lunes, el 2 de junio de 2014

Buenos noches!!

Well, round one is under way. What a wacky day!! It was only wacky because of all the changes to our normal rutinas. Max has been great and the least wackiest of the three of us!!

A good sleep...phew. Awake at 530am, seco...dry, and after a panale pit stop, the boys slept until 6am!! Videos at 615am...hello...and then up at 7am for the tranquilo time and desayunos.

I was out the door at 9am and Bex and Max went to Rosario's Palacio. Normally I have the morning with Max, but I was off to see Tony, mi mecanico.

Tony was on time...muy raro...and after 2 hours, the work was completed. Engine clean, injectors clean, oil changed, filter changed, one rad hose changed...the other one is too short!!!

I have a fun time hanging out with Tony, his helpers, amigos, taxistas that come in for work, as well as Tony's poppa...a fun hombre himself.

Tony's dad was muy feliz today...they won a new Nissan from the fishing torneo...some 40 kilo fish. Felicidades!!

When the work was all done, I asked Tony what his normal clients would pay and he said $450 pesos...but I am an amigo he added. Ok I said and gave him $400. He wanted only $200 and we settled on $300. Two hours work for some $27 CDN...not bad eh?

Fingers crossed that the engine cleaning did the trick and solved the noise....stay tuned.

I headed home...pit stop at Pemex, and then off to keep my ojos on Max as Bex went about her day, which included a bici ride and then trying to explain to a dumb-a** that her brakes were not working correctly.

No siesta for Poppa as we had the dryer repair hombre coming at noon...arriving at 1220pm of course. Our usual guys were out of town, so Tony called up someone he knew and ta-da.

The cinturon on the dryer was not broken, it had fallen off the pulley. Helio fixed it, but now the dryer is LOUD as it rumbles and tumbles. Argh...hecho en Mexico for 20 minutos and $400 pesos.

And at 1230pm Max wakes up, looks around and does not see his Poppa, only the camera staring at him. I went in and Max decided he was not quite awake, but was not going back to sleep. Oh oh...an one hour siesta. Doph.

Max watched Helio at work and then madre came home and it was time for the two of them to retrieve the bici from the taller and then onto their comida and after lunch they loaded up the camioneta verde, threw Max's bici into the back and headed out to the parque.

They had a blast as there is a skateboard parque there and Max enjoyed himself wheeling around.

While they were out, I was at el gimnasio and then came home to get the casa cleaned up and dinner prepped. As pre-planned, the familia returned at 4pm and then the boys went out for a pre-cena prowl.

Max was tired from the bici riding, but showed no signs of it as we prowled around centro. We had errands to run...new batteries for the trucks alarm fob as well as look for some more medical tape as Max has fallen again. Oh Max!!

No luck on finding the tape...hola hola to small town Huatulco, but we had the batteries changed and also headed to the mall to look for more shoes for Max. No luck there either...doph.

We had a great pit stop at Gabriel the Owl and Max was super friendly to Daniel, his hermano Joshua, and Samuel. Success!!

It was another hot day...stinky hot...so the boys had a pre-cena dip in the CP alberca. Score!!

And then it was time to head upstairs, dry off, finish cooking la cena and then sit down to some oh so yummy muslo pollo.

Clean up, tina time and then bed time.

I am happy to report that the sleep goggles worked well, and that with Max pooped from a full day and a shorter siesta, he was lights out in his cuna, only 25 minutos after The Niño Whisperer took over from madre. Score!!!

So, a wacky day due to all the changes in the rutinas, but a great day over all!!

Tough to chose what was the best part of my day. It could have been holding hands with Max during the complete pre-cena prowl....or maybe the pre-cena dip in the alberca... or maybe it was watching Max's face as he heard himself on my hand held recorder, singing along to Gilligan's Island. His ojos were as big as saucers as he tried to figure out what he was hearing. Priceless!!

Ok, you are all caught up. Che day mañana...but I hope to get some fotos taken for the blog.

Have a great martes y hasta mañana.

Marco, Bexico y Max