Benziger babes

Independencia Last weekend we ventured out to a shantytown on the outskirts of Lima to visit my nanny. It took us over an hour by bus to get there and then we had to take a second bus and then climb 262 stairs. She lives in Independencia she lives high up on a hill where there aren't any streets or running water but the views were incredible. Her brother and her son, Duval, who is 7, live together in a one-room house. The floors are dirt and there isn't a bathroom (not even a hole in the back) but they have family that live only a few houses away and so they use their "bathroom." She cooked us a delicious meal, arroz con pollo nortena, northern-style chicken and rice. Theo had fun with all the kids in the neighborhood who came to see the gringo (American). There were lots of women in traditional Andean dress (women with hats, long shirts and skirts) and they carry their kids in wraps on their back. Country Club El Bosque On Sunday, we went with Romina's famil...

Mommy and I playing in the park above Larcomar, the big shopping mall in the cliff above the ocean. Did you know diarrhea is genetics...it runs in your jeans! "When you’re running down to first and you feel something burst…diarrhea! Diarrhea!"* Well I suppose you know what this post is going to be about! I guess this is what happens when you drink the tap water, eat ceviche and anticuchos and enjoy a pisco sour or two… just kidding! That’s what Mommy does and she’s fine but I, on the other hand, have the runs. I have gone through twice as many diapers in the past four days as I usually do and my bottom is quite pink. It's painful to wipe my bottom and so mommy washes me off in the tub. So far don’t have a fever and I have been drinking lots of pedialyte (so much that we ran out of our supply and had to buy more). I’m eating fine, playing with all the kiddos at the various parks and I’m sure it will go away soon (or else Mommy might send me back with Dadd...