Connor Coo Turns Two!

 He is SO excited for his birthday, can't you tell?

 He finally warms up a little after opening presents. 

 In lieu of a party (Mom and Dad are lazy) we went with our friends to Chiminike(a childrens museum).  Connor loves Hector and Elisa (or Cracker and Leesy as he calls them).

 Connor is terrified of anyone wearing a mask or costume if he can't see their face.  Halloween should be fun this year.

 My amazing friend Nadia was sick but she still came AND she took the time to entertain Connor with blocks.  If everybody could have a friend like Nadia, this world would be a much happier place.

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 What was Connor's favorite toy to play with?  The Barney cups.

 I am not sure why I love pictures of them sitting next to each other but they pretty much hate it.  Luckily out of the 20 pictures I took one turned out ok. 

 We had to play a quick game of Mario Kart on the Wii.  Connor loves it even though he is not actually playing.

 We picked up Dad and some pizza and then went to the swimming pool.

 It is so much warmer in the water but Connor prefers to play on the deck.

 Look at that stretch, he is definitely going to be a swimmer.

 Pinata time!  I don't think our neighbors thought we were weird when we went outside and hit a pinata with just two kids in their pajamas. Ok, one guy walked by and clearly thought there was something wrong with us. 

 It was actually very good exercise for Caden.  He was hitting that pinata SO hard.  I think it got Tom kind of excited for his son's future prospects as a baseball player.

 I will just answer the question that I know is in your head.  Yes, I will be opening a bakery when I get home and yes, these cakes will go fast. 

Cake, donuts, and ice cream.  This boy was in heaven!  Happy Birthday!

Side note story:  This story is just to illustrate the kind of luck I have had while in Honduras.  About 2 months ago, we were at the pool and a woman was leaving but she stopped to tell me that we had the same beach towel.  Well, it turns out she is American and lives in our neighborhood.  I have tried for 2 months to go on walks and hopefully run into her, but have never been successful until this past Monday.  We finally ran into them at the park.  It turns out she has a son the same age as Caden and the two of them had SO much fun together.  I have never seen him connect with another child the way he did with this little boy.  She also has a daughter that is a little younger than Connor.  The two of us have been living in the same neighborhood for nine months.  I know what you're thinking, maybe you could at least play a little bit these last few weeks before you leave?  This is where my luck comes in.  They are leaving this week to go back to the U.S. to visit and they return 2 days before I leave.  Caden was a little heart broken.  I guess I have learned that when you move to a new place you need to get out more and be more outgoing.

Another random post

 The rainy season is VERY unpredictable.  I lack the powers of John Locke(reference to the tv show LOST) and am horrible at deciding when  it is actually going to rain.  On this particular day we were at the park when it started to rain.  We immediately started running home but were unable to avoid the downpour.  Of course it stopped the second we walked inside.

 How to keep a restless 4-year-old entertained:  give them chocolate chips, cereal, marshmallows, and beans and tell them to count them and put them in corresponding boxes.  Pure magic! (for about 30 minutes anyway)

 Connor's first fort!  It stayed up for almost 5 minutes which is basically a miracle for this little guy.

 Oh how we love pinatas!  Our good friends had a birthday party and we had so much fun celebrating with them.

 You can pretty much expect pinatas at all future Heath birthday parties.

I had to share a funny/embarrassing story.  Last week we took the young women swimming at our pool.  It was totally raining but they were good sports and got in anyway.  This story is about the girl on the right.  Her name is MariaJose.  So there is a custom here in Honduras where they kiss on the cheek when they see someone they know and when they say goodbye.  I sometimes forget to do it and am always afraid that I have offended someone but I usually wait for them to initiate it.  Well, I was dropping MariaJose off after this activity and I was in the driver seat.  I turned around to say goodbye and she came in for the kiss on the cheek (which I wasn't expecting).  It was kind of an awkward angle so I tried to adjust....oh boy.  Let's just say we came within centimeters of a full blown kiss on the lips.  Luckily we didn't but it was still a very uncomfortable situation.

34 days until we are back on American soil!  We are going to miss so many people here but are so excited to be back with our family and friends!

The joys of a big boy bed and more

  It is hard to go to sleep when it is so easy to read books and play.  We are thinking of renaming him Hurricane.

This is what his room looks like now.  The crib is still there as his consequence for getting out of bed.


I was going to call this post 'my kid is more righteous than your kid' but we all know that is not true.  I have a feeling every kid falls asleep like this at some point, but I like to believe he was praying.

We had the swimming pool all to ourselves last weekend.  It seems like Hondurans stop swimming when it drops into the high 80s.  We enjoy the privacy! (Oh wait, there is a guard that watches us the entire time)

Caden LOVES to draw.  The problem is, he loves every drawing and has a very difficult time parting with any of his artwork.  I finally made him go through it.  He was very traumatized.

Can you see those two stacks of paper?! I don't want him to turn into a pack rat but there is no way we can bring home this much paper (yes, I am already preparing to come home)

Caden's last day of school.  Teacher is happy, Caden is happy, Mom is sad...so very sad.  No, I love having him home but it is getting harder and harder to keep him entertained.  Hence the next few pictures.

I decided to sew Caden a little bag for his innotab.  I don't have a sewing machine so hand sewing it is.  It takes FOREVER!  So I let Caden do a little sewing as well.  His masterpiece is below..

Yes my son chose purple and pink and I think that is just fine! (but don't tell Tom)


One final thought.  We booked my tickets to fly home. Wahoo!  We had to pay 120 dollars for me and my children to sit by each other.  Do you know how tempted I was to force some poor sucker to sit by my 2-year-old  and another to sit by my 4-year-old for 3 hours!  It was very tempting.  I could just shrug my shoulders and say 'sorry, we couldn't afford to sit together.'  I am glad that you paid 60 extra dollars to be annoyed by my child though.  I think this might be the MOST ridiculous thing ever.  If I didn't think it might leave my children traumatized and if I were the one paying for the tickets, I would've done it.  I really hope this comes back to bite the airlines in the behind.