It's beginning to SOUND alot like Christmas....

It is hard to get into the Christmas spirit with tank tops and 60 degree weather here in Costa Rica and Argentina ....well...summer starts the 21 of December so.....

Anyway, thought that I would share some of our favorite Christmas songs in the hopes that it would bring on some holiday flavor......vamos a ver (we'll see?)!

Enjoy.

Barbie for boys?

Olivia asked Mark tonight WHY he like to watch football so much.......his answer......"well, baby.....it is like Barbie for boys."

Happy Birthday Mark...we love you!!!

Yesterday was Mark's birthday....38 years!!! Wow....think I will start calling him "sir".....naa!

We had school, Claire's class field trip, and meetings yesterday so we decided to celebrate today by taking him to Friday's to eat, baked his very favorite cake (yellow cake with chocolate frosting....yum!) and FOOTBALL at home on the couch. Thanks to all of you who called, sent cards and emails wishing him a great day!

Here is a picture of Mark and the girls.......WE LOVE YOU....YOU ARE THE GREATEST!!!!

Claire's thoughts....

Tonight.....lying in her bed, Claire's asks "how many fingers does an owl have?".......wiggling her fingers up in front of her face.

Countdown

We have less days here than a mandatory detox .......

VIP seats ROCK!

Ok, here is a perk of living in Costa Rica.....

We took the girls to see High School Musical 3 tonight at a really nice mall about 15 minutes from our house and the mall sits up close to the mountains with a beautiful view. The perk is that we bought "VIP" tickets which means you go to a different part of the theatre with separate bathrooms, a sushi bar, coffee bar, and a regular movie theater food bar. Our seats were overstuffed leather RECLINING seats with cup holders and side tables ....AND here is the kicker...the waiters took our order and delivered our snack food and coffee!!!

It was awesome!!!! All for the low price of about $7.50 US dollar per ticket.

Sorry, but after walking for 1 year and in the rain for two months now....just had to brag about this one!

Quote of the Week

Claire has been getting bug bites and we don't know from where or when because none of the rest of the family has them....so it has been a family mystery about Claire's bug bites.

Tonight at bedtime, Claire was scratching and I asked "Claire, what are you scratching?"

Claire replied, " my bug bites".

Olivia says, "hum, you gotta plague!" without ever missing a bite of her bedtime snack.