viernes, el 29 de agosto de 2014

Buenos noches!! Straight into our día!!

Now THAT was a bed time!! The Niño Whisper was in the room at 750pm and the little man was in his cuna at 8pm and I was outta there at 815pm. Score!!

And heard coming from the lil'man's boca at 805pm? At first I could not hear him, but he repeated it before he fell asleep...."I am practicing wiggling my ears". Straight from an episode of Caillou that he had watched earlier in the día!!

A good noche, a few wake ups and no pee break...which equals a wet cuna at 2am. Doph.

The next thing I know, I am hearing loud, super loud thunder and it is accompanied by some wicked lightning. Max? Slept right through it all.

Bex? Up at 4am to close some windows, lay out some towels and buckets and cover some electronics because there was some torrential downpour occurring!!

And when The Boys woke up at 720am...yes 720am...the rain was coming down fierce. How fierce?

So fierce that it was coming through the walls upstairs.

Through the walls above our 2nd baño.

Through the walls of the upstairs gable.

Through the roof and running down the wall above our front door.

And then after it ran down the wall, it ran into the casa above the door jam...and at 730pm, it is still dripping slowly.

No damage to our goods as we generally know where the leaks are...but a pain in the butt and we have some pretty dark clouds in the skies tonight tambien.

Our landlords are great, but living in Hawaii, this is the furthest thing from their minds. And we have the issue 3-4 times a year....but good luck selling when we move out. Doph.  I will drop them a line tonight and see what they want to do about this.

Part of it is their responsibility as they had the loft and gable installed, with HOA approval. But the other leaks are HOA responsibility and trying to get them to fix something like this is near impossible.

For a long time, I heard peeps on the first and second floors would not pay their monthly fees that help fix the roofs, because they feel it should only be the peeps on the 3rd floor paying. Oh yes...wacky!!

Back to the day. Videos, desayunos, pouring rain, tranquilo time, Soriana time and by then el sol and the humido returned.

How hot was it?

This was from later in the day, but you get the idea...70% humido pushing the 30,0 grados to feel like 42,0. It was a 4 shirt day...phew.

Home to unpack and then The Boys had a short prowl before returning for leche y libros. With the 720am wake up, we were not betting on a siesta, and good thing we didn't bet as Max did not want one.

He had some tranquilo time and then madre spent the afternoon with him and we both agree he is not the same ol'Max without his siesta. But what can you do other then help him get through the rest of the day.

And for them that meant lunch, some cleaning as Max loves helping clean the casa, then they wheeled by el gimnasio (the best part of mi día), pit stopped into the tailor and then off to Tic Toc for a play date with some amigos.

My afternoon? I hit el gimnasio and then came home to mop the front door area every 10 minutos, cleaned up the rest of the casa, had a short tranquilo time and then got into cooking the pollo muslo para la cena.

The familia was home at 515pm and Max lay on the couch drinking leche...he was pooped. But after a good dinner and some PSY videos, he had eaten all his dinner and was ready for a bici tour.

UPDATE....currently 745pm and The Niño Whisperer is due to close the show. Wish me luck!!

Ok...that was easy. The lil'man was soooo tired that he was slurring his words!! And after 10 minutos he was in his cuna and after 20 minutos...lights out!! Yahoo.

The development a human niño goes through is wacky...all of a sudden he goes from 5am wake ups and 2 hour siestas, to 1 hour siestas to 720am wake ups with no siestas. Bubba misses his siesta!! Ja ja ja

Ok...back to the day.

We had a good bici tour and then home for tina time, leche y libros and that was our día!!

Due to the lluvia, we have no Max fotos, but we do have a few from my walk to and from el gimnasio.

Feels like 42,0 grados and near the tiangus, someone has left his load of comforters...grand oferta....big sale!!

And when you see the hand cart with comforters, you know the mother ship is near!!

Politics in Mexico. Vote for the wrong municipal candidate, you live with baches, pot holes full of agua.

Someone misses the hombre who delivered pollo and who was murdered here.

What...fin de semana already? Wacky race schedule...domingo at 630pm...huh?

And hoping to return back to dry days so the lil'man can get his regular bici ride back in the rutina!!

Have a great weekend y hasta mañana.

Marco, Bexico y Max

jueves, el 28 de agosto de 2014

Now this is the way madre was woken up on her día de cumpleaños!!

So improper, but doesn't he look like he is thinking "I could use a smoke"? Ja ja ja

Buenos tardes!! 1245pm and Max had a 30 minuto siesta...oh oh. But...we have decided that if he does  not sleep, he will have some tranquilo time instead, and thus The Boys are laying in bed with our computers. Max watching Word World with his hand resting on my shoulder, and Poppa typing away.

And every now and then he looks at me and grins, making me laugh out loud!!

No complaints taking an extra 30 minutos in the chill room as it is stinking hot outside. How hot?

Only "feels" like 39,0, but it is the 74% humido that is making the clothes stick to your skin. Ugh. After a week of lower humido, it has returned!!

Heard coming out of Max's boca as we jumped into the camioneta verde? "I am stinking hot!!"

Ok, the día so far? A no pee break noche...and a wet cuna morning. Oh well. A good night of sleep and then wake ups at 4am, 5am and then for good at 615am.

Early wake up and short siesta...hoping there is no impact on our dinner tonight.

Usual AM rutinas for the boys...videos, sleep, tranquilo time and then onto desayunos. But Max was into into his fruta today....muy raro.

We managed to eat some as well as some cereal and then got ready for a short bici tour before meeting madre at Los Portales para hotcakes!!

Off to the banco to get some pesos and then off to breakfast where Max was quickly distracted from the hotcakes, by the huevos y quesillo on madre's plato.

But once those were all finished, the hotcakes made their way into his belly.

Madre left us for her masage..."the best masage I have ever had" was the quote we were told afterwards.

Max has another rash on his arms, so The Boys stopped into the doctora next to Simi, but there was a waiting room full. We will return!!

Off to Santa Cruz and INM where we had a 5 minute wait and after 15 minutos of paperwork review, we were all set. Our application is in the system and we need to return in 20 días. The oficina here sends the paperwork to Oaxaca City for review and then when we return to the local oficina, we will get finger printed, pay for the new card and then return again, in 10 more días. Phew. Stay tuned.

Post INM the boys wheeled back to the camioneta verde and headed home for leche y libros. Pit stop at Simi and the doctora was waiting for us!!

In and out in 5 minutos and Max was a charm with the doctora...phew.

While Bex y Max had the leche y libros, I grabbed the crema y gotas and when I came home, I found the siesta about to start, and discovered Max has lost his bici privileges for the rest of the día. Doph!! No listening to his madre (o padre), will make that happen.

Short siesta and ta da...our día so far. Onto the fotos.

The Policia Municipal band is practicing.

Listo para hotcakes at Los Portales!!

Feliz Cumpeaños madre!!

Screeched to a halt, parked the bici and climbed up onto his llanta. Why? Who knows?

But ask him if he liked the hotcakes and...

Pit stop at SCA to grab some fresh huevos. Max wheels right in and the peeps part ways as he goes to where the huevos are kept. Here he peeks around to say hola hola to his amigas who work in the deli section.

Off to Santa Cruz...again.

Waiting patiently at INM, Max is drawing pictures of serpientes. Is he ambidextrous?

And spotted on the back of a computer in the INM oficina? An invitation to Max's 2nd birthday fiesta!!

Ok...chill time is up. Off to el gimnasio.

Back at you after tina time.

Hasta pronto.

Buenos noches!! A late one...we are playing catch up after la cena.

A good afternoon for all. Max y Bex did some more baking, galletas con pasas because Max did not like the chocolate chip galletas. Huh? What niño does not like ccc? Ours!!

And then they were off to playa Santa Cruz and came home for some clean up y tranquilo time antes la cena.

I hit the stinking hot gimnasio and then picked up the pastel para Bex and then was home for some quick clean up of the casa and myself, had some tranquilo time, and then hung out with mi hijo as Bex readied herself para la cena.

The restaurante was open!! It is a small joint, 6 tables outside and 4 inside, and due to arriving at 6pm, we were the only guests in the house. Good service and the meals were good as well. They took good care of Max, getting him exactly what we needed to keep him happy during dinner...a plato con jitomate, quesillo, pollo y papas a la frances.

Including a few cold chelas para Poppa, the cuenta was $620 peso including una 15% propina. Around $55 Cdn or so.

And I must add...Max was soooo well behaved!! He really shows his best when we are out at restaurantes. On a night like tonight, when he has no highchair, yes he likes to roam and look at things, but he comes back to the mesa for another spoon or forkful and then after a quick dance to the musica they have playing, he goes off to entertain us, himself and the mesero. We are blessed!!

As we are leaving, we see a white lady who seems to know Max. So we chat for a minute and she asks if we live here and when we say yes, she say "I do too"...followed by "what State are you from?".

Do we have to be from the USA if we are fair skinned? Let me guess...she also has no issue with the 9 year old niña taking shooting lessons in Arizona...with an Uzi...and ends up killing the instructor.

Have I gone off on a tangent? Lo siento!!

Home for some pastel...oh good...azucar for Max before bed time...ja ja ja. Tina time, one libro y leche and the two of them are already into the musica. I have 10 minutos mas...wish me luck.

That is all. If we have time tonight, maybe it will be video night for the adultos!!

Have a great viernes y hasta mañana.

Marco, Bexico y Max