Mi Casa Es Su Casa

Those of you out there that are interested in visiting us will enjoy seeing a few pictures of our home. I will try to take more and post them so you can envision yourself here...a day starting with delicious Costa Rican Coffee under the covered porch looking for Mot Mots and Agoutis and maybe even a Toucan...followed by a typical breakfast of Gallo Pinto, fried plantains and fresh fruit....then off you will go to the Monteverde Reserve where a beautiful trek throught the rainforest awaits you...I could go on but you need to come and experience Monteverde for yourself....

We are enjoying more typical rainy season weather these days. The rain falls more often during the day and there are fewer sunny afternoons. The clouds roll in before noon and a mist lingers during the day. Hayley's science teacher made her research the reason why we have the weather pattern that we do and here is a simple explanation:

We get a regular humid tradewind from the Carribbean side of the country and it cools and condenses in our upper elevation causing clouds and rain. Good for the rain forest...bad for your shoes!

The kids have had off all week while I have been toiling away in the office. I am looking forward to spending the weekend with them. Tonight we managed to make some Halloween treats! We made caramel apples, brownies with Halloween colored sprinkles, and carved a pumpkin of sorts. Much to the kids disappointment, Halloween is not celebrated here in Costa Rica. Some families do participate in Dia de Los Muertos, although I haven't met anyone who does. Fortunately, the kids will have some parties to go to and a restaurant is hosting a party for the little kids who want to participate in some games and Halloween fun. There will be no trick or treating this year, however.

Internet works...update now!

Hayley, Jack, a few friends and I took a long horseback ride to this natural waterslide. The kids had a great time sliding into the pool below. Since then, the kids have been taking weekly horseback riding lessons. The teachers include a lady from Germany and a local rope and ride'em type of cowboy. They are learning English and Western style riding and much of the instruction is in Spanish. They were given a clump of clay to take home and the homework is to create a horse sculpture.

Update: We are quite busy now that I am working full time. We have had some communication glitches as the phone line was knocked out a few weeks ago by a tree and recently a power outage caused the external modem to affect the regular phone line. All has been repaired and I thought I would take the opportunity to update the blog. Hopefully, tomorrow I will be able to post some pictures of the house we have been living in for a month and a half. We are very comfortable here and enjoy this space. On clear days, I enjoy watching the sun set around 5:30 pm under the covered porch.

More soon!