After the amazing party that Abuelo and Abuela threw together for Mino the rest of the trip was spent visiting with cousins and doing a bit of tourism.
Mino slept so much better there than at home, we slept in every morning until at least 9. And nearly every morning Sol and Clara came over to visit. We determined from this photo that Mino has an incredibly large head in comparison to his cousin.
They had more fun in the darn wagon. This is one of the few shots I have where Mino isn't giving her the stink eye. Aside from cruising in the wagon, one of his hobbies was hitting/slapping his cousin or pulling at her earrings.
He also had a good time playing with Abuela and Lothar in the back yard. There is some serious kid equipment at their house, a mini merry-go-round type thing that he couldn't quite maneuver, but enjoyed none the less.
On our third day we made a trek to
Temaiken and Mino got to have his first trip to the zoo!
Delfi and Felix got to play hooky from school as it was a beautiful week day not to be wasted. We saw a swimming white tiger.
The park had an amazing bird sanctuary with a different section for birds from different geographic regions, one of the coolest things I have seen. The parrots were a big hit for everyone.
The also had a great aquarium which had a huge shark tank.
Martin decided that both Mino and Wally would benefit from a large fish tank in our house. I agreed so long as there are guppys always in the tank and I never have to clean it. We'll see if it ever happens.
The next day Wen took us to the Puerto de Frutos in el Tigre.
Again a week day which was really nice as there weren't a ton of people. Mino got hot though, so we didn't stay for too long. The highlight of the place for me was the sheer number of places that sold art deco children's furniture. Who knew there was such a large market?!
Later in the week Abuela's friend Kelly (sorry if it is a different spelling) brought us to an art exhibit of Giacometti at the Proa Museum adjacent to the caminito in La Boca, my favorite part that I have seen thus far of Buenos Aires.
The museum was very nice in that the exhibit was great but not too big, that was really the only section you could expore, and there was a roof top bar/cafe.
Mino seized the moment to raid Abuela's purse.
There was a good view of the port near La Boca and the taxi stand :)
We managed to get into the city in record time, there before the museum even opened, so we toured around the Caminito.
Another thing that can not be missed when in Argentina is an empanada. One lazy night Martin and I ordered some to go, well, Mino busted in on our fun and stole one. Another habit that is going to be hard to break.
Wen and Paula were our second hosts, driving to visit us twice and hosting us for dinner one night. Martin and Wen have been friends for at least three decades. Martin is old.
There is a channel, thanks to Fox International, in Argentina, Baby TV. Here I have tried to limit TV time for Mino as I read somewhere some article that said TV was bad for babies. I don't have a reference or anything and could not find it again. Well, Mino was transfixed by this. Sol pointed out the same thing happens when you withhold sugar from kids so whoops.
Here is Mino caught red handed terrorizing his poor sweet cousin.
And getting in some good Auntie and cousin time.
And time with his abuelos
Before we departed to go back to the US on Halloween.
