Happy weekends:

At weekends my family multiplies and gets loudly. My nieces and nephew arrive and stay until Monday morning. I try to spend as much time as possible with them.
Sometimes we decide to go down town; the day chosen is usually a Saturday evening. The objective of the visit may be to do the monthly shopping, or just to walk. Now, each f them has a different interest, so I force myself to be fair with the time devoted to each one.
For my nephew, Agustín, “Game Zone” and some shopping windows from the biggest toyshops in Tucumán are enough to make him happy. He pays special attention at some action dolls and explains me how they work. We start walking and he puts his tiny hands on the window, and opens his eyes as if he wanted to save the images in his memory.
My youngest niece loves watching at the gentil living statue or the man who imitates Michael Jackson at the pedestrian area. In a moment Sabrina´ll turn around to ask me who is the guy imitating and I´ll give her the same answer as usual. I must be careful, though, ´cause she always asks for some coins to give them.
My other niece, Andrea, likes the things that all the girls of her age do. That is cellphones, and the “47 street” shop.
You don´t need me to tell you that rarely do we buy some of the things they like so much, they are just great, and accept the limitations that the lack of money generates.
Sundays are lived differently. In most of the occasions we go to the park, especially to the lake area. the passion of Agustín is fishing, so we prepare everything (mate included, of course) and once we are ready the journey begins. We live quite close to the lake so we usually walk. When we got to the place the roles are taken. Everybody knows what to do: the girls put in an strategic location the fabric on which we´ll sit. My mom and I take out the things we have brought and my nephew... is quite busy preparing his fishing line! Now we wre ready to enjoy of the lovely afternoon.. we talk, tell jokes, zip mate and cheer at Agus when he finally catches a fish.
I may be in the middle of a difficult, long week, but I always know that the weekend is near, and that we´ll enjoy it in family.