This story is brought to you by Lider Del Dia, Xavier. He is very cool.
As our day began we had instant feelings of excitement and nervousness at the same time. Our first free day is here…
Our free day is basically our day to do what ever we want, including: sleeping, shopping, laundry, eating, a lot of eating, as well as roaming the streets of Leon.
Don’t worry we had a lot of rules we needed to follow.
To start, waking up at 8 was a great start to almost everyone, except the two kids who were up at before 6, (Me being one of them). With everyone being well rested we started the day on a happy note. Next, we went on our trek to breakfast to the same restaurant we eat at for every meal: Quiero Mas. Then after we got our first free block of the day. Most of us decided it was best to call our parents first: shout out to the moms and dads of the group. Others decided to put that off and decided to do their laundry instead. Being as we only had 2 hours to do what we needed to do, this block was mostly dedicated to the things that were a must in our eyes: laundry, sleeping, eating, drinking, and calls to home.
In the second block of free time, most of us decided to get some different food for lunch and go souvenir shopping. We LOVED eating pizza – the bread was more strangely sweet compared to pizza in the US, but it was just as good and fun to eat out with our friends. There were 11 of us in that little restaurant! A lot of people went to Central Park to do souvenir shopping after. We can’t wait to give you all of our presents! A bunch of people also talked to other tourists from countries including Spain, Austria, Ireland and Britain, as well as a couple from San Fransisco. This made us think about why people decide to travel to foreign countries.
Tonight, we are going to have a movie night. Our stomachs are full, we’re really happy and tired as usual, and we can’t wait to see whats in store for the days to come.
The pizza looks delicious, too bad the sushi restaurant was close Nick. Hope you enjoyed the rest of your free day. Love you!
Mom
Hola a todos,
Once again thanks for the updates, we are hooked, keep them coming. Great to see all of you having a great time.
Arianna, dang; can I have a bite of that? I don’t know what it is but, from your expression in the picture, it must be really good!
Sorry wemissed your call
Un grande abrazo y beso de nusotros, cuidate mi dulce
Hi Natalie sorry I miss your call today I was working pero aqui toda tu familia te manda munchos besos y abrazos Bella y gabby say hi 🙂 love you boo boo
Free day.!!!! Sounds great. Have lots of fun and enjoy every day in NICARAGUA. Be good guys. Thank you for your call Iveth.I was at work hiding in a pacient room how could I missed a call that I was waiting for, Mami judith and Bzz say hi they send you muchos besos goodnight MDP…IVETH RESENDIZ. 🙂
Xav, great post! I can almost taste that pizza. 🙂
It was so great to talk to you yesterday!! Sorry you are all melting out there, but it sounds like everything else you are getting to do, see, and experience is worth sweating for. Haha. And thank you for making sure to call us… I was worried about what Dad might do if he had to wait another day to hear from you!
I have Xaia here with me reading your post…
Xaia says… “I miss you. I wish you could see my show, it’s really funny and I’m sure you would’ve really liked it. There’s gunshots and fire in this one! It’s too bad I’ll already be gone at camp by the time you get back, or I would give you a big hug.” 🙂
Max is at summer school right now, or I’m sure he’d be asking you for fantasy league trades, saying that he misses having someone to argue with, or that he had maple donut-flavored Yogurtland last night and it’s the BOMB.
Love you a ton and can’t wait for the next post!!!
-Mom
I heard from Jacqui that the food is amazing.
Remind Jacqui to ask for some of the recipes from the cook and get any spices that are unique to Nicaragua that would be permissible to bring back to California.
BTW, the weather in Northern California has dropped a bit…it’s not over 100 degrees today. Hope that the weather stays pleasant for us especially when you all return.
Jordin, I was so excited to hear from you yesterday. You made my whole day. So happy you and your friends are having fun and learning, best combination ever! Jeonna and Ava and Livie all say hi. I just picked Jeonna and Max up from school they won’t admit it but they miss you and Xaiver a bunch. Enjoying the pictures you guys have been posting. I’ll send the link so the rest of the family can leave a message. Ok, take care of my other kid over there. Love you a bunch and keep having fun. Very proud of you as always Jordin.
Love Mom And the gang
Great post Xavier, Sounds like you all had a great day yesterday 🙂 the pizza looks yummy.
Sorry I missed your call today Bub :/ I’ve got to remember to keep my ringer on even at work. Love and miss you so much and I cant wait till you come home. 10 more days and yes I am counting down lol
Hi Iyanna and Caroline 🙂
we love and miss you guys a ton.
Te extrañamos mucho Iveth, tu best friend tambien te manda decir que esta trabajando en su libro magico. Cuidate te queremos.!
Hi Iyanna.
Looks like you are having a great time. Enjoying seeing the pictures of you all. You will be home soon. You guys are so brave and I know your families are so proud of you. I am proud of you Iyanna.
Love you,
Mom
Hi Natalie I hope you having fun helping other people say hi to all the kids and remember that I love you no boo boo
Hi Iyanna,
It seems like your having a great time were your at.I love you so much.I just wanted to say that we are both going to California together and auntie will pay for mine and mom got your ticket already. luv u lots, have a great time.P.S how was that smoothie?
Hola a todos,
It’s so great to see all of you having such an amazing time.
Farida, one word for you “wow” I was right there with all of you. I was already trying to turn the page to keep reading. Great job.
On behalf of all the parents, huge hug to all of you, we miss you but, excited for you.
An extra big hug for you “mi dulce”
P.s keep my baby safe everyone.