There’s a small point of rocks at the beach that we normally go to and as the tide drops every day the locals roll up their sleeves and start digging underneath the rocks. I was curious so I asked one of them what he was looking for. “Plata y oro.” … Read More

In case you’ve never noticed, when we post pictures we almost always just post them in the order they happened that day. Basically when I’m editing photos I start at the beginning, flip through and say, “That’s a nice one, I’ll number it 1. Oh look, there’s number 2.” So … Read More

There’s a pretty good north-west wind blowing through town right now, dragging some cool air down with it (I love that I live in a place where 79 degrees can be considered cool) and emptying the beaches of all but people with kids who just want to get outside and … Read More

We’ve been talking about hanging a swing up on deck for months, but for some reason just hadn’t done it. Then a couple of days ago the boat across the dock hung a hammock up on their deck—Ali saw it, the kids saw it, and just like that it was … Read More

A few days ago Ouest about broke our hearts when she saw her nose for the first time after the impetigo outbreak. Her eyes teared up immediately and she said, “Me no like my nose.” With an average kid this wouldn’t be such a hard thing to hear, but after … Read More

We went to the park this afternoon and followed that up with lunner at some tiny little place a couple of blocks away. I ordered two quesadillas (have I ever mentioned that quesadillas are really nothing more than tacos with melted cheese in them?), judging by the cheap price I … Read More

Gorgeous day today, so much so that I won’t even mention the screwed up morning in which both of the kids woke up at quarter to five and refused to go back to sleep. I won’t even mention it.

Anywhere you go right now you’ll find Pepsi bottles with a bright yellow cap indicating that it is part of some game/promotion. The thing is, when you win, those same stores that are selling the game-pieced bottles of soda won’t accept them. I’ve got a cap with an instant winner … Read More

Here we showcase some of our amazing parenting skills.

This morning we went for a hike up to El Faro, the self-proclaimed second highest (not tallest) lighthouse in the world. Somehow I seriously doubt the veracity of that claim, but also don’t really give a crap. This was a fun outing. We started out early enough that sweatshirts were … Read More

We were out for a walk today when the kids got to playing on a small hill at the edge of a nearby parking lot. It’s not a big hill, but all Ouest had to do was lift her feet up and by the bottom of it she was hauling … Read More