Whew last week was flipping hot! Thankfully the heat finally broke for now and it has been much more breathable around these parts. The kiddos hung out with Dada while i went to a workout class and they got bottles of sparkling water and drove around the hills of Santiago. They found a ton of mango trees that Will took me back to see when we were driving around with Sabi while Sophie was in art class. We finally all went back together on Friday morning and did some mango picking (pics above). After they picked me up from workout it was super hot and high tide at the beach so the water hose satisfied both fun and cool down as usual :).

Oh and here she is Queen Bee (who also just got treated for a case of fleas this morning)

Nearly everyday we walk over to this beach at least once. There is a big pond/river thingy on one side that the girls call a wishing pond and throw things into…rocks, logs, their eaten carambolas once they are finished, leaves, leaves with hermit crabs on them to sail away, etc. The dogs like to swim in it and run around it. Momma and Dada like to sit and watch. Win.

This is Sophie’s face as the dogs ran around the girls on the log chasing each other and flinging sand all over the nuggets.

Sophie carried this log over all by herself and told us she found the perfect place for sissies to sit together, and so they did.

The teacher took these pics of Pooks creating her masterpiece. So far she said she wants to go again next week! They gave her a brownie and some strawberry juice so i think they scored big this time. Last time it was lemon cake and watermelon juice…both of which Pookie said she just pretended she liked (and clearly did a bad job b/c when i picked her up they asked if ella no le gusta sandia o limon).

We got to the shop a little early to pick her up and she was walking outside with two little friends and all holding hands. Little cuties.

A quick refreshing rain. Couldve used a straight out dump of rain but we’ll take what we can get at this very dry, dusty moment.

Two sweet angels napping at the same time!

Our car is back in service and we hit up our usual veggie shop in Cobano for the first time since we’ve been back. We spent just about 100.00 and got everything below. Also not pictured is a papaya and pineapple we bought for our neighbors below. There are 30 eggs in the carton and they are free range from a local farmer in town. Here you dont refrigerate the eggs because they are fresh. They last about 2-3 weeks. Since we are all vegetarian this is the bulk of our weekly shopping and the kids consume enormous amounts of fruit between plain eating it, daily smoothies, and homemade ice pops. We bought all this on monday. I only have 2 bananas left today (wednesday). We made muffins, froze a bunch and made smoothies, and now we have two up for grabs.

I just got around to pulling Pookie’s pix off her camera from Italy. She also has a bunch of random videos so that will be the next step. Here are some of her pictures from our adventures (which she always wants to talk about now when we are laying in bed).

Whenever she would bring her camera with her and we would leave for our day she would say Ok let’s stop and take a family selfie before we head out. Her short little arm doesnt extend very far so most of them came out too blurry but here is one that didn’t

Last night Sophie and Dada were having their usual daily bickering and this is what I overheard:

Sophie: I’m going to tell Papa you threw a ball at me and he is going to be really mad.

Dada: Oh yea, well what will he say when you tell him you tried to kick me in the weener?

Sophie: I’m not going to tell him that part.

BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

We set up for the Tico Bunny last night and he arrived with all sorts of yummies. He left two big bouncy balls to replace the old one that Flo Bo popped. He hid 28 eggs all over the house full of candy and surprises. The chicadees were so excited finding all of their eggs and reading the note the bunny left for them. Sophie said she was really proud of the bunny for eating his carrot and drinking the water she left for him. It was pretty early and between last night and this morning the bunny was almost caught hiding his eggs so we didnt take many pics but the little lovies had a blast! Sophie wrote her and Sabs names all by herself on both cards and knew how to spell them both. We left out all our empty eggs for the bunny to come and fill with candy overnight.

The bunny would have hid them all late last night but he had to return very early this morning because if he left his eggs out overnight all the chocolate would have melted. Oh tico bunny problems.

Today the electricity went out for the entire afternoon. It was 1000 degrees and we decided to make some crafty cards for the Tico Easter Bunny who was making a late visit to our house that night since he promised to stop by when we got back home. That project turned into this…

Last night before bed we all laid down with the ipad and cuddled to watch Edward Scissorhands…or Scissorfingers as Pookie calls him. It was amazing because it captured the attention of Sabs who is not even 2 years old. Sophie of course was mesmerized and then declared she will never watch it again because it was too sad. She also said that Dada can’t pick out movies anymore and that she needed to watch some Beverly Hills Chihuaha before bed so she can get the sadness out of her head.

All this happened last night yet today she keeps wanting to talk about Edward. There was a bully in the movie and Sophie was so disgusted at him the entire movie. She kept telling me all the things she would do to him if she was there. Things such as flick him in the head, and put him in time out, etc. She was so disturbed that she had to close her eyes when the guy was being mean b/c she couldn’t stand to watch. It is so amazing that she can watch people cut heads off, zombies, blood, whatever, but as soon as it comes to emotional drama she is really turned off and bothered by it.

There was also a bit of a sexually inappropriate part that Will and I didnt remember and as soon as we saw it come up we were like Oh hmm gotta fast forward. Of course Sophie is still asking what happened in the part she couldnt see and why she couldnt see it and what happened in the part she couldnt see and why she couldnt see it and but why, why, what, what…you get the idea. Will said something about the lady said something and Sophie said yea but why was she climbing on top of Edward…woops. Parent fail.

Sabs let us know each time a car popped up in the movie by motion a horn honk and yelling “Beep Beep”. She also informed us about the exciting parts with her “WOW” and blew out any candle or fire she saw on the screen.

We had so much fun, tonight will be All Dogs Go To Heaven…hopefully we will have as much success.

The electricity is currently out and it is oh i dont know 100 degrees. Both Sophie and Sabs have perma sweaty head. Luckily Sabs is asleep and hopefully won’t wake up until the power comes back on.

Just jinxed myself. Sabi is awake. Electricity is not.