From ayer, Max taking a post cena siesta.
Buenos tardes! Currently 3pm and I am attempting to finish watching Butch Cassidy...it has only taken 4 attempts!!
The familia is in the CP alberca trying to get a swim in before the nube obscura and possibly the lluvia arrive. We had some showers overnight, it was dry enough for a bici tour at 930am, sunny afternoon and the wacky clouds over del mar look like they are headed our way. Stay tuned.
The día? So far, a lot better then ayer, with a trace of defiance...doph. But last night after the lil'man was lights out, it was time for some reading up and Dr Sears has provided us with THESE 25 tips on how to help ensure Max listens to us. Buen suerte!! Ja ja ja...but not really!!
A long bed time, but the lil'guy was asleep in his cuna by 830pm...phew.
A false alert pee break at 11pm, but a wet panale anyway so it was changed...and was soaking wet at 545am...as was the cuna. Argh.
A good noche though, Max slept right through and I think he appreciated the fact that we could sleep with the window open and the a/c turned off!! All the humido disappeared around 9pm and overnight we actually hit 25,0 grados....brrrrrr.
After a cuna pit stop, it was time for leche and then some videos. Poppa grabbed some more zzzz and was up at 715am to set up the palacio. Max followed suit at 745am and then after some tranquilo time, it was time for the huge desayunos. Lots of fruta today as well as huevos, cereal, yogurt y Gerbers.
I got the sense that Max understood what had transpired ayer, as he told me he knew I missed the bici ride and that he did too.
Happy to report that the lluvia from overnight had dried up enough for the bici to come out...and Max was super excited!!
We loaded up and hit the road. We had 90 minutos before leche y libros time, and we used up all of it!!
Off to Soriana...more on that in the fotos...and then back through town, the zocalo, a few side streets, SCA for huevos and then ta da...casa Van-Arnold!!
And due to the early wake up and all the bicing around town, Max was due for a siesta and Bex did a great job getting him to take one...lights out around media día!!
I was busy re-doing the No Tocar sign on Max's casco, but put that aside and joined the lil'snoozer in his chill room.
And after an hour plus, the lil'man sat up and looked and acted like a boxer who had just gone 15 rounds...punch drunk.
His ojos were wild and he couldn't focus...but then smiled at me, came into my "nook" and reviewed the fotos we had taken during the tour.
He then joined his madre for some "scratch your head" wackiness...he dumped out his bins of toys and then wanted to cook madre a huevo para comida, but did not want to clean up his toys.
And the defiant way he acted about it...not our lil'man. Oh...he has never not cleaned up his toys at breakfast time...hmmmm.
I asked madre if she wanted me to cook her huevo and as soon as she said yes and Max thought I was going to do it...the toys were being flung into the bins mas rapido!!
They cooked their comida and I was off to buy some brackets...time to attach the new sign onto Max's casco!!
When I came home...off to the pool they went and I had some tranquilo time and blog update time.
The familia is back from the pool and about to head out for a bici tour.
Onto the fotos!!
It was still mojado out there, but dry enough for the bici!! So here are the pre-tour poses.
Poco viento...blowing hair into Max's ojos. He hates that.
But with a flick of the wrist...ta da.
Back to posing.
Hey Max, how about you give me ONE with a smile, and then we can leave.
Spotting madre, the besito is blown and delivered.
Hey madre, I think I found the flip flop you lost at playa Mojon.
930am on domingo and these comedor economicos are busy!!
Many Mexicanos in a small town like Huatulco, live in rooming houses with no cocinas and then eat all their meals on the road.
They could go to Antojito (snack) Nellys and have barbacoa de chivo (goat), eskimos or a sandwish!!
A lil'donde es el niño?
Into Soriana and Max has found a camion he would like to buy.
And was then reminded about the 7 "businesses" he had to do ON the baño before we would buy him it. Check out the expression on his face.
But we did find the Hot Wheels and Matchboxes and bought 5 of them...more on that later.
Here are 4 (of many) expressions that the panque at Soriana can elicit.
We had popped into the main zapeteria in town to see if they had more tenis for Max, and after looking into the mirrors, Max says to me "Poppa, these are just reflections".
After letting him know he had not listened to me, Max looks a lil'triste. We hugged it out before we moved on.
And if the abrazo did not put a smile on his face, this puddle did.
The Hot Wheels? Taped to the baño wall!! Do some business in the baño, you get to open one package. Stay tuned for any updates!! Ja ja ja
Misc
Kinda funny...kinda not. After Max lost his post cena walk (last night), and was in his corner time out, madre took down the basura and told us that she was going for a walk to the iglesia, and would see if Max's amigo Antonio was there.
As she is walking down the exterior steps, Max is yelling at her "bye madre...say hello to Antonio...say hello to Antonio".
Oh...after some 20 years of smoking, we are all happy to report that Bex is going on 5 years puff free. We see our share of smokers here and we are doing our best to educate Max on smoking, vs trying to scare the crap out of him, as we feel telling him he cannot smoke, vs showing him why he shouldn't might just lead him to be defiant and try smoking in the future.
If he smells smoke, his nose cringes and he says "humo malo". If he sees someone smoking he may say "they have an addiction" or "smoking will make your lungs go black".
Why did I never get hooked on smoking? When I was 9 or 10 years old, and living in Mississauga Ontario, we had this bookmobile come to the local school during summer. It pulls up and was full of books (duh...bookmobile), but the Heart and Lung Association had a display of a real healthy lung and one of a smoker...yikes.
Seeing the black lung was enough for me to not pick up the cigarette habit. Bex found THIS lil'video clip online and we just explained it and showed it to Max...and he asked to watch it una mas vez!!
Ok...time to clean up and at 450pm the fries go into the oven!!
Back at you after tina time. Hasta pronto.
Buenos noches!! The leche y libros have just started and I have 30 minutos before The Niño Whisperer goes in to close the show...so let's end this blog update mas rapido...so I can watch a little Nascar before getting the lil'man to fall asleep!!
Bex and I both just complimented Max on what a nice niño he has been today and tonight. Very polite and helpful and listening to us waaaaaay more then ayer. We will take this regalo as it has been a tough month!!
We had a great dinner and Max ate the complete dinner!! Burger patty, some pan, fries and jitomate...gone!!
A FT con Oma y Opa, a video, some dessert, clean up, a nice bici tour that included some fun dancing with his amigo Antonio and also included some hilarious laughing at his Poppa being tonto, then it was home for tina time (and due to all the bici riding from today, it included some epsom salts), a lay down on the couch to get changed up for bed...and ta da...the día!!
Post bed time you can find me on the couch!!
Mañana...lunes again. Probably find time to watch the end of the race and of course I will find time to update and report the weather stats from agosto!!
Hasta mañana.
Marco, Bexico y Max
