Month: 2014/11

On Tuesday night (after the infamous “risk our lives getting home from the beach” incident) as we were getting ready for bed, the power went out. This isn’t uncommon but we noticed it didn’t come back on right away like

Had quite the adventure today. We decided to go to our favorite beach during a pouring down rain storm. Thought it would be cool to be at the beach when it’s raining and it won’t be so hot. Well the

Adventures in schooling continues. Haley is feeling better but she needed one more day to get over her head cold, so Zoe was the only gringa at school today. I decided today would be a good day to walk around

Haley is sick so Zoe and Allison went with some of the Expat group here out to one of our beaches close to our town. This one is even better than all the others we’ve played on. I think it’s

Some days everything just works out, completely without warning or planning. Yesterday we met some new friends we had befriended online, signed our contract for our next (long term) rental, met our new neighbors, got two packages from home, recharged

School update, day 2! This morning Haley was wearing street clothes. She insisted that her classmates instructed her to do this, but I was dubious. Turns out it was OK… to BRING street clothes. When she arrived everyone was in

School started today! For real! Zoe was up and energetic very early. School is always so good for her, the extrovert that she is. It was a rare rainy morning (usually whatever rain we have stops by early morning) so

The girls are home from school already, a mere 12 minutes after it started! ha! Turns out there’s no school for the lower grades today. I had heard from a friend who has a kinder kid that school is cancelled

Getting our laundry done this past week has been comical. Well, not so comical at the time but now that we have it (mostly) done, it’s OK to laugh… It started on Tuesday, the day after the most recent holiday.

Earlier this week I was told of a local expat from Australia who sends her kids to the local Panamanian school. She was very nice to meet with me yesterday and answer all my questions. She told me of her