Meeting Grandma - January 23, 2013

Wednesday night, upon our return from the Valley (sure hope Julio can figure out what is wrong with his Mercedes SUV), we gifted the boys with Frisbees & a ball and bat as a token of our appreciation for their attempts at locating Kiki the day before.  They were like, well, Kids @ Christmas!  The three of them (& Roy) played with the toys for a while (OK, I hit a homer across the street) and all of a sudden, their Grandmother (abuela) shows up!  Her name is Clarisia and she is a very charming and gracious lady.  We visited for about an hour, had juice, many laughs and even learned some interesting tidbits about the neighborhood.  Seems that the former owner of this house, Don Alexis (who did us no favors) used to feed the barky neighbor dogs PILES of sweet bread, so now we know that they are looking for.  Not going to get it from us, though. 

Before Clarisia left, she invited us to her home, which is not all that common.  Here, usually one only invites family or very close friends into one’s home, so this is quite an honor.  We seem to be being readily accepted into the neighborhood, maybe it is just curiosity though, as the only other gringo we know of in the immediate neighborhood isn't all that gregarious.  Time will tell.