Hey everybody, Morning all...Cushty. We are currently staying at a family friends house in the hills above San Jose. It is rather fine accomodation I must say...It is a mansion over looking the whole of San Jose and we have our own private wing of the house! Put it this way, it takes roughly 15 minutes to get the kitchen by unicycle. Our Iberia flight was interesting, with a dog on the plane in economy, stroppy stewardesses, loud spanish annoying music and no inflight entertainment. Well there was some movies. We watched hairspray on a small screen on the front [View Full Entry]

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We started our morning by calling paw-paw Stuart to wish him a HAPPY BIRTHDAY! HAPPY BIRTHDAY STUART! BVS: Last week Grayson hand delivered an invitation to attend his school on Sept 18th. I didn’t know what to expect, but boy was I pleasantly surprised. The parents and children sat in a circle. I was a bit confused because the instructions were in Spanish so I watched Grayson and would follow (hahahahahaha). I did recognize a word or two here and there. It helped that the vocabulary was geared toward 4-5 year olds. The songs began and they were in English (whewww). [View Full Entry]

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Grayson was invited to Jose Andres 5th birthday party. Jose is a child in Grayson’s class. The party was held at ‘Gym Party’ on Monday from 3:30 pm - 6:30 pm. Grayson gets out of school at 3pm so it was a rush to get him home, bathed, and changed for the party. We were 20 minutes late as were a lot of people. Gym Party is setup as a pirate theme from the invitations, the hosts, to the play area. The play area was great with zip lines, rock wall and a giant pirate ship. I was excited Grayson was [View Full Entry]

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Grayson has been sick for a few days so we decided to venture out to an ER or a clinic (it’s Saturday so we didn’t think we would find a doctor’s office open). A neighbor recommended a doctor nearby. We followed him to an odd indoor mall. We arrived at 8:50 am and the office didn’t open until 9. A nurse was already there so she did the prep work (took temp, weight, height). We were sitting in the waiting room and the receptionist arrived with 2 teenagers. Shortly after their arrival they screamed and ran out of the office. There [View Full Entry]

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We arrived on Saturday and Grayson started school on Monday. I wasn’t fully expecting him to start the first day. We went to the school to gather information on how to obtain the school uniforms etc. The teacher greeted us, gave us the information and asked if he could start today. We were totally caught off guard and Grayson was escorted away. Kilon later mentioned this was the best way for it to happen. I was unable to get myself worked up beforehand, but yes I cried all the way home and was on pins and needles for most of the [View Full Entry]

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Nancy and I have been back for about 3 weeks from our 5-day scouting mission to Costa Rica. We have also moved out of our house so our renters could move in August 1, settled into our friend's house for the month of August, and continued working and such. So, here is what we learned and accomplished on our trip. The people of Costa Rica are - as advertised - wonderful. Everyone we met was so helpful and patient with our pathetic (for now) lack of Spanish. The driving will be exciting - from the potholes to the dearth of lane [View Full Entry]

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Easter  Central America Caribbean » Costa Rica » Santa Ana By CR Pura Vida 2007 April 8th 2007 Wilson Easter was a huge celebration in Costa Rica. Each church/small town celebrated with multiple parades. The streets were lined with decorations and palm trees were pa [View Full Entry]

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We visited Blue Valley School. Blue Valley is a private school located in Guachipelin (about 2-3 miles from where we are staying). The school has ~600 students in K-12. The school follows an American curriculum. 27 different countries are represented in this school, but the majority of students are Costa Rican. Blue Valley follows the Montessori program for the pre-school age group. The children are encouraged to speak Spanish during playtime. Instruction is primarily given in Spanish. When the children transition into elementary all classes are taught in English except for Spanish and Social [View Full Entry]

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Valle Del Sol is a private community closeby. There is a public golf course on the premises so Grayson has enjoyed the driving range and their playground. Kilon and I wanted to play tennis but never got the opportunity. [View Full Entry]

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Hey everyone. I'm just trying this out, not sure if it is going to work yet, as the site I wanted to use wasn't working today, I'll try to update you as sson as I can as to how this works.Adios! [View Full Entry]

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