Slow Hot Day

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

Bike Tire

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Today Ouest and I took her bike to the gas station to fill a flat tire. Gas stations here in Mexico still have free air and water—try finding that in the States—and a small crowd gathered around to look at the bike and see what the gringos were up to. … Read More

First Haircut

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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

Bug

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Lowe loves VW bugs. “Bug!!!!” he squeals every single time he sees one—which in Mazatlan is twice per block at least. And he knows that I share his love, so every one he sees he also says, “Papa, papa, papa…” until I acknowledge him with a, “Whoa, that’s a cool … Read More

Summertime

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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

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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

Soda? Why?

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Ouest and I were sitting at a taco stand having what are surely some of the most delicious items ever made, taco suaves, when she suddenly sat bolt upright with her arm pointing straight ahead. “Papa, why is that kid having soda?” A mother was lifting a bottle of Coke … Read More