As I was walking out of the house this morning I realized I’d lost my keys. We couldn’t find them anywhere and after rehashing the previous day’s last entrance through the gate we came to the conclusion that I must have left them in the lock. Later we tore the … Read More
Slow Hot Day
Quiet day. We went up to the malecón this morning because on Sundays the police block off half the road for pedestrians to use. The sidewalk itself is huge, but we thought the kids would get a kick out of playing in the street. As we arrived at nine the … Read More
Mazatlan Life
We’re loving this Old Town Mazatlan living. This place we rented is right smack dab in the heart of Old Town and we can get anything we could possibly need within a three minute walk. It’s amazing. Fruit/Meat/Fish market, check. Supermarket, check. Convenience store, check. Shoe store, check. Kids uniform … Read More
First Week in the Books
Well Ouest did it, she made it through her first week of school. To be honest, I gave this little experiment about a fifty/fifty shot of surviving a week. I figured if she didn’t like it and cried to us that she didn’t want to go back that there would … Read More
Tailors and Nannies
Ouest’s jumper finally arrived today, but was too big. Well last week when I posted to a Mazatlan forum that we were looking for a nanny one of the replies came from a lady who said her husband was a tailor. So I contacted her and found out that their … Read More
One on One
One of the side benefits of Ouest going to school is that it opens up more time for Lowe and I to spend one on one. With Ouest I’ve always had plenty of this. We had her first twenty months before Lowe came along, and we’ve had at least a … Read More
First Day of School
We just dropped Ouest off for her first day of school. What a moment. Bittersweet. Here’s how this came about. A few months back Ouest started talking about going to school. She talked about it and talked about it. We read Berenstain Bear books about it, and every time we … Read More
First Haircut
Lowe has been constantly running his hands through his hair and scratching at his head lately. It’s hot, and his hair was getting uncomfortable. So while it was fun for everyone to rub his shaggy head, we still had to admit it was time for a haircut. This place around … Read More
Summertime
We’ve been here a week now and have yet to see another gringo. I swear—not one. For me, that’s really the beauty of living in Mexico during the summers. Every local that we talk with asks, “Vive Aquí?” Do you live here? A much different question than, “Where are you … Read More
Lowe Turns Two
Lowe Bleu turns two. Finally. It feels like he was one forever. Not that I’m rushing him to grow up, but seriously, it feels like he has been one for at least four years now. We started off the day with balloons. Because no Schulte birthday is complete without one … Read More