Seis in a New Place

"How lucky am I to have something that makes saying goodbye so hard." - Winnie the Pooh Oh friends, I am so very sad. It is the day after we made the decision to head home early. I just finished teaching my sweet kiddos in China and I am sitting here crying. I am mourning the time that we have lost on our adventure. It is hitting me slowly, in waves, all of the things that I meant to do or thought I still had time to accomplish or see or explore. I am not ready to go back. I will miss the sunshine and the ocean and the sand and the unique opportunity to take a look at our lives from a different perspective. I am sad that the kids were just starting to form some friendships and we have to say "good-bye". I am mourning the blog entries I meant to write. I am sad that I didn't arrive at an idea for the perfect career move for myself. I am frustrated that we didn't get to do our "one last times" here. I wanted to have a plan for going back and k...

"You have to taste a culture to understand it." - Deborah Cater          Now, how could we do a blog about living in Mexico without doing a post about food? Many people have asked if we have changed how we eat here. Well, on weeknights, we mostly eat at home and stick to the regulars that we would make when we were in Minnesota: lasagne, chicken parmesan, fajitas, tacos, hamburgers...although things that have guacamole and corn tortillas have nudged their way in more often. Fridays we continue to do pizza and a movie like we have always done. We love to eat out, but with a family the size of ours you have to be careful because the "eating out budget" can quickly get left in the dust. When we do venture out, we like to try new things. I've been impressed with the kids and their willingness to take a taste of things like octopus or shark tostadas. They also have come to learn about new foods from what their classmates eat at school. They have...