Hola Vacas!!!

The other day when I was driving my nanny home, (yay! I only stalled when stopping. hee hee!) we got stuck in a traffic jam. A traffic jam of cows, that is. No lie! They herd them right through the streets (dirt and muddy roads) here. There's a man on a horse that just sort of watches them and they follow. It's reminiscent of walking into a football stadium (minus the bright lights and hot dogs). No one really knows where they're going, but they just follow along. Anyway, Ryder thought it would be fun to stick half his body out of the car window and yell, "Hola Vacas!". Our nanny quickly told him to remain inside the car for fear of a horned stabbing. Once we made it past, he came up with the hilarious (not really) idea to proceed with this salutation to every person we passed. For you non-Spanish speaking folk, that would be like calling them all cows. I don't know how they feel about it in Nica, but in the States that wouldn't really go over too well. (Just ask Tom Brady. lol!) A lot of the people gave him a blank stare, but he actually got a few laughs, so I guess it was pretty harmless. Back in the states, we passed some cows before we left and I taught him the word vaca. He then said, "Oh, so when we say hi to them we say, 'Hola *uckas!'". He had no clue what he was really saying, but still it was pretty funny. Thank God he got that word down before our trek through this small village in Nica or we may have had some problemos!!! Kids do say the darnedest (sp?) things!

Today has been a good day, of course! Ryder had school, so Chris and I went to a deserted beach. I finished 'The Girl Who Played with Fire' (awesome, btw. now on to 'the hornet's nest'). Chris surfed. It was small, but he had fun as usual. We then stopped by school and saw the kids. We are now working. Blogging counts, right? Tonight we are having fresh local shrimp for dinner and then we get to watch our Pats beat up the Saints in their first preseason game! Are you ready for some football?! I sure am. And guess what my fantasy football team name is? Hola Vacas. (duh! =)) Chris actually named mine and I named his The Ex-Pats. Get it? Nica living Patriot lover. Gotta love American Football!!!