Sunday November 27, 2011

Max and madre had a great sleep in the spare room. Bexico had gone to sleep in our spare bedroom and came out in a sleep walking state…mumbling something about flashing lights. Turns out there was a police car, with it’s lights on, below the bedroom window.

Anyway…Max was zzz in the spare room. He had been so well behaved at dinner and had a little fuss on the way home, and then actually fell asleep very fast.

So I asked a sleep walking Bex if she wanted to sleep with her son, got the head nod, and tucked them in together.

Now would I go to sleep and get some good rest? Given the opportunity I should have…but alas I got sucked into some cheesy movie and spent some time writing Christmas cards. So…2am to 830am and now I am on the couch watching some football…and that darn movie is on again!! I could have gotten a great night sleep…and watched the movie today!!! Ja ja ja

Plan? NFL…maybe the Grey Cup, Stupid Store (for the trip south…another blue bin to pack up niño gear), Crappy Tire for a windshield wiper and some head light bulbs…and then probably some zzzzs with my lil’hombre!!

Meanwhile I will sort through the 110 fotos taken yesterday and so far today.

Fotos.

Here are the rest of the Arnold y Max fotos.

Max y RJ


Max y abuelo…Dr. Arnold…who has delivered over 1000 niños in his career. He does look comfortable with Max in his hands, doesn’t he? Check out Max’s stylin “going to the Keg” outfit.




Nice group foto


Pacifier Max


Burpin Max


Feeding Max


Max y padre Bubba...post leche


Max y madre Bexico


Sleeping Max







And here is Max wondering what his tonto (silly) padre has done to him



640pm…the team is asleep…or so I think. I better check. Good thing I checked. Max pretended to sleep... until Bex joined him for a nap and then he decided sleep was over and it was time to hang with his padre.

7pm and congrats to the BC Lions…Grey Cup Champions!!

So today was a tranquilo day. We did a walk to the Tire and Bexico had Max in the Bjorn. That thing is great…and comfy too. The rain ended mid-day and we had some good weather for our short walk.

And what kind of loot did we buy at the Tire? One windshield wiper….because it only needs to get me to Huatulco…where it will melt by next summer. Also bought a polish that will be used on the headlight covers. They are greyed over and this polish will make them clear again.

Along with the clear lens, we will now have brighter bulbs to go with it. Good to get those as on the way home I will be doing more driving in the dark then I did on the way here.

Pit stop at Timmys to get Bexico a muffin and then I went to the Stupid Store alone. The store was crazy!! Picked up a few items including the 4th Rubbermaid storage box. Yikes. It is going to be one full load!!

Grabbed some travel insurance for the ride home and once back in the condo, managed to book my Motel 6 for the 3 nights I will be spending in the USA.

Dinner at 830pm or so and then must hit the hay early. No nap for me today and we have another full day mañana.

TD Bank, passport oficina, el gimnasio and at 6pm we have the big shin dig at Romer’s Burger Bar.

Have a great Monday everyone.

Marco, Bexico y Max

Saturday November 26, 2011

Wow…what a great night of sleeping!! Bexico hit the hay at 11pm or so and by 1130pm Max and I were asleep in the other room and then 6am he needed some leche and then we all slept again until 9am.

And he slept a lot during the day too?

11am and I am getting ready to head downtown, drop off the board and hit the gym. A wax and sharpen will have the board ready for Thursday and pick up is on Tuesday.

Talk about cutting it close…I ordered the satellite dish and HDPVR. Another delivery to Port Moody and this one is 5-10 days…and I leave in 12. Phew. Come December, Max and I will be watching some great football games on our big Sony TV!!

Hey…930pm and we are back from a great dinner at The Keg. RJ picked up the tab…I picked up the tax!! Ja ja ja Thanks for dinner RJ!!

And for the second night in a row…I did not wear shorts!! Since January 2011, this is the 3rd time…I was hoping to make it to Whistler before pants were needed. Lol

Bex took the family to the Quay and then they hung out with Max and then off to dinner.

I managed to get the snowboard into the shop…but barely as the Grey Cup traffic was crazy. Roads closed, crazy traffic etc meant mine time at the gym was short too. Oh well…there is always Monday.

I watched Max sleep while the family was out, and then it was off to Coquitlam to see mi amigo Melon and to get him to sign Max’s passport paperwork. Nice to see my niece at the MS…she is one of the senior hosts at the restaurant.

Kent and I are set up for Whistler…hotel booked and it is dumping snow!! 274 cm so far, 36cm in the past 48 hours with projections of 70-90cm tonight and 45-60cm on Sunday!!! Looks like a quieter week (in terms of snow), but I am sure we will have enough for a few great days of boarding.

Here are some fotos sent to me by mi hermana. They are from the family dinner we had a week ago.

Mi hermana y Max.


 Chubby and double chin.



I was talking about both of us!! Ja ja ja

Nicole and Sox


It does not matter how they dress…as long as the food tastes good!! And it always does!!


That was mi hermano…Iron Chef Olen.

Kennedy and her cousin.


Max having his first glass of wine…Yellow Label Cab Sauv.



Hey…that was not seriously happening.

And last but not least…an old foto of a photo.


Taken in maybe 1994 or 1995…that is mi hermano, mi Oom Kees (uncle) and yours truly.

Mañana I will have the last of the Arnold y Max fotos…stay tuned.

That is all mis amigos. Stupid Store mañana and starting to wind up our stay here in Vancouver.

Hey Liz…thanks for the great play gym for Max!!

Hasta mañana.

Marco, Bexico y Max