Wow! Instead of going for a bike ride today in Merida, we went with our friends Mario & Ivonne and their children to explore some caves and cenotes in the Yucatan. It was to be our first ‘spelunking’ adventure in Mexico and a first for Evan & Noah. I wasn’t quite sure what to expect […]
Halloween fell on Wednesday this year and the kids were all very excited to receive a lot of candy. Of course they didn’t have school on this day, but had a school party instead and then had the next 4 days off to eat all the candy they got! November 1 and 2 are celebrated […]
Yayyy, we finally found a soccer team that kind of fits with our ‘hectic’ schedule here in Progreso! By hectic, I mean something that does not interfere with laying in the hammock or our siestas – which are quite often the same thing. We are playing on a field just outside of Progreso on the […]
Last week-end we were invited to our friends annual Pumpkin Carving party! Every family had to bring one pumpkin to carve however they wanted to and then prizes were awarded to each pumpkin. We let the children design and cut their own this year with a little help from the parents. Most kids did not […]
June 24th was a very exciting day for Noah. He was finally taking his exam for his cintas amarilla! He was so excited to get to the same level as his big brother again! He had been practicing for weeks beside the pool with Evan helping him every day. The day of the exam arrived […]
Noah has moved up to grade 1! We are so proud of the little guy and can’t believe that time is flying so quickly. Noah had a fabulous year in K3 in Mexico and absolutely loved his teacher, Andrea; his classmates, Javiar, Jonatan, Desiree, and Daniel; and of course the Montessori school run by Debbie. […]
Feliz Dia De Las Madres! Mother’s Day is celebrated in Mexico on May 10th and is a very big deal in this country. The boys school put on a special Mother’s Day ceremony which all of the mom’s were invited to. The Kindergarten classes ( Noah’s class) started the event with a song they sang […]
Evan was lucky enough to celebrate his 8th birthday early on Thursday, March 29th! I say lucky because know he believes that his birthday celebration is for two weeks until his real birthday! Because of the Semana Santa holiday in Mexico (Week of the Saints) the boys are off of school from March 30 and […]
When Lyn returned from her early spring excursion to Canada we all decided it would be great to meet her at the airport in Cancun and then stay a couple of nights to enjoy the beaches and the resort. We got up fairly early and were all packed to go and Fabian was kind enough […]
Evan and Noah participated in their second Taekwondo exam in Merida at the Bancario complex in early March. Evan was going for his yellow belt, and Noah was just leveling up. Noah’s next exam will be for his yellow belt. Each of the exams cost 600 pesos. Their instructor, Andre, was the person giving commands […]
Tonight we went to Pancho’s to continue our birthday extravaganza! Grandma & Grandpa wanted to take us out for a very special birthday dinner for all of us to celebrate all our birthdays at one time. Evan chose the restaurant Panchos as it has his favorite Sopa de Lima and we were all looking forward […]
Xplosion Diversion Xtrema! how fun is this!! After the Portugal Circus left the Chedraui parking lot in Merida, we thought it would be some time before another event was set up, boy were we wrong. Immediately after cleaning up the circus, Xplosion Diversion Xtrema moved into town. Just to give you an idea, take every […]
Today we drove to Cancun to pick up the grandparents from the airport. I have been telling the boys that we have to go early when we go to pick people up at the airport so we can see the ocean and the beach. They have been wondering why I would care to show them […]
Noah has definitely had his birthday week! On the day before his birthday we went first to the Cuzama Cenotes and then to the VIP Theater in AltaBrisa Mall and watched TinTin from the comfort of the lazyboy recliners. He definitely enjoyed the nachos, although he is not fond of 3D movies, he liked the […]
After our tour of Izamal, we drove the ‘back-way’ to Suma to visit our friends at their new hacienda. We were supposed to arrive at 3pm, but we were late (sorry Dana!). We did text at 3pm on the dot to inform them of our decision to tour Izamal a little longer and to see […]
After just starting TaeKwonDo in September in Progreso, Yucatan Evan and Noah both had TaeKwonDo exams in December to see if they were ready to advance a level. The week before the exam both boys had to come to Merida to have a pre-exam for 50pesos each to determine if they were ‘ready’ to take […]
One night last week, Evan came flying into our room at about 3am screaming about the pain in his tooth. After some tylenol and a bit of sleep we managed to track down a dentist in Progreso who came highly recommended. There are actually quite a few but we ultimately chose Dr. Paola. She is […]
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