I’ll bet you had no idea how technologically advanced the Aztec empire was. Take a look:
Ancient Aztec tape recorder
Ancient Aztec Compact Disk (CD)
Ok, maybe not. If you want to learn more about some of the real achievements of the Aztec empire, read here.
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I’ve made this a topic of conversation lately with some of my Mexican friends, so I thought I should share it with a wider audience.
A few weeks ago we were standing around after a worship service on a Sunday morning. One of the young guys (Alberto) at the church had a little bowl of ice cream of sherbet or something, and he offered some to Nathanael. Nathanael, of course, was happy to have some.
A few minutes later I was chatting with Alberto and happened to mention that Nathanael had been sick and was just getting over it.
Alberto’s eyes opened wide and this look of horror came over him.
Why?
I don’t know about you (fellow Canadians), but when I was young and got sick and had a sore throat, one of the best things to have was ice cream. Ah, soothe the cool, burning inflammation with that nice smooth cold creamy stuff. Great idea! Anything cold on the throat felt great.
In stark contrast, here in Mexico the common belief is that cold is the worst thing for you. In fact, it might have made you sick in the first place.
Canadians actually stand between two extremes. People from the US typically like to fill their glass with ice. Mexicans, on the other hand, will often have no ice at all. That cold could make you sick! Canadians typically avoid either extreme in this case. But from what I’ve seen, when a Canadian is sick they’re more likely to have something cold.
Poor Alberto thought that he had made the problem worse by giving sick Nathanael ice cream.
Who’s right? I’ll leave the doctors and scientists to check it out. Meanwhile, I don’t eat ice cream as much as I used to, since it’s so hard to find any with actual "cream" as a major ingredient!
Hey, I was just on Expedia.ca looking at flights, and I happened to see that there’s a sale on. Flights from Toronto to Mexico City were about $309 Canadian per person, return, including booking fee and taxes!
Wow…. so…. why not come visit us? 🙂 There are some good deals out there, if you keep your eyes open!
At the beginning of every month, there’s a sudden peak in homework for both Hannah and Nathanael. Part of the reason is that they each have to make title pages for all their notebooks – for every subject that they’re taking at school. That’s on top of whatever other homework they have.
This month they ended up doing the same thing – butterflies for March! Hannah drew her own butterflies, and Nathanael coloured some. Here are some of their notebooks completed. How many butterflies do you see?
I can see 13 butterflies
A quick update on Alejandra and her baby, Shari, and Nathanael…
At Hannah’s school, all the students have the opportunity to take a special class of their choice on Fridays. For the first semester, Hannah chose beading – making bracelets and things like that. So each Friday she came home with a new creation.
This semester she chose the sweets-making class. 😉 So we are the beneficiaries of special desserts every Friday.
I thought I’d stop by and show you an example of one of her creations. Today she came home with these Hannah-made chocolate truffles. We still have a few left over – stop by and try one (just don’t bring too many friends – our supply is limited)!
