martes, el primero de mayo de 2012


Buenos noches y Feliz Día de Los Trabajadores!! And it is also el primero de mayo!!

I asked Raphael the mecanico why he was working today and his answer was simple. "I need to eat". Not many businesses were closed today.

And what day did I miss ayer? From Wikipedia…

In Mexico, El Día Del Niño is celebrated on April 30. On this day teachers in schools organise the day for their children. Lessons are suspended from 12 noon, sometimes earlier. They organise games, music, and the children bring in their favourite foods to share with others. Some families also have a day out with their children. There are special activities for the children in parks and sports centres. Sometimes, also, the children will be given presents by their families. This is the day when children are really honoured in Mexico.

Mi padre made mention of this day…it is now in my calendar!! And proxima año, we will celebrate it with this niño!!


And with the end of the month, comes the temperature recap for the mes pasada.

Abril 2012 saw average highs of 34,2 vs 35,0 of last year and also had average lows of 25,6 vs 26,2 of 2011. We actually noticed the small difference and it was appreciated!!

The averages for mayo spike to 35,5 and 28,0…and then tack on all the humido.

But with the rains arriving in late mayo, you see the temperatures in junio drop to averages of 32,8 y 26,0.

And now that you have had your lesson for the day, we move on.

A good day…but wow was it early!! But at least Max slept through most of the night!!

So there was the early morning walk and some time spent at the alberca…but no soaking of the pies today. Instead the lil’napper fell asleep within minutes of me taking him out of his sling!!

So for some 25 minutes max slept and padre just watched the small birds swoop into the pool and fly off.

And then it was off for leche and we met madre on her way down to meet us at the pool.

Tagged off and the two of them went on their way and I readied for el gimnasio. Good to get out of the house before the heat really came on!!

A good session and then pit stopped at Gabriels and caught up with the gang. Daniel had already looked up the 01-800 (it is Mexico) number for Whirlpool Mexico, but they were closed for the holiday.

He then tried the Puerto Escondido number and chatted up the hombre at the other end of the phone. He left all the info and we are expecting a call back hoy o mañana. Stay tuned.

Then it was home to see what was up with the familia and as Max was about to hit the sack (not his own…ja ja ja), I headed to Che. Scores? Raw garbanza (yes, that is spelt correctly) beans that Bex is going to cook for Max and I also grabbed 2 different types of Gerbers that have no added azucar or sodio.

We are surprised that Gerbers would add sugar and salt to niño food. Who knew?

Grabbed some steaks for la cena and pollo for mañana and chuletas de cerdo for jueves. We are all stocked up!! Now if only the helado de chocolate would freeze!!

Full load of groceries and when I came home I was greeted by a familia trying to help Senor Max with his business. I think due to the Labour Day holiday, his “business” took the day off and he is not pleased about it!!

Hoping to move some things around, we hit the pool where he had another deck dunk…pretty awesome!!

Then is was back upstairs to start the pre-rutina and get some more pear into him…rumor has it pears and prunes come from the same “family” when it comes to you know what!!

He sat soooo patiently in his high chair as his padres ate their la cena, and then he was plopped into his tina where he loves to splash…and today was also an “explore one’s anatomy” day. We could hardly keep from laughing it was hilarious.

So, 9pm and Bex is up in the oficina hard at work as she has a new client and project!!

I am wrapping up Global News and the lil’backed up hombre is fast asleep…ok, almost fast asleep. Via the video monitor we see his soother moving in and out of his mouth and every now and then he moans a few words in español.

Fotos.

The sun rising and showing itself on the CP grounds.


If I did not love animals...these two would be the first to go. Barking all night!!


Moooo...Oaxaca Gas. The "mooo" is the audio they play to let peeps know when they are driving around with their camioneta selling the propane.


Another jail break?


Naaaah. Low season...time to renovate. Maybe change the paint scheme?

Just magical...


Hey Bubba, what's up with all the clean laundry fotos? Not sure...but this one seems to capture many elements of the day to day life of Huatulco.


You need to be a grande hombre to carry those heavy pieces of pottery around.


Our miercoles? I did not get to the FM3…doph. So I will try to and will also follow up on the shelf for the fridge. Mojon is sometime this week and we are locked into la cena de pavo on sábado!! Score!!

Ok...a few more Max fotos.




Hasta mañana mis amigos!!

Marco, Bex y Max

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