domingo, el 2 de febrero e 2014

See the tongue...run for your life!! This is the look of a lil'man who was awake at 445am, slumbered until 6am, watched videos until 7am and then headed into his Palacio until we ate desayunos (huge) at 8am.

No rhyme or reason for the 445am wake up...but yes, it sucks.

Buenos noches and at 650pm round one of bedtime is under way. Bubba is sneaking in a few minutes of the PVR'd Superbowl...too distracting for the lil'man if we watch this during cena time and tina time.

So...5-0 Hawks in the first quarter!! Go Hawks!!

Hey, don't forget your free U2 iTunes download!!

How was the rest of our día? Post desayunos the boys laced them up and headed out for a prowl to Sorianas. It is a 5 minute drive away, a 30 minute prowl con Max.

Grabbed our goods and then home for leche y siesta. Post siesta we had a super fun familia swim...more time under water while the lil'man wears his gafas.

Then it was upstairs for our comida and then the familia headed out to prowl playa Santa Cruz and the area around the playa. No swimming for Max, but lots of prowling and he met some more amigos.

My tranquilo afternoon? Some TV, a vacuum and due to it being near the start of a new month, I took some time for personal grooming and I shaved. Tough afternoon eh?

Easy peasy dinner, Polish sausage y arroz and a burger for Bubba. Max sat in his chair and ate a big dinner...phew...maybe it will help him stay asleep tonight!!

Off for clean up, dance party and then a tranquilo time...and you are caught up...as Bubba listens to his free U2 download!! Score!!

Onto the fotos.

Very rarely Max asks for his foto to be taken. When he does, it is at the start of our AM prowl, at the bottom of the stairs leading from our condo, and it is always by this fern/tree.

Someone has been busted trying to open this car door.

And then holds onto his fingers as he was busted trying to open the door to the gas cap. Oh Max!!

Milliseconds before this foto was taken, Max said "no foto", turned away and started prowling.

Want a foto of Max looking at the camera? Run waaaaay ahead of him and while he starts running, thinking it is a game, set yourself up for the shot. This is what it ends up looking like.

Part of the 30 minuto prowl to Sorianas...some off roading.

Into the flores.

No idea who this is, but Max saw him watching a video on his phone, and Señor Muy Curio went over for a look.

One word says it all....score!! But this being Mexico, I did have to ask if the 3 pzs for $39 pesos meant you get 3, or it came in 3 pieces. Doph.

And shopping done, Max points the way to the stairs.

But if you take too long, Max stops and waits for you!!

How was the bedtime? Max was already in the cuna when I arrived...he asked his madre to go in. Huh? But when i arrived, he wanted some Poppa time and was asleep in my arms in 5 minutos. He was exhausted!!

Plopped into his cuna and after boiling some leche bottles, it is time to settle in and watch the rest of the game. Currently 15-0 Hawks!!

Mañana? Coca Light hangover after the game, and then onto our lunes rutina!!

Have a great día!!

Marco, Bexico y Max

sábado, el primero de febrero de 2014

Buenos noches amigos!! Welcome to MY blog!!

Currently 820pm and as Bex works on some sound effects upstairs, the lil'man is probably working on his own...in his sleep. Oh Max!!

And how did bedtime go? Awesome. Bex had her 30 minutos and then I went in to close the show. Max and I sang the ABC song together, and after a few verses, I told Max I loved singing with him, and that his singing was awesome.

The next few verses, Max stops after the letter Z, and as I continue with the "now I know my ABC's...", Max whispers "awesome". Oh what a tonto niño!!

As for our day...usual rutina. Up at 545am, tranquilo time in the Palacio, huge desayunos, the Prowl and then home of leche y siesta.

Post siesta, I was off to el gimnasio and then home for the usual pre-cena rutina. Lots of fotos to look through, and then onto clean up and get ready for round 2 on the pollo reggiano.

Mean while, the familia had their comida rutina, Max y Bex cooking something on the stove...Max loves cooking!!

Then they took the camioneta verde off to playa Entrega for some beach time. Max was not into the oceano...the old "gotta do some business first" rutina!! No damage to either vehicle while Bex was parking the camioneta verde and Max was in the back yelling to get out of his cage. Oh Max!!

Home for some horsing around and then onto la cena...and yes, he ate it in his high chair...phew. Onto clean up, dance party, tina time, FT con Oma y Opa and then onto bedtime...and you are all caught up.

Onto the fotos!!

Pre-desayunos bed head pose.

From the counter in the cocina...hello!!

Rear view...check.

Front view...check.

Side view while pointing at a noisy volco (VW bug) next door...check.

Another side view?

If he looks into the camera...take the foto!!

This is the food side of the local mercado. Max squeeks up the aisle behind the chairs and next to the fridge, as all the peeps call out "hola Max".

Maxowaxo watching an hombre use a one llanta'd bici to sharpen knives.

Distracted by a senorita. Oh Max.

The commercial side of the mercado and Max has some cheeky grin going on!! Hee hee hee!!

Señor Coqueto, flirt, on the move. The senorita smiled at Max, but was camera shy.

Flashing the 2 pack!!

Hola hola and a besito for his amigos, las ranas.

From ayer, Max y madre at the far end of playa Chahue.

Find a rock, and Max will want to climb it.

Find a path, and Max will want to explore it.

Selfie.

Max making a new amiga.

From the walk to el gimnasio.

I see this senora everyday. She sets up her silla y mesa and sells her fresh cut fruta y verdura.

What ever you need, it will eventually come to you. Today it was watches and watch bands.

How your local handyman gets around town.

Better hurry. Last week there were 6 of these guitar coat racks for sale. Hoy, we are down to 4.

I have never seen a cart like this before. I think it is selling a beverage, limon juice/pop on ice, in a chili rimmed styrofoam cup. I cannot find the translation for the palabra "rusa", other then it means Russian.

Other then collecting mordidas, bribes, I do not know what these policia transito really do. I have never seen them stop and ticket peeps that drive motos without cascos, placas o peeps in carros not wearing their cinturons.

Let's see...tons of tortillas, Coca Cola and helados?

For Max, as he loves to point out the paloma nests that he sees. There is one like this, right when we enter the dirt road to playa Mojon, a signal for Max that we are almost there.

Book end fotos. Here is the other foto of Max...with the mysteriously darkened ojos.

Misc

I know all of you have been sitting on the edges of your sillas, just waiting and waiting. Well...wait no longer!!

During enero 2014, we had average lows of 23,5 grados vs 25,7 last year. Brrrrr. Our average highs were 30,5 grados vs the 31,7 from last year. It was a cooler month and just like last year, no lluvia.

What can we expect for febrero? No lluvia, some humido starts to creep in (like today) and last year we average lows of 25,5 and highs of 31,6. It will be hotter then last month!! Hola hola playa y alberca!!

Don't forget that mañana is Día de la Candelaria and on 5 de febrero, it is Día de la Constitución.

Interesting things read in today's El Sold De La Costa noticia, newspaper? February is the "Mes del  Amor" and you can "legaliza tu unión" for free!! Hola hola Bex...ja ja ja. The other item I saw was an article about the XXXV Audiencia Pública.

This is an annual event on Oaxaca, where regular peeps can come and meet the Governor and express their concerns. I read that over 8 hours, the Governor met with 379 peeps. Hmmm, who knew?

Hey...learning something new everyday. As Max was prowling an eye glass store, he stops to look at the fish in the tanque. I call it a pescado and then recall it is only one fish, so it is called a pez. Then the senorita working in the store tells me that one fish is a pez, multiple is peces and she told me that once a fish is caught and dead, it is called pescado.

Now, I do not know if that is true or not, as it seems many Mexicanos like to change the Spanish language to suit their needs. When we took our clases de español and then went out to practice, our amigos laughed because they said many of the palabras we spoke, were correct, but just never spoken. Huh? Who knew?

And to close the show, a few Max quotes. Early in the morning, he has been known to tell his madre "Poppa sleep, Momma sleep, Max NO sleep". And after a small bump from our camioneta verde into another car, with no damage (phew), Max has been known to say "no hit somebodies car". Oh Max!!

Ok, you are all caught up!! Mañana...hola hola to the Superbowl at 530pm!! Not sure what the plan is for during the day, but I am sure it will start with our usual rutina and hopefully a familia swim!!

Hasta mañana y Go Hawks!!

Marco, Bexico y Max