Outside Of The Box Family

  Maybe, just maybe Enzo found his favorite therapists - Papa!  With Papa being around 24/7 now, I think Enzo (actually all of us) are enjoying our time as a family of four!  Now on the farm, we have tons of space (it's about 20 acres), with trails, trees, a pool and lots to explore.   Farm life isn't easy.  Any farmer will tell you that.  However, it's definitely harder in Nicaragua, especially during the dry season when the water levels are so low.  However, the community comes together and anything is possible.   Need your water tanks filled a little more to take the edge off the dire straits?  Contact the local fire department!  Naturally this was all that was needed to make my little future first responder happy!  The local firefighters (bomberos in Spanish) came in, helped fill some of the water tanks and even entertained Eli with showing them their vehicle - a much antiquated version of a water tanker. I think Eli really enjoyed it. Know what else Eli enjoys?  He lov

So today's post is a copy and paste of a message I sent to my family and friends a while back.  Scroll down for a more thorough post! Scott gives a presentation on Antarctica to all the guests at the farm. We still have our responsibilities as parents.  One of them is to continue providing required education through homeschooling.   From the pool to the computer.  This is how you tackle the energy of two kiddos! Möllky is the game of the night almost every night at the farm!  It brings us all together, a beautiful community.  To this day we are still in contact with all of these people - life long travel friends. With so many dogs on the farm, Enzo has a connection with Chanuka.  She's his favorite - don't tell the others. Eli tries to climb everything.  Sometimes he falls, sometimes he gets the fruits! Snuggles before bedtime Scott trying his hand at opening a coconut.  The secret?  Patience (and angle the machete at an angle).   Even Enzo wants to help get the fruits. Wit

The Mombacho Volcano is not too far away from where we were staying in Catarina so we decided to take a visit.  On our way there we saw the Semana Santa Procession.  While musicians, blaring a traditional song, escorted the caravan, we decided to pull over and watch.  This tradition not only fascinated us "extranjeros" but also the locals who just so happen to be passing by.  Oxens and horses were pulling carts adorn with hay and religious symbols.  It was fascinating, but I do remember thinking how is it possible to have this amazing procession and yet not one person in the caravan was smiling.  In fact, it appeared like an everyday occurrence to them, one that didn't seem all that grand.  When we finally reached the visitor center of Mombacho we couldn't help but notice the air temperature had dropped a little.  There was a little more dew in the air and there was no view of anything.  We were in a cloud of green. I remember watching a movie called "Given."