Our new homeschool plan gives us a lot more time to find new and different experiences for learning. Social media is great for learning about new classes or workshops, and there are quite a few towns nearby, which expands our
Who you gonna call?
The cell phone system in Mexico proved to be more simple than in Panama, but still quirky in it’s own way. In Panama you have to arrive with an unlocked phone. And not just a phone that your carrier says
Not So Ordinary Things
Although it says this is a post from Allison, this is actually a joint effort between Dan and Allison. If you know us well you’ll “hear” Dan’s voice in this post. When you move to a new place you immediately
Anyone…? Anyone…? Bueller…?
I love writing blog posts. I love working on the writing, finding the right pictures, trying to write about things that are interesting, but still personal. At any given moment I probably have at least one post I’m working on
Sherman Family: v2.16
The winds of change have arrived at the Sherman Family. We won’t call them resolutions because that’s just so cliche. So we’ll consider it a software update to version 2.16 that coincidentally happened on January 1. Some of these we have
Against the Grain
We live in a really nice neighborhood in Cancun. It feels a lot more like places we’ve lived in the USA and a lot less like where we lived in Panama. And we have a lot of familiar places around
So. Much. Spanish.
When we decided that Cancun would be our adopted town for the year, I was wondering if we would have as much exposure to Spanish, given that it’s such a sought-after destination for tourists, especially from the USA. Well, I
Christmas Cookies and Star Wars
Our decision to relocate in December was based on a lot of factors. The school year was finished in Pedasi, our lease on our house was up, we had already spent one Christmas in Panama so we wanted to do
Riba Smith + Whole Foods + Mexico = Bueno
We are sufficiently settled in now so we were able to go out exploring a bit today. I have not yet found my gluten free bread so we decided to go to a store called Chedraui Selecto, (note the Mayan influence, which makes
Eat, Sleep, Bathe
This isn’t my first rodeo. We’ve moved enough times, I know the formula for a smoother transition. If we have the ability to sleep comfortably, eat breakfast at a table and take a shower, everything else can be worked out.