familia
This past weekend I dragged my family along to the Museo Alameda which is located in El Mercadito, which is their version of Placita Olvera, except its a bit more bootleg. But the museum issss Beautiful.
Another reason why I love it is because all of the exhibits pertain to Latino Art. The current exhibits are about Chicano Art, and the other one is on Immigration. The previous time that we went it was about the African presence in Mexico. Anyway this past weekend since it was still March, Women's History Month, they were having a family day to celebrate Historical Latina Women. So they had several crafts for children, one which was to make cascarones, and the other was to make a Latina Women Codex Book.
It was so odd in the museum because I saw my mom actually analyzing the artwork and explaining it to a white woman. I never knew that side of my mom, she's never really been that type so it kind of surprised me but also made me proud. My parents have really changed a lot, which is amazing, and they're being more active than me for once. My dad is working on the down low to create a union at his job. So he goes to meetings all the time, and goes around to peoples homes to try to get them to join. And my dad actually speaks more English now, which is odd because he would only speak it at work, never at home. And its just amazing to see the relationship that my siblings have with him, which me and Johnny never did. I really feel like I'm getting to know them for the first time, because they are really different people now, and I'm happy for them.