Bananas!

I thought bananas grew on trees, you know, with monkeys in them.  Although we may still call it a "tree" in English (I don't know?), they don't use the word for "tree" in Spanish to describe it, because there's no wood at all.  It actually looks like just layers and layers of the banana leaves all together to make up its "trunk."  This is probably why when it is full of bananas, it will fall over and you have to prop it up with a stick.

 

 

 

This is my neighbor and sister-in-law, Marisol. Although in Spanish, the word for sister-in-law would only be for Papi's sisters, of which he has none.  There is a special word for "my brother-in-law's wife" but in English we only have one word.  Anyways, beyond me learning more detailed Spanish, she gave us a whole bunch.  When I asked why you don't let them ripen on the tree, she showed me that if you leave them, they grow too much and start splitting.

 

 

The way they bloom is so neat.  I'll have to share pictures and explain that some other time.  Sofi is a big "snacker," so she thinks it is funny and amazing when she wants a snack and I just say "go out and the yard and find something!"