Yesterday was Father's Day, which in Mexico isn't as big as Mother's Day. Usually our family doesn't even celebrate Father's Day, but my roommate and I decided that we DEFINITELY had to celebrate at least a little! Any father that can put up with our American craziness with such love, grace, and complete acceptance deserves a little somethin' somethin'!
So we concocted an elaborate scheme to surprise him with a gift of chocolates and a card for Father's Day.
This scheme included us telling a little fib to Papá and telling him that we were going out to get a dictionary for my roommate's Spanish homework (which we already had gotten earlier in the day), hunting through the market for the gift, and coming back to hide the chocolates and showing him the dictionary that we "had just bought." Hehe we were very sneaky indeed and after the deed was done, we celebrated with lots of high fives and fits of giggles and triumphant laughter.
Then came the day of Father's Day when we had to find a way to all sign the card without Papá noticing! We were all downstairs "getting stuff ready" to bring upstairs for lunch when down comes Papá to throw away his trash! My roommate pretends to open the fridge while simultaneously stuffing and hiding the chocolate and card in the fridge, mom pushes me (literally, she is a strong woman) and launches me out of the kitchen to try to distract dad, and then shoos him out of the kitchen saying we were talking about "womanly things" forgetting that our brother Levid was sitting right there. It was hilarious to say the least!
But all so worth it for this moment:
http://youtu.be/34Cmja0WgRU
Click the link to see our Father's Day surprise!
Abrazos
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