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el pato is dead, long live el pato

December 12, 2010

sparklet’s favorite pool toy is missing.

we’ve put out an all points bulletin for “un pato de juguete de color naranja y blanco, con rayas como una cebra” but given the complexity of the request, we’re fearing the worst.

good-night, sweet pato — may flights of angels sing thee to thy rest.

found: jorge

December 11, 2010

stephanie and jorge’s rehearsal dinner

December 11, 2010

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stephanie and jorge’s rehearsal dinner

out: lunch with the bride stephanie

December 11, 2010

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out: lunch with the bride stephanie, playa conchal, costa rica

found: sand castles

December 11, 2010

blog hands

December 10, 2010

sparklet’s picked up this new party trick while we’ve been in costa rica — she now takes mommy and daddy’s hands and moving them around.

at dinner tonight, she spent 10 minutes stacking and restacking our hands. sometimes her hand would be in the middle, sometimes on top or on bottom.

at night, when we’re putting her to bed, if our hands come off the small of her back too quick, she’ll reach behind and slap them back into place.

well, she’s a girl who knows what she wants …

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blog hands

cuba libre

December 10, 2010

we thought we were just drinking rum and cokes — a habit we picked up in belize — but according to the costa ricans we are actually drinking what’s called a “cuba libre”.

of course, i don’t know who exactly we are freeing cuba from — Fulgencio Batista or Fidel Castro — but i am happy to say that we’ve been doing everything we can to bring libre to cuba.

just another dozen or two more and cuba should finally be safe for democracy.