Hanging out with Laura

Our car was being repaired the entire time that Laura was here.  But the bus system here is pretty good, and there are taxis everywhere, so we still managed to get out and see a few things.  On one of our excursions, we took Laura to see downtown Puebla . . .

The nativity was still up in the zocolo.

 

I like how the shepherds in all the nativity scenes here look like they are native Mexicans.

This is the Chapel del Rosario.  It has tons of gilded plaster sculpting decorating it, and is really an imipressive site, but flash photography is prohibited, so this picture doesn't do it justice.  The first time Karl and I saw this chapel, a wedding had just ended, and the place was all lit up.  Beautiful!

We saw this little girl in the church, accompanied by her brother.  It is her "presentacion" which is celebrated when a child turns three and is no longer considered a baby.  We thought she was adorable!

This is the outside of the Chapel del Rosario, which is only one chapel off a larger church.  On weekends there is a market in the plaza in front of it, as seen in this picture.

Chiara and Rebecca at Costco.  People always wonder whether the children of identical twins will look alike.  For the most part, we don't think they look that much alike, but with these two, we can see some resemblance.  Not identical, but maybe they both got some of the Johnson genes.

Playing in a box.

Peek . . .

a-boo!