Zoe seems to be the poster child for contagious skin afflictions here in Panama. Our latest battle is with impetigo. It’s not really surprising since she spends 99% of her free time outside with other expat kids and whatever ailment
Sloths For The Third Time
Sloths and coffee: can you imagine a better day? We took Nanna to visit the sloths today and did a quick tour of a nearby coffee farm too. We even encountered rain and chilly weather!
Spay and Neuter Clinic (Cont’d)
Haley and Zoe did a good job describing their day yesterday at the Spay and Neuter Clinic, but I thought I’d give you a little more background and some interesting info on how it all works here. (One look at
Spay and Neuter Clinic
Today Pedasi was the site of an animal spay and neuter clinic, sponsored by an animal advocates group that I’m involved in. We skipped school and the girls helped out. Here is how they describe their day: From Zoe: Today
Mom Comes To Town
Operation Madre is a 3-step process: 1. Drive to the city. 2. Get mom from the airport and 3. Drive back to Pedasi. This would normally be a simple process but with the Summit going on, it’s anyone guess if
Ups and Downs
Being a teen already has a lot of ups and downs but taking one of them out of her native language and culture can sure add some challenges. Haley had a lot of ups and downs yesterday. Here was the
Public School Homework
Haley had homework today. Her English teacher assigned the class an essay describing the school. Here is Haley’s essay, but she wants to make it known that she simplified the language for her classmates who do not speak English. She’s
Education, Cont’d
Even though it’s technically a weekend we’ve had a number of educational successes today: – Zoe got a 24 out of 25 on a geography quiz she took at the local school on Friday, complete with colored map and key.
Adventures in Public Schooling
Adventures in public schooling continue. Or more like MISadventures in our case. I continue to have no idea when the girls get out of school. Actually, I don’t even know when they start. I see most of the kids in
No School. Again.
It’s the beginning of week 3 of the school year here in Panama… and the girls are home from school. Again! We have not yet had a week of 5 days of school and I think I can count on