derroche de cosas para su deliciosa mesa y yo probe todo, especialmente me encanto comer las empanadas de queso.. probablemente me habre comido una entera, y eso es mucho para mi tamaño! Bailamos y todos nos aplaudian a mi y a mi tia Roxanita, pues bailamos sin parar!! De veras que me encanto ese dia en familia y se que todos me disfrutaron a mi tambien... basta ver a sus caras felices mirandome! :)