domingo, el 29 de diciembre de 2013

Now THAT is a portrait!!

Buenos tardes!! First note of the día...last night we had the coldest noche in 3 years!! We dipped down to a very chilly 22,5 grados....brrrr.

Currently 230pm and with the familia out at La Bocana...another play date...Bubba has the couch and the TV all to himself. Hola hola to the Seahawks game...and my 2nd to last freezer cold MGD!!

Max "wacky" Van was at it again!! Up at 2am for a panale y ropa change...the niño might have 2 bladders...and then up again at 5am. Bex managed to get him back to sleep and I had just woken up when they rolled out of the bedroom at 645am.

Bex was pooped...I don't think I even saw her crawl back into bed!! Poppa took over and we were in for a sorpresa...surprise. Max was hambre, hungry, and wanted to eat desayunos at 7am. Huh? That has NEVER happened, nunca.

Into the highchair he went and he ate all of his fruta and then we got ourselves ready and started the prowl.

The town is full of Mexicans on vacation...I have never seen it this busy. We did our usual domingo prowl, including a pit stop to check out the peeps in the "big house", the iglesia.

And after striking out on our pan, we pit stopped in Los Portales and decided it was the perfect place for a lil'desayunos for the boys.

Max was hungry and super well behaved and we chowed down on some huevos, pan tostado, tocino y frijoles con quesillo.

We came home for some tranquilo time and madre got up shortly after. Hola hola to familia swim time!!  And after a cold night, what was the temperature in the alberca like? Brrrrrrr. But we all had fun and then it was back in for some pre-siesta tranquilo time.

Some leche followed by a good siesta and when we were up again, it was onto our comida.

And as quick as that...the familia was out the door and you are all caught up.

Onto the fotos.

What? A pit stop antes the prowl? Oh Max!!

A little loving for the poste.

Max spots his stoner amigo on the balcony above him.

And then on the camioneta, points out the water slide we went down a few days ago.

Found throughout el estado de Oaxaca...the arbol de ropa.

Most locals have very small casas, thus the decorations de Navidad head out to the patio.

Spotted parked in front of the iglesia.

With protection from the Virgen....well, at least I think it is The Virgen de Guadalupe.

Poppa...where are my huevos?

 Ahhhh...desayunos.

Excuse me, move along.

Sometimes you just need to use your manos!!

Pre-siesta swim...check out the flowing locks on the lil'man.

Dos mop haired hombres!!

Ok, off to putter around and watch the rest of the game. Will finish this up esta noche.

Hasta pronto!!

Buenos noches. All is good here in Huatulco!! Bex y Max headed to La Bocana and had a great time, even though Bex could swear it was another episode of Housewives of Huatulco being filmed...so dramatic these peeps can be!!

Any who...a fun time and then home and straight into la cena and then a quick Madonna dance party for Max y Poppa, FT con Oma y Opa and as I type, round one of bedtime is under way.

A busy week coming up. A few trips to Mojon and that means cooking ahead of time, packing for BC (I finally found the one pair of jeans I own...and have not worn for 2 years), NYE of course, and on sábado I need to get the truck ready for the paint job it is receiving on it's bumper and rust proofing in the box. Phew.

So...hasta mañana and enjoy your lunes.

Marco, Bexico y Max

sábado, el 28 de diciembre de 2013

Yes, yes I did wake up at 5am...and stayed awake too.

Buenos noches!! It was a looooong day, but it was a fun one!! Yes, there was a 5am wake up, and after a panale y playera pit stop, Max and Poppa slumbered for another hour, and then it was video time.

Usual AM rutina of prowl and desayunos, with some added emotions during breakfast. Who knows what a 2 year old niño is thinking? He did not want his jugo o fruta and then started crying when I started making him his huevos.

I pulled him out of his chair...no luck. I put him on the counter next to me as I scrambled the huevos, and the lil'man was in heaven. And when we were all done, the eggs were gone, the queso was gone, the fruta was gone and 1/2 the jugo was. Who knows what a 2 year old is thinking? Not me!!

Some tranquilo time and due to the early morning, it was off to leche y siesta time. Poppa joined in on the siesta action and after the boys woke up some 2 hours later, it was time for our comida.

Post comida, Bex had us set up and off to Mojon we went....but not with out some fireworks!! Por que? The lil'man wanted to drive the camioneta verde, yup, drive it. While parked, we gave him 2 minutes at the wheel and then loaded him back into his silla...and the end of the world occurred right there and then.

Some distraction techniques worked on and off, but even as we drove down the dirt road to the playa, Max was mumbling "drive truck". Upon arrival, he had his 10 minutos behind the wheel and then we could start our afternoon.

Lots of oceano time today!! Olas chico and Max y Bex spent almost an hour in the agua.

Dinner was a lot of work...but it was a success. Yummy chili y garlic bread!!

As the sun set, we packed up and then headed home for a go go go tina time, clean up time and then bed time.

How was bed time? Some more fire works...this time because the lil'man was pooped out from the full day of go go go.

Bex had her 30 minutos and Max waited for his Poppa to come in, and 15 minutos later...lights out. Phew.

Onto the fotos.

Glasses on? Check.

Quick pose for Poppa? Check.

Score a few fotos before we really start the prowl? Check.

And with a Gene Simmons salute, we are off onto our prowl.

Not sure what sueño, dream, Max had last night, but pre-prowl, all he kept talking about was "autobus...drive". So...we managed to walk onto 2 turismo buses, and this bus which transports trabajadores to the hotels.

And you think Max sometimes has a serious look on his face? Check out this driver, who was smiling until I asked him if I could take his foto.

Poppa, tired.

Pit stop series.

The search for la rana, frog, continues.

Pit stop at the restaurante next to Los Portales, for our pan y agua.

We had to leave our normal spot as one of the senoritas there was nagging Max for a choque, knuckles, and he was not into it. She got on our nerves!! Ja ja ja

I do whatever (almost) it takes to get Max to eat his desayunos!! Today, it was allowing him to wear his casco...doph.

Onto Mojon and moments after landing, and prying Max out of the camioneta, the playtime has begun.

Olas chico today.

Perfect for a lil'surfing.

Surf expressions...no explanations needed.

Max's new juguete, my chair. He played with it for 30 minutos...and only "almost" broke his neck once!!

I am free!!!

Shrinkage!!

Time to lavo los manos.

And back to the beach chair!!

Ok, you are all caught up. Wish us luck for a long night's sleep!!

Mañana? Futbol domingo and we will see what else comes our way.

Hasta mañana.

Marco, Bexico y Max