Ignore crazy mommy in this video and check out Sosi’s new tricks! She says mooo, possibly meow or just another mooo, she cheers herself on with a woo woo woo, and is just plain ole silly. This was after breakfast today up in the game room at Villa Blanca.
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…
Yup you read that right! We lugged a big backpack full of toys from Chicago to Costa Rica just so poor little Sophie would have some toys to play with when we first arrived. Well now it is more like, poor little elmo, and poor little snail, and poor little mommy and daddy’s aching backs b/c what is miss thing playing with…nope not elmo, not cookie monster, not even lil snail…it is a banana, golf ball, and a bucket of water. Brilliant.
No pics to attach but thought i would note Will’s first ride on the back of a moped here in San Ramon. He held on to Alexis and they rode off into the horizon to fetch some eggs. He came back with a bunch of eggs in a plastic bag and a ball of cheese called Queso Palmito. After that Maritza made us all breakfast and then Sophie, Betsy and the boys went on a hike. Alexis was carrying a machete and chopping flowers for Sophie to hold. They hiked in the mountain and Sophie came back holding some big exotic flower from Alexis. She also did her geek out face and cracked him up as she got excited when the wind was blowing. I walked outside to find Sophie, Betsy, Will and Alexis (holding a giant machete) walking back. My how things have changed from Whipple street- lol. Supposedly picking up our new car today. Will was supposed to go at 8:30am with Pablo to the lawyers office…it is now 11:36am here…yup Costa Rica time (Will and i fit right in- we’re never late here).
Well we have been here a week now and things are finally settling in and we’re getting into the swing of it all. Will is out looking at some cars as I type this so hopefully we will have a car within the next day or so. Sophie had her first playdate in San Ramon today and it was so adorable. Our housekeeper, Maritza, brought over her granddaughter, Alexa, who is a month younger than Sophie, and her daughter (not Alexa’s mom-lol), Noella. who is 11 years old. Sophie loved Noella (i am mutilating her name i just know it) and wanted her to carry her everywhere and play. She loved strolling Alexa around in her dolly stroller and they swept the deck together. Maritza made some kick butt Pico de Gallo for us this afternoon and it is now Pico de GONE-O. Sophie, Mommy and daddy took care of that pretty quickly. Daddy and Sophie saw 3 Toucans in the yard this morning so hopefully I spot them tomorrow morning. Charles and Betsy are adapting great and Betsy just loves exploring out back. Well, that is about it for now. I put a slideshow below and will add on to it as the week goes on. We just found out that there is a Walmart Supercenter in San Jose so once we have a car we’ll prob take a trip there and pick up a booster seat for Sophie so we can have a normal dinner. We’ll keep the posts coming. Love you all!