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Canadian woman living in Cancun, Mexico with her Mexican husband and their MexiCanadian son. Explore Cancun from a locals perspective and read about the trials and tribulations of being an ex-pat in Mexico.
Recent Posts Tagged With 'education of max'
Michael Jackson is Coming to My Party
When Michael Jackson passed away, Max was a pretty confused and curious kid. Number one, he didn't really know who MJ was and number two, he didn't understand why mommy was crying like a baby over the man. My parents were here at the time and we wa...
Monday Mix
Well hello Monday and hello readers. I have been totally slacking on the blog front, just not feeling really "bloggy" lately. Seems to be going around, in reading some of my favourite bloggers I've noticed similar comments about just not feeling "i...
Scattered
I must admit to being a bit scattered lately, big life changes have affected my focus and ability to concentrate. Everyday a million blog posts go through my mind and slip through the cracks, ending up as vapor in the humid air. One of the problems...
Am I in Kinder Dos Yet?
Big boys shave to go to school, right mommy?(Sure son, just usually not their eyebrows.....)Finally, FINALLY I can answer "yes" to Max's most persistent question of the summer, "Am I in Kinder Dos Yet?" My little guy (excuse me, big boy) officially ...
What I Did on my Summer Vacation
I'm baaaaack. The parents have left the building and I am back in the land of online living. Two weeks away from the internetz was a nice break, but I am ready to jump back into blogging (and Twittering and Facebooking and emailing, etc, etc, etc.)...
Ketchup. Er, Catch Up
Wow, can't believe it's been so long since I blogged, let's play catch up, see if I have some good excuses for not posting lately.1. The Big Show- Every year Max's school does an end of year production in a theater, fancy costumes, lights, choreograp...
This and That and the Other
I've been feeling rather uninspired lately, no big news, not much of anything exciting going on, so here are just a few random thoughts and things and stuff that have been running around in my mind.1. Max has just finished his final exams at school....
Reading with a Bilingual Kid
My four year old Max has been working hard in school this year, learning to say and write the alphabet and numbers. Some days are great, he's begging me to do more homework, other days he's four years old and prefers to play "Incredible Hulk Ambulan...
Back to School in Cancun For (Almost) Everyone
All the parents in Mexico were rejoicing on Sunday night, anxiously awaiting their children's return to school on Monday morning. Two weeks of forced Swine Flu "vacation" had people scrambling to find child care or losing precious work hours to stay...
Finding a School in Cancun
"Finding a school", something that was never an issue in Canada but it certainly is here. In Canada, you go to the closest school in the zone in which you pay taxes, usually you've got a choice of public, Catholic and in some places, French immersi...
Random Canuck Thoughts
My head has been all aflutter lately, not much focus, kind of like a cat watching dust balls and seeing something shiny go by. Sitting down to write a comprehensive blog post seems beyond me right now, so I thought I would just share some random "go...
My, Err, My Son's, Preschool Solar System Project
I mentioned in a previous post that I was off to do build a model of the solar system for Max's homework and some of you remarked that you would like to see the finished product. Since I am always up for taking requests (well, almost always, don't a...
Preschool Education in Mexico
Having been out of Canada for more than five years and out of preschool for more than thirty five (sigh), my knowledge of kindergarten is limited to what we are experiencing here in Cancun with my almost four year old son Max. He started going to sc...
Snow Day!
I've been asking Max what comes at Christmas and in typical little boy fashion, he says, "Santa!". When I ask him what else happens he says, "Snow! And Santa is going to bring me a fire truck." He makes me laugh whenever he says "snow", kind of an ...
More Monsters Under the Bed- Aluxes Version
For months now we've been fighting the monsters under Max's bed. I thought we had it licked after De-Monsterizing, but the big bad uglies have reared their nasty heads and are putting a damper on our nights (and mornings and afternoons now). Max is...
My Little Dolphin
Max's swimming lessons are coming along very well, I am so proud of my fishy! He loves to go to "swimmin' school", in fact he asks to go everyday. He gets through the class with a big smile on his face and lots of laughs. He's learning fast, and e...
Joker, Joker, Joker!
As a mom I am realizing that we can always "feel" a change in our kids, at least I can. There's nothing you can put your finger on, just something is different. Max has recently been through such a change. It's not a developmental thing that you c...
First Day of Swimming Lessons
I am pleased to announce that Max is on his way to being the next Michael Phelps. Or Aquaman if you ask him. We've been meaning to get him into swimming lessons forever and finally got him enrolled in some classes. Mommy and Daddy's bodies are goi...
Catching Up
This is what we call a post without a focus, a general wrap up of the current life of the Canucka. Things have been moving along, a lot of my days have been focused on Max and preparing him for his exams. Yes, he is three years old and has exams! ...
This and That
It appears as though we have weathered the virus storm on the computer, sneaky little bugger that it was! Hubby (resident geek) said that we were only without protection for about two hours, the license had expired and the spyware got in in that sho...
