I am often asked if our family spoke Spanish before moving to Mexico. No, we didn’t! I took one semester in college and the hubby took a couple years in high school. Beyond that, we were far from fluent before moving here. For the most part, Spanish was a brand new language for us all!… Read More Five Ways to Acquire a New Language When Considering a Move Abroad
Kazo and His Bike Our youngest son, Mkazo, is a full-fledged bike rider! He is three! Now, on the spectrum of when kids learn to ride bikes, this may not be a huge feat but, considering that I’m 32 and still can’t ride a bike, I’m super impressed! So, now it seems like four of us… Read More Because Mkazo Can Ride a Bike!
Life Has Been Lit These past few weeks have been back-to-back crazy! We’ve been to Los Angeles and Chicago, had my in-laws in town, and completed an exciting (and huge) project. We have also celebrated Semana Santa and Easter and now we are winding down the remainder of Spring Break with family time and the… Read More Holy Hiatus Batman!
Art with the Artists Here in Mazatlán, at our children’s school, a parent-teacher conference and report card pick-up would not be complete without a fair amount of time spent creating art with the artists, I mean, students. This week, we received our kiddos’ reports and assisted them each in completing a Spring-themed piece of artwork.… Read More On Creating Art with the Artists
Dora, Diego, Dancing, and Dinosaurs! This week was fun. Do I say this every week? But it really was! On Sunday, Vernon surprised our family with two adorable little dogs Dora and Diego (follow them at #doraydiego). On Friday the kiddos danced their little tushies off and on Tuesday, Mkazo was replaced by a dinosaur. What?… Read More Must Love Dogs (and Dancing)!
Saturdays are for Shopping The kiddos were in desperate need of new shoes. In order to get to and from school each day, they walk about 3.5 miles and that definitely can wear down the treads of a shoe. So, off to the store we went! While the kids were mesmerized by some light up… Read More It’s a Bird, It’s a Popsicle, It’s a…Shoe?!?!
The Story of the Allergy-Kid My middle son has Eosinophilic Esophagitis (EOE for short), multiple food allergies, and asthma. Since six months old, we have been managing his health with the use of various medications, both prescription and homeopathic. When the opportunity presented itself for our family to move to Mexico, we took it! Despite… Read More It Can Be Done! Living Abroad with Food Allergies
In The Jungle, The Mighty Jungle! Our family was blessed with the awesome opportunity to visit a new part of Mazatlán: The Jungle! Bright and early Saturday morning, we boarded a private boat with King David Tours – Mazatlán and jetted off into the wilderness. The kiddos spent over an hour playing in the sand… Read More Our Big Mazatlán Jungle Adventure!
The Freshman Fifteen As some of you may already know from one of my previous posts, I have put on about fifteen unwanted pounds in the past year or so. As a result, here I am, working hard at losing weight abroad. For lack of a better term, I’m calling this weight gain the, ‘Freshman… Read More Adios Tacos: How I am Losing Weight Abroad
Ask and You Shall Receive Before we made our transition from the Midwestern United States to Mazatlán, Sinaloa, Mexico, I had A LOT of questions. By nature, I worry about everything. Thus, before moving abroad, I felt the need to have every ‘i’ dotted and every ‘t’ crossed. This can be a good thing and a… Read More 15 Questions to Ask Yourself Before Moving Abroad