Day One

WE got out littlelove bugs dressed in their new clothes this morning. Yerly wanted to wear her crown all day.

We went for breakfast this morning in the hotel. They serve an AMAZING contintental breakfast that is included with the room. It has everything you could want for breakfast including an omlette chef.
The host saw our family sit down and he said in broken english. " I see you have new family members today. Congratulations, you are beautiful family" I wanted to jump out and hug him...but I restrained..:)

Casa de Mari told us Yerly was a slow eater...well not the case this morning. We took them through the line finding out what they liked. I had Dayne and Yerly. They both wanted eggs. I gave Dayne 2 huge spoonfuls and Yerly one...she wanted the second spoon too. But I gave it to her...thinking that a lot of eggs for that little body. She ate ALL of those eggs in record time. She shoveled them in. Diego stood at the table eating...his chair didn't seem tall enough for him...so he stood. He ate very well.

After breakfast, we did a quick skpye to Nana and Grandpa back home to tell them all
was well. Gloria and another driver came to pick us up at 9:30 and we went to the zoo.

As soon as we saw the cars waiting for us...Yerly tensed up. I went to get into Glorias car and she did not want to go. I am sure she thought we were going back with this lady to CAsa de Maria. I told her again...that we were going to the zoo. She got in but not too excited. We got to the zoo and in we went. We were all excited to see the animals, but Diego and Yerly were not soo excited. There were alot of school kids dressed in uniforms. Every time we turned a corner, Yerly would jump. I picked her up and carried her through the entire zoo. Diego too seemed very anxious...not like Yerly but anxious all the same. He wanted Mike to hold him the entire time. After about 30 minutes, I could see her melting. Her face dropped. The tears started but no crying. I am not sure what she was thinking...maybe that we were going to leave her with the other children or that casa de maria would be there... I told her that she was staying with me always, that we were only looking at the animals and we would go back to the hotel. She was still not reassured. Diego clung to Mike but never cried. He would look at the animals...but we could tell it was not right.
We finally left the zoo after about one hour. We waited for our driver and returned to the hotel. She could not get out of the car fast enough. As soon as we were in the hotel..he face changed...she smiled and ran down the hall to our room. We had our Yerly back.

We put on our swimsuits immediately and they ran again down the hall to the elevators.

Seeing them enjoy the pool was the highlight!!! They both jumped into the kiddie pool totally excited...screaming and laughing. Diego can actually put his head under and swim forward like a little fish...which shocked us. Yerly liked to plunge her face into the water. We swam for a few hours.

We ordered spaghetti..thinking they would like that..not so much. Diego and Dayne continue to wrestle and play. Diego loves the balloons. Yerly loves her 100piece princess puzzle. She did it 7 times tonight. She asked again for her princess dress and crown. She is our little princess.

We had a little glance at the zoo of the scary new things ahead. What a tender time for our little love bugs.