Empanadas and Shopping!

I'm almost caught up! Yay! This is about my 6th day in Chile. Boy it's hard to remember what I did on which day. The only way I remember is from the pictures on my camera and what order they're in. I'm sitting here as I write with my camera in front of me.

My breakfast: Toast and hot chocolate. :)

Peanut butter, or so they say. It doesn't taste like American peanut butter at all. It's very sweet and is closer to caramel (like the stuff you dip apples in).
When I explained to my mom that it was different and that American peanut butter is a bit salty she thought that was strange. So if you ever send me a package, send me some peanut butter!

Okay, so it's pretty cold here. I pulled out the big guns this morning when we left the house: my mittens. Conveniently shaped like Michigan! I'm from the upper left corner of the left glove! :)

I got to sleep in a bit and then my mom and I went to the mall. We got me some notebooks (cuadernos!), pencils, and a ruler. We also went to this clothing store and I learned sort of what good prices are for things. Meanwhile, my dad went to go pick up Vicente and Felipe from school. Here all the kids get an hour-ish break for lunch and they all go off campus (to the mall or home or in my case, my grandmas house). Before we went for lunch we got some ice cream in the mall. There were at least 40 different flavors to choose from. Mmmmm. I got some kind of chocolate (Chocolate! Thanks Dora. "Chocolate, Chocolate, Bate, Bate, Chocolate.")

Vicente and I challin with our ice cream

We went home for a while, and then my mom said we were going to some birthday party. Turns out it was for a little girl (1, I think) of a friend. There were a lot of little kids around and it was fun to watch. The little kids played a game where there are a bunch of balloons filled up about the size of a grapefruit and they had to put as many as they could in their shirts. Then, they took them one by one and saw who had the most. Hahaha. It was pretty amusing.

Hey guess what!??! I had my very first empanadas and sopapillas!!!! And yes, Dad, empanadas taste like pasties. But they had hamburger, potatoes, and hard-boiled eggs in them. Sounds weird but they were sooo good. Empanadas are usually bigger, but for a party they are smaller.

This is me as I was about to take a selfie with my empanada and my reaction when I heard my host dad saying "she takes pictures of everything! to a friend." Hahaha. Love it.

A real one. Haha

A sopapilla with guacamole on it! Yummmm.

Vicente :)

At the chocolate fountain!

My chocolate covered marshmallows and fruit and my sopapilla

We stayed at the party talking to people for a long time. The shoes I wore were not a good choice... My feet were hurting so bad. And we got in the car and I thought we were going home when my mom and I got dropped off at the mall again! And three hours of shopping later... we both had some new shirts and scarves.

We had the security guy take it. Haha

It was a lot of fun though. My mom is so nice and we talked a lot. After shopping, we went to the grocery store to get hamburgers and fruit for dinner. Here's me with some of the different vegetables: 

 And with the avocados (paltas!). Mmmmm. There are so many avocados here and they are all so fresh!  

 We finally went home (and thank goodness too because my feet were killing me) and made dinner. My mom, dad, Vicente, and I stayed up until 1 talking at the dinner table. :D I'm loving my new family.