Just briefly on.....Corn

We have just returned to Mexico City from Minnesota and already I am missing Minnesota. As you can imagine we ate our fair share of corn on the cob while we were back in Minnesota, it was sweet and tasty. Dylan really liked to munch the corn off the cob. Dylan and I visited the supermarket on our first day back in the D.F. and I had plans to cook a summer braised chicken dish that included corn. When I spotted the corn on the cob still in the husk I thought we would give it a try. Let's just say that I had been warned about the corn. So we got home and I was preparing our braised chicken. I diligently washed the corn and then cut it off the cob. Then, before throwing it into the pot, I decided I better have a quick try.....Ugh! This was not sweet corn, it was more like feed corn. Lesson learnt!! Lucky I had some frozen corn which is more like the sweet corn we are used to.

New Zealand - Part 2

~More animal feeding

~My sister Donna and her lovely baby.

~Dylan's cousin taking a ride in the Fire Truck.

~Riding in the tractor

~My sister Hayley and her lovely baby.

~Tasty bone

~Hello Pop-pop

~Eating and watching Ice Age

~Saying hello to cow.

~Relaxing

~ Cuddles with Nana
~Dylan with one of his kiwi cousins.

~Piper in the making - maybe....

~An early morning walk.

~Puddles, puddles, puddles

~Feeding Dolly again.

~Prime viewing spot

~Snugs with Great Grandma.

~Cuddles with Grandma

~Going for a ride.

New Zealand - Part 1

Dylan and I survived the great journey to New Zealand and back. I am currently reviewing the photos in an effort to avoid doing other things that need doing - how is that for procrastination! So we will see how far I get through the NZ photos before we head off to Minneapolis on Friday and begin to add to the photo backlog.

~Passing the time in Auckland before our flight to New Plymouth.
~The Mountain

~Seeing Pop-pop & Nana's farm. I thought Dylan was going to have a nap when we arrived at Nana and Pop-pop's house because he had fallen asleep in the car but as soon as I put him down his eyes popped open and he asked to see Pop-pop's farm.  So off we went...
~After a little bit of puddle splashing

 ~Feeding Dolly the sheep
~Saying hello to Tawny the cat.

 ~Trying to lift the cat
~A few Kowhai blossoms

 ~Riding the Fire Truck

Summer in Mexico City

And we have rainy season....sunny most mornings and then great big thunder storms with lots of rain.

End of Year School Festival

Dylan's end of school festival was in the middle of June. I knew that the children would all be wearing costume because the parents had received several reminders to pay for the costumes at the school reception in the weeks leading up to the festival. The week before the festival the costume was sent home from school so that Dylan could arrive at school on the day of the festival in costume.

At the festival the parents were given masks to wear so the children wouldn't recognize their parents. The children came on stage and they sang a song with actions (some of them!). After the song they sat on the stage and all of the diplomas were given out. It was probably just as well we had masks, once they were off and Dylan finally picked me out he almost cried.

Here are the pictures....