Got a text message this morning from Amy saying there was a fund raising sale at the skateboard park. It promised books, and, since they home school in English, we were excited! Gabriel is zooming through his Language Arts curriculum and will be done within days. Way ahead of "schedule" and all we brought. Perfect timing, of course...we are getting used to these milagros in the every day...
Gabriel was not zooming through anything today and it was 2:00 before he finally finished his schoolwork. Told us he "couldn't focus" because the howler monkeys kept him up all night...
How we arrived an hour early is amazing given this "unfocused" young mans doddering along...We stopped in at Ola! to see if Coco could come fro a treat. Aldo was minding the store. Gabriel bugs for a tee-shirt every time we go to their shop. He loves the surf shirts bearing Aldo's artwork. Today was no exception and without exception we told him he'd get one when leaving for Canada. Aldo went into the back and brought out a tee-shirt in Gabriel's size. He then went looking for one for Allie. Aldo's gift. Aldo is a gift, to all of us!
Stopped in at Pan Pay Bakery, just along the coast. Wow! Had cream and chocolate filled pastries that melt in your mouth! And really inexpensive. A definite experience to have in Puerto Viejo.
Arriving at the fundraiser, we realised it was Tuesday: skate day. Bonus! Gabriel has been waiting for them to reopen for weeks! So while Allie and I were happily perusing the books, Michael and Gabriel hit the ramps. This was Gabriel's first time on them an pretty soon he could take the half pipe. His tenacity is something to behold-it teaches us every time! No focus problem here-he kept at it until he got where he wanted to be. The little engine that could...
I darted off to the grocery store while Gabriel was skating and Allie was hanging out with Miley, Barrett and Amy's daughter. Got to be on the road before dusk-there are not a lot of street lights...Rats! Coming out of the grocery store it was raining...soaked before I got back to the skate park...guess where I left my raincoat...Our choices: ride home in the rain, ride home in the dark, maybe do both... We decided to wait it out. We were glad we did. Barrett mentioned most Tuesdays after skating everyone goes to Tasty Waves, along the road to Cocles, for tacos. }: half-price Tuesdays-2 for 2000 Colones ($2.00 each)...Now we know...
Half-price Tuesdays is popular. Nick and Janet came along in their golf cart They knew...Really nice to see them there.! They joined us and Barrett and Amy. Nick was very concerned about us riding home in the dark. Yeah, we know...it is really not a good idea and this is the second time we've found ourselves in this situation-it is pretty scary. Janet and Nick followed us home in their golf cart. They clocked us at 20mph. We so appreciated them taking the time to do that for us...especially when my bike chain came off and they loaded my bike and me into their cart for the rest of the drive home.
We think 2 for 2 Tuesdays after skateboarding could become tradition, one that will be planned with a cab ride home!
Gabriel was not zooming through anything today and it was 2:00 before he finally finished his schoolwork. Told us he "couldn't focus" because the howler monkeys kept him up all night...
How we arrived an hour early is amazing given this "unfocused" young mans doddering along...We stopped in at Ola! to see if Coco could come fro a treat. Aldo was minding the store. Gabriel bugs for a tee-shirt every time we go to their shop. He loves the surf shirts bearing Aldo's artwork. Today was no exception and without exception we told him he'd get one when leaving for Canada. Aldo went into the back and brought out a tee-shirt in Gabriel's size. He then went looking for one for Allie. Aldo's gift. Aldo is a gift, to all of us!
Stopped in at Pan Pay Bakery, just along the coast. Wow! Had cream and chocolate filled pastries that melt in your mouth! And really inexpensive. A definite experience to have in Puerto Viejo.
Arriving at the fundraiser, we realised it was Tuesday: skate day. Bonus! Gabriel has been waiting for them to reopen for weeks! So while Allie and I were happily perusing the books, Michael and Gabriel hit the ramps. This was Gabriel's first time on them an pretty soon he could take the half pipe. His tenacity is something to behold-it teaches us every time! No focus problem here-he kept at it until he got where he wanted to be. The little engine that could...
I darted off to the grocery store while Gabriel was skating and Allie was hanging out with Miley, Barrett and Amy's daughter. Got to be on the road before dusk-there are not a lot of street lights...Rats! Coming out of the grocery store it was raining...soaked before I got back to the skate park...guess where I left my raincoat...Our choices: ride home in the rain, ride home in the dark, maybe do both... We decided to wait it out. We were glad we did. Barrett mentioned most Tuesdays after skating everyone goes to Tasty Waves, along the road to Cocles, for tacos. }: half-price Tuesdays-2 for 2000 Colones ($2.00 each)...Now we know...
Half-price Tuesdays is popular. Nick and Janet came along in their golf cart They knew...Really nice to see them there.! They joined us and Barrett and Amy. Nick was very concerned about us riding home in the dark. Yeah, we know...it is really not a good idea and this is the second time we've found ourselves in this situation-it is pretty scary. Janet and Nick followed us home in their golf cart. They clocked us at 20mph. We so appreciated them taking the time to do that for us...especially when my bike chain came off and they loaded my bike and me into their cart for the rest of the drive home.
We think 2 for 2 Tuesdays after skateboarding could become tradition, one that will be planned with a cab ride home!
lol he was probably thinking of skateboarding
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