miercoles, el 2 de octubre de 2013




































Just kidding.


Oh yes, the glazed over look of a niño that woke up at...wait for it...445am!!

Buenos noches!!

So, just like they do with hurricanes, naming them in alphabetical order, we too do this with Max's sleep plans. Tonight we are onto Plan "X-Ray", only one in a long line of plans in an attempt to get the little man to sleep longer!!

Tonight, as I type at 640pm, Max is already on round one of bed time. If he is going to keep waking up early, and we want to ensure he is getting enough hours of sleep, it just means we will be putting him to be earlier.

Now, that does not mean he will fall asleep earlier...but here's hoping.

Mañana? Plan "Why oh Why", will see Max in bed at 4pm. Ja ja ja

Stay tuned for sleep updates!! 8pm and he is asleep...fingers crossed.

Onto the día.

Bex had the 445am-630am shift and Bubba took over and the boys waited for day break. With the waaaay early wake up, we are now starting the siesta earlier, all with the hope that he can fall asleep easier and earlier at night.

So we now have to get everything done by 930-945am, allowing for 30 minutos of tranquilo time in the Palace and then off to leche y siesta. 

Impossible to squeeze a familia swim in, so we prowl until 830am, eat desayunos until 930am or so and then have the tranquilo time.

It worked out well today and Max fell asleep fairly quickly for a 1030am siesta, and we were both awake at 1pm.

Bex y Max went for a pre-comida swim...I might have to join them mañana. Today I got ready for my afternoon.

Usual afternoon for me, but I also pit stopped at Isssste y SCA to stock up on a few items. Can you believe we have had no leche fresca for 3 months? 

Today, I was at Issste for some ajo, garlic, and at SCA for some mil isla y apple sauce, all items Che has not had in stock.

I look forward to when the new Sorianas opens...score!!

Max likes the Play Palace, so they jumped on the bici, popped into el gimnasio to say hola hola to Poppa, and then were off. Seeing the smiling familia come for a visit...best part of my day.

We met back home for leche, clean up and a few libros, and then it was tiempo para la cena, the tina time and off to bed time...and you are all caught up.

Onto the Fotos.

No need to walk with Poppa.


Until he sees "people" and comes a running and snugs in between Poppa's legs.



Ahhhh, Sabritas. Max now knows the words face and ears in inlges and in both languages he knows ojos y boca.


How slow is my camera? I tried to take a foto and before the I could, Max was out of the frame.


Max kicking back with Victor, a hombre that delivers us our agua.


Max trying to make Victor smile.


He is in the picture somewhere.



Some misc fotos from the prowl.

The boys were all lined up waiting for Max to come over and say hola. 


8am rush hour in Huatulco.


Sunrise.


Fotos from the gym walk.

Normally, you are told to avoid situations where you see a private car blocking off a complete calle, let alone a camioneta y van.


But nothing suspicious there...some peeps doing their own street repairs, filling in the baches, pot holes.

Fish tacos are called fish tacos en ingles y español.


Me? I'd have Superman carry the groceries.


Busted giving Superman a besito!!


Having lugged his sillas around town, time for a pit-stop to check in with the Jefa.


Helado, ice cream.


Piña and from the estado of Vera Cruz, queso.


Tabicon, light bricks.


Looking for some Levi's 501's!!


Mi amigo Raphael, hard at work on a volcho.


I don't think this is a Spanish word, but maybe Zapotecan. Either way, it is a llanteria, a place to get your tire repaired.


Moments before, this was a place for someone to take their siesta.


Due to Max's early mornings, we normally see this hombre making his pollo deliveries at the crack of dawn.


Today he cracked me up on my way home from el gimnasio.

Last fotos...Max trying on the Swooshs.



The lil'man has been bulking up. No one on the playa is going to kick sand in his ojo!!


Ok, have a great jueves!!

Hasta mañana.

Marco, Bexico y Max


martes, el primero de octubre de 2013


Feliz Cumpleaños to mi hermana!! 29 again?

Buenos noches and welcome to the wackiest day I have ever had as a padre. I will spare you the details, like the 455am wake up and the lack of an AM prowl due to some disciplinary actions, but trust me..it was wacky.

Bex read that the lil'man's brain is on over load for the next few months and today, it sure showed.

Mañana is a new day and Bubba will be recharged and ready to tackle it (no, not Max) head on.

I am taking the night off...well deserved...maybe some Crown? 

But as promised, here comes the septiembre 2013 weather recap!!

We had average highs of 30,2 grados and lows of 25,9 grados. Global warming? Not last month as the 2012 averages were 32,2 and 26,8...almost 2,0 grados warmer during the day and 1,0 grado at night. 2013...brrrr. Not really...ja ja ja

As for the lluvia, we had 15 days with some rain, vs only 8 last year. It was a wet one and we look forward to octubre, where last year we only had 3 days con agua, the last one being on 31 de octubre. Doesn't it always seem to rain on Día de los Muertos, Halloween?

Anticipated temperatures for this month? In 2012 we had average highs of 32,2 and lows of 26,7 with only a few days or nights with humido...phew. One of those nights was last night and it felt warm all night long...sticky.

Due to the overwhelming requests for this information, I am thinking of starting a daily weather update via a new blog. Stay tuned. Kidding...yikes, seriously?

Ok, that's all for today.

We leave you with a foto of the lil'man eagerly waiting to go to the playa con su madre.


Hasta mañana!!

Marco, Bexico y Max