I suppose that being with children in any capacity is fun to me because you get to relive your childhood 'for the sake of the kids.' Yeah deep down i wanted this tattoo, but would i have applied it to my arm in a clearly visible place, if it wasnt for the kids? (mine is the sweet alien, santi's got the ship) Okay, those of you that know me would probably think the answer to this question is yes.... but i can hoestly say that i never would have bought the temporary tattoes in the first place, if it wasnt for the kids.FYI: i sprinted through the book to get to the end, and was not one bit disappointed.
On another note.
Do you know that one thing very typical of americans is to always have a big cheesey smile in pictures? Or at least some other huge - look at me i am doing X expression. This is normal and what you are supposed to do in pictures- right? CHEESE!
Well, in spain it is not the same. For example in the children's school pictures... about half the children are smiling and if they are smiling it is a half smile. I dont really know why. It is something that has been going back and forth through my head for a long time.
The only dots that i can connect are as follows: Not only are we having fun, but we need everyone to know it? In Spain all the houses have gates/walls/fences in front so that you can not really see them. In American we like to have a big beautiful house that everyone can see...to show off? I dont think that Americans intend to show off... but it is just built into our nature. We really are having a lot of fun and not afraid to show it. We are not constantly obssessed with image, but we are proud of our houses and our country and not afraid to hang a flag in our yard. Well, this is just my optimistic view of America. Maybe we are really unhappy but want people to think that we are happy and have lots of money and really cool things that make us happy..... Maybe no one that reads this will have any clue of what i am talking about......
On another note.
Do you know that one thing very typical of americans is to always have a big cheesey smile in pictures? Or at least some other huge - look at me i am doing X expression. This is normal and what you are supposed to do in pictures- right? CHEESE!
Well, in spain it is not the same. For example in the children's school pictures... about half the children are smiling and if they are smiling it is a half smile. I dont really know why. It is something that has been going back and forth through my head for a long time.
The only dots that i can connect are as follows: Not only are we having fun, but we need everyone to know it? In Spain all the houses have gates/walls/fences in front so that you can not really see them. In American we like to have a big beautiful house that everyone can see...to show off? I dont think that Americans intend to show off... but it is just built into our nature. We really are having a lot of fun and not afraid to show it. We are not constantly obssessed with image, but we are proud of our houses and our country and not afraid to hang a flag in our yard. Well, this is just my optimistic view of America. Maybe we are really unhappy but want people to think that we are happy and have lots of money and really cool things that make us happy..... Maybe no one that reads this will have any clue of what i am talking about......
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