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Ouest refuses to allow us to put anything in her hair. No barrettes, no headbands, no ponytails, nothing. And with her hair getting as unruly as it is she needs something in it more than ever. So with a classic parental threatening voice we said, “If you don’t let us … Read More

Went to a flea market at the cemetery today. When we heard about this we thought, “Cool, a flea market in a cemetery.” Thus we were disappointed to find the market simply running up and down the road outside instead. As flea markets go it was about what you would … Read More

Having fun around here with Grammy the past couple days. During past visits Ouest was never all that involved with her Grammy. She’d hold hands and play on occasion, but this visit has been a complete change. She is all about Grammy now. She’s crawling on her, hugging her completely … Read More

After dinner tonight we were walking along the malecon and told Ouest we’d take her to the playground we’d seen on the drive into town earlier. You can’t believe how excited this girl can get over the absolute crap playgrounds that she gets to play on. Running and screaming “Woohoo!” … Read More

Spent the last few days computer-less again. Spent way too many hours in the past few months trying to resolve computer issues that would probably have taken an Apple employee an hour with the computer in their hands. I know, I know, first-world problem here, but it is one of … Read More

We spent last night enjoying the Coromuel winds of Baja for the first time. I gather that the winds are caused by the warm land air flowing over the cooler air over the water at night. It blew twenty knots all night long and our anchorage afforded little in the … Read More