Pictures from Our Week

Since Caleb bought a hammock in the big market he's been sleeping in it every night.  He and Jael were enjoying some time together in it in this picture.

A major food staple here in Quito is Salchi-Papas which is basically a hotdog wrapped in flaky dough, kind of like pigs-in-a-blanket, with fries on the side.  You can buy salchi-papas for $1.50.  They are such a big hit that pizza companies have started making their crusts out of them.  We have't tried it yet...I'm not sure our stomachs could handle toomuch of such a good thing... :)

For a school field trip we went to La Capilla del Hombre (The Chapel of Man) which houses Ecuador's most famous artist, Guayasamin.  He painted many works of art depicted the plight of thge impoverished in South America and around the world.

Many of Guayasamin's paintings are very sad; this one, Ternura (Tenderness), is one of his happier works depicting a mother holding her daughter.

Caleb has been a little obsesed with spiders lately. He's showing off the one he likes to make with his fingers to tickle people with.

Since it takes so long to boil water here bcause of the altitude I've decided to use Oriental noodles since they cook faster.  Here we had made spaghetti with them.  You can tell Jael was enjoying her's.