The other morning after we dropped Sophie off at school we decided to go for a quad ride to Cabuya (another town over the mountain about 20 min away). Along the way we say some horses roaming on the road and pulled over to say hello. Sabsy is obsessed with “horseys”. I love rainy season for many reasons (the rivers, the greenery, the quiet town, the awesome storms) and the free roaming beautiful horses are just one of them.

When we made it to Cabuya we found the most amazing river that flowed right into the ocean. Sometimes when i look around i feel like im in a page of “Where the Wild things are”. This was one of those times. The backdrop was insanely beautiful and there were so many different birds flying around us it was straight out of a storybook. We loved it so much that we took Sophie back the next day when she was off from school. She was geeking out jumping in the river and the girls made a little crew of friends. I have pics from that after this.

This was the amazing river we swam in and the moment i looked up and felt like i was in a storybook. That is Will swimming.

Sabs having a wee in the river…thankfully it was flowing.

Sophie’s school spent a few hours learning from the master chef, Kamila, at Pronto! Ashely and Kamila both took a bunch of pics and were both raving about what an amazing time they all had! The kids were raving about it as well, and Pooks chowed on her pasta made from scratch the entire day. I’m a little jealous that she got to make pasta from scratch and learn to cook from Kamila. Mmmmm it is our favorite food in town. Here are some pics they sent me. Kamila also sent me a message telling me how incredibly awesome Sophie is and that she was her fave kid! She wrote that she is seriously one of a kind and couldn’t get over how her little 5 year old self just fit right in with the big kids and talks to them like a little parent. Oooh sometimes i wish i could be a fly on the wall to observe her in her little crew.

Hmm not sure if this is how you spell it but this little strange fruit is actually quite good- just kinda messy.

And here we are while dada is working and sissy is off with the crew :). Eating carambolas from the tree, collecting snails, playing in the river, and chillin in the tide pools. The beach was just beautiful!

This friday the crew headed down to Hermosa for a bootcamp class and picnic at the beach. Pooks and I made granola bars the night before and cut up some fresh pineapple. Ashley commented the our snacks are always the yummiest ones and that it was the only thing that didn’t have a crumb left. Go pooks and momma!! She also sent me the pics below from their fun day :). Pooks had a blast as always and Ashley wrote to tell me that “she is seriously the best”. She is in the stripes with braids in her hair.  xoxoxoxoxo

And here’s our homemade pb/choc chip granola bars!

Oh and this is from the morning when Pooks and Sabs were running up to school. Sabs has been bringing a backpack every morning. It has minnie mouse in it.

Poor little Sabs, all morning she was saying “I go with sissy”. She was so determined to go to school with sissy that she went and created her own backpack. She put her dollie in it. It was just a bag and she couldn’t figure out how to get it on her back. I helped her out and found a real little backpack for her. Sophie’s face shows her concern that Sabi is really coming to school with her. You can tell in which photo she found out that i was just joking and Sabs wasn’t going to her school. You can also tell from Sabs face when she found out she couldn’t really go and was just wearing a backpack. She got over it pretty fast and wore her backpack to drop sissy off anyway. There may or may not have been mention of getting ice cream instead of school to ease the pain.

(sophie’s crap is she coming to school with me face)

Pookie’s relief, Sabi’s dismay.

On to her pint size backpack and back to Sophie’s “wait crap does that mean she is coming now” face.

Little proud peanut with her backpack like big sissy.

Off she goes…to get ice cream :).

Another fun trip to SJ! We accomplished all our errands and had fun too! Pookie and I had a dental cleaning. It was her very first one and she not only received and excellent dental report, she was also an excellent patient!

Pearly whites!

We got her passport renewed and in 14 days she will be ready for a new book of stamps :).

On the fun note, we went to a night time movie, Transylvania 2, that was in 3d. Sophie loved wearing her glasses and seeing all the vampires pop out. Sabs watched the whole thing without glasses and mainly loved chomping on her big bucket of popcorn.

We ate at Will’s favorite Indian restaurant and got the primo table outside next to the playground. The girls made a little buddy and they all ran around playing chase and hide n seek. These two make friends everywhere they go. Within 3 minutes Sophie had her arm wrapped around him.

We ate breakfast at the hotel each morning. Went for an evening and morning swim. Watched E.T. on the big tv as a family (Sab loved it), and of course the girls were greeted with a special toy each and this time they had a cool kid tent with aerobed :).

Some fun in the hotel room

When i want Sabs to look at camera and smile now, I usually have to say “show me your teeth” and she gives me her big goofy smile…this time didn’t work out so well. Bahahaha. She’s like “there are my damn teeth momma! There they are! See em! (if i had to guess what she was trying to say of course)”. Complete with Diva princess crown.

And a morning swim

Some random car selfies along the way (no one puked this time around. Win!)

We also took a trip to Parque Divertido which was a huge amusement park. It stormed while we were there but only for about 30 minutes so we rode the merry go round for bit. Pookie was afraid of the water rides and Sabs was pretty much done with rides after her experience on the ladybug. This is her all smiles and stoked before the ride began. I think she thought this was the ride…then it started moving…

Then it started moving and she held on for dear life with the most panicked look on her face.

And here is the video of what was happening:

First the before…la la la…fun fun fun

Here is the after. Hear all the kids laughing and having fun…Sabs was not one of them. She was gripping the damn bug for dear life with a terrified look on her face. This quickly escalate to “want out! want out!”. Each time their little bug rolled around we tried to get Sophie’s attention to calm her sissy. We finally succeeded and Sophie tried to hold Sabi’s hand. We then heard Sabs screaming, “Sissy no! Sissy off”. Comfort failed. Thankfully she lasted on it until it stopped because i wasn’t sure she was going to last that long. Sophie went on the ride about 3 more times after. Sabs stood on the side and gladly waved each time she passed around.

On to some more pics from the park and lunch before the park

Here is Sabs so proud of her bracelet to go into the park (she threw a fit to get it off about 40 minutes later so i walked around with it in my pocket).

We rode the 2pm ferry home and the girls made a little buddy that they played with on the boat. Another fun SJ trip in the books. Today we are home, Sophie is back at school (she was out of her mind excited) and Sabsy is singing nursery rhymes while eating/wearing crackers and cream cheese next to me. The animals are back home and all well. Life is good.

These peppers grow in the garden and Sabsy loves to pick and eat em as we walk down driveway. Sophie of course will not eat it.

climbing sand mountains

This never gets old for these two. Pookie sets up her lemonade stand, I give Sabs her little change purse, and off they go sharing stories over some fresh lemonade (water with lime squeezed in it). Sabs just sits there getting refills and Pookie gets into full lemonade lady character. Apparently she set up shop in a nudist colony.