Parenting in a foreign country is a whole new experience… I’ve been thinking a lot about it lately, mostly at 3 a.m. when I wake in a start from a nightmare about harm coming to the kids… It’s always at the back of my mind during waking hours, and is obviously being slowly digested by my subconscious in the wee

Happy Thanksgiving Canadians, wherever in the world you are! Canadian Thanksgiving is not a very well known holiday here in Mexico… we’ve had to do quite a bit of explaining about it’s very existence!  Of course, many of the traditions and holidays that we love and may take for granted as commonplace are very much culturally and geographically rooted.  

We helped out with Ora’s monthly luncheon for September – always the third Monday of the month. This was a big one for her and her San Fernando Seniors because September is Independence Day month and for 16 years now, each September she makes a real treat for them:  Chiles en Nogado – you can imagine how hugely time consuming

I can hardly believe that the thought of starting this blog started a year ago… just got my renewal notice from WordPress.  At the end of August last year, when Aaron started “commuting” to Mexico City to be a part of building his team to start the project, I decided to begin blogging as a record of the adventures I