Author Archives: Our Family

Over the past… 8 years we have been struggling with getting our children to do things every morning and every evening. Complicated and intricate things like putting clothes on, brushing teeth, picking up toys, etc… So now that we are rounding third on ten years of parenting, my wife has enacted a new strategy. WeContinue reading “Day 53”

Today we went out to breakfast. I have to say that there are certain things the United States does amazingly. Pizza, and breakfast. Mexican breakfasts are probably in second place. When we traveled to Europe, breakfast was usually a hard boiled egg, stale bread and maybe some sort of fruit jelly and terrible tasting tea.Continue reading “Day 52”

Today is Friday. After dropping the kids off of school I took a long time working. Friday’s we have a tradition of letting the kids watch a movie and or play on the Nintendo switch. Around 630pm the restaurant down the street, we can see form our bedroom balcony, opens and we take the kidsContinue reading “Day 51”

Today after taking the kids to school, Bonnie went to yoga and I went to the city center. I bought some more honey and used the correct word for it this time. Bonnie ended up meeting me for lunch and afterwards we went to the “Alley of the Kiss”. The alley of the kiss isContinue reading “Day 50”

Colds are passing through our house with wreck-less abandon. Sore throats, and congestion has attacked everyone and we are just trying to get through this week. On Monday (Day 47) we kept child 2, and 4 home because their throats were sore. On Tuesday (Day 48) we kept child 1, and 2 home. Child 1Continue reading “Days 47-49”

Today was a big fundraiser for the kids school. For some odd reason they chose to do a race, an 8k, 4K, and 100m race (for ages 3-6). I told Bonnie that I did NOT want to run a race, and so she signed me up for the 4K. Luckily the younger two kids wereContinue reading “Day 46”

Today started off with the kids making us breakfast. Imagine what a 9, 8, 7, and 4 year old would make for breakfast,… I’ll wait. … You nailed it. Whatever you guessed, it’s probably spot on. We had peanut butter and jelly sandwiches and toast with cashews, with melted cheese on crackers. And to washContinue reading “Day 45”

Today I walked the kids to school in the morning to let Bonnie get more rest, she’s been under the weather. After I dropped the kids off, I did a little exploring of our neighborhood. It’s fascinating how many hidden or off the beaten path stairways there are. I could devote every day just toContinue reading “Day 44”

For the past few weeks we have been waking up sore. We realized the mattress we have been sleeping on needed replacing. So we went to a mattress store and bought a new one for 1/20th of what our mattress cost back home. It was delivered today. I went to the market place and sawContinue reading “Day 43”

The last two days were kind of a blur. There wasn’t much to say about day 41. The longer we are here the fewer new experiences we have. It’s difficult to fill the blog with content lately. Day 42, we went to a birthday party. A birthday party in the middle of the week, that’sContinue reading “Days 41-42”