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
Growing Pains Life is full of change. Hopefully always change for the better, but change nonetheless. As I grow as a woman, as a wife, as a parent, I realize that there are many things I may have done in the past that now, in hindsight, I think perhaps I could have done better or… Read More It Can Only Go Up From Here
How Will They Learn? Before we embarked on this journey, well-meaning friends and family asked us, “But how will they learn?” They were concerned that if we took our kiddos out of their traditional U.S. pre-school program and didn’t enroll my oldest into her local Kindergarten class, they would be forever lost. We however, were… Read More But How Will They Learn?
Some days it feels like I say these words one-thousand times and I’m still not heard. Parenting three preschoolers is no small task and it often feels like I’m more of an MMA referee than a loving parent! “Just keep your hands to yourself,” has become a phrase I find myself using more and more… Read More Just Keep Your Hands to Yourself