Grands are great and Erin and Justin arrived after dinner, baths and stories, so we had special time with the boys all to ourselves...when they are perfect! Today we did the school drop offs...Carter is literally able to direct us from one side of San Francisco to the other! Friday is a special morning assembly in the courtyard at Carter's school . All the men teachers wear their guayavaras or Mexican Wedding Shirts, lively Mexican music is playing as the students grades K-5 stream in with their classmates and teacher. The greetings and responses are in Spanish first and eventually in English. A special treat was a visit from two La Luche Libra wrestlers, picture latex face masks and 12 inch wide belts. They were treated like rock stars, and a reminder was announced to much applause that a fund raiser with more wrestlers would be happening on Sunday. The Marshall School song was sung both in Spanish and English, awards were given to the students of the month and a myriad other recognition reasons, including one girl who was recognized for being talkative..."in a good way", clarified the principal! I never had a teacher who thought my being talkative was a good thing!! The ambiance at the school is wonderful and Carter rattles away in Spanish with his new friends.
Last minute purchases for the trip: Larry a new backpack with so many pockets, it will be fun to watch him, like me, try to remember where he put everything!! My little old travel 'puter has the slowest processer in the world, so it was time to upgrade. I checked out the Google Nexus 7, sort of between an iPad and a phone, consulted with our in house tech expert, Justin, who recommended a Google Chrome Book because "it's all about the user interface", thank you very much, and I like a real keyboard, so here I am.
Tomorrow morning we take off with first stop Osaka, Japan for 24 hours. Will try to actually put in a photo from there. Adios!
Wow, can I come on the next trip
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