We ate all the things at a French bakery/restaurant, including but not remotely limited to waffles and crepes loaded with Nutella. It was delicious and a little sickening. Then we visited the oldest house, the oldest church, and another cool church with a neat spiral staircase.
Oldest church (San Miguel):
Loretto Church:
I think it was in Loretto where I went around with Ever and looked at the depictions of Christ's life and death on all the walls and cried.
Bear was a slow mover.
We walked around the square a bit. Ever desperately wanted to buy something and was looking at all the jewelry.
Rob told us that one of the Native American rug shops had $400,000 rugs. Jim wanted to see them. We walked in, and Jim asked the saleslady, "How much is your most expensive rug?" She was totally and rightfully offended but forced herself to answer civilly. Jim asked to see the rug she said was their most expensive (it was crazy expensive but not quite as bad as Rob had said) and asked a few more questions about prices. The lady hated us, and I was completely mortified.
We went through a couple galleries and headed to the Georgia O'Keefe museum. Jim and I went through it when we passed through Santa Fe years ago. I wanted to go again but forgot how expensive it is and how long you'd need to do it justice. It wouldn't have been feasible at that point with the littles, so we headed home.
We'd promised Ever a trip to the climbing gym, so we went that afternoon while Tucker, Anders, and Clara were there. Ever was scared at first to come down on the auto-belay thing. Once she finally did it, though, she was good to go. Bear refused to climb with a rope but was a sensation on the bouldering wall. It was so cute. She'd just climb right up (usually using the ladder-like holds, not a real route), come down the slide on the side, and then head straight back to the wall. Everyone was amazed. Some guys asked how old she was and how long she'd been climbing. I said proudly, "She's two, and it's her first time." Her little face as she looks back over the top has to be one of my favorite things in the world.
She went too fast for me to get a decent still pic. This is the best I got, and it's still blurry:
One of the guys climbing by us noted how Wrenzy was in the zone as she climbed and you could practically see the wheels turning in her head. He said it was so good for her development. I don't think that guy really knows anything, but he may be right. In this video, she ventures from the ladder holds and goes slowly and thoughtfully. I love toward the top when she realizes she wants her left foot on the hold instead of her right foot and switches carefully.
Ever on the auto-belay, which is a really excellent invention:
The grownups and Lucy went out to dinner that night, and then we flew out Friday morning. Tiny woke up like Cousin It on Friday.
Before we left, Rob hooked us up with more pastries, and Anna read the girls a million books while Jim and I packed up. Such fab hosts.
Santa Fe is a pretty neat place, and it was fun to check out the Rob-and-Annas' new digs. Their kids are wonderful and growing up fast.
Before we left, Rob hooked us up with more pastries, and Anna read the girls a million books while Jim and I packed up. Such fab hosts.
2 comments:
What a fab trip. Santa Fe is a weird but charming place. Wish we got to try all the pastry places. And the climbing is amazing. Wrenbow has a talent, I think.
Beautiful! And Wren is an amazing climber!
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