Today we all went to breakfast at Villa Blanca. It was a dreary day weather wise but we ended up having a lot of fun. Villa Blanca is a beautiful resort close to us that we will def. be visiting weekly while here in San Ramon. The breakfast was awesome and we met the manager who offered us the private movie theater whenever we want to come watch a movie and told us we are always welcome to just come use the facilities. The movie theater is part of the resort and we can just call and schedule a movie to watch after our meal and take Soph to her own private movie! After breakfast today we went to the “game room” and Soph played around with some Jenga blocks and sat on the pool table putting the balls in the pockets. Once she was worn out we got back in the car and she was asleep before we even turned off the road from Villa Blanca. Unfortunately she missed out on the herd of cows blocking the road to leave b/c she would have loved to show off her new trick when we saw them. She just learned “Moooo”. We say, Sophie what does the cow say, and then the lil nugget says “Moo”. We’re working on “tweet tweet” for the bird. Anyway, after she zonked we drove to a town called Grecia to just look around and then headed back to San Ramon and stopped at her fave cafe (Cafe Delicias) for a “sticky treat” that she absolutely loves. Fun for her, not so fun for the sticky mess mommy always has to clean up-lol. Some pics from the day are below :).

Eating breakfast at Villa Blanca

Playing on the pool table

Just the girls

Some pool table Yoga

Goodnight Irene

traffic here is much diff than Chicago...moooo (ps- note the top of our Costa Rican flag on our windshield- fml)

Sticky treat!

Yes mommy has to clean the goo from each almond sliver that falls off this sticky treat and onto the car seat, sosi's clothes, her hair, her hands...everything! Why can't my daughter like something normal like a cookie?

…so I installed a program on my phone that lets me update the blog. Here goes!

We’ve been here a couple of weeks now and are settling in. Michelle made our fav. spaghetti recipe last night and it was really nice to have a meal like we used to have back home in Chicago.

We went to a new grocery store in a place called Bajo Zuniga yesterday and got tons of veggies and some fruit for less than $20. It was also fresh and came from some local organic farmers.

The weather was pretty crappy when we first got here but there have been some awesome days full of sunshine since then. The rainy season is coming to an end – they say it usually lasts until the middle of November.

It makes us really happy seeing Sophie outside playing in the sun. She has a bunch of toys (we packed an entire suitcase) yet she loves going outside, examining plants and playing with the cats and dogs we are renting along with her house (they came with it).

Sophie had so much fun today that she tried to zonk out a 6:30PM. We gave her a shower early and she and Michelle watched Sesame Street in YouTube for a bit.

Now she’s out like a light…