10 AMazing Things We Have Seen in Nosara

...that we wish we had pictures for but don't! 1. A family of 5 on one motorcycle. 2. A frog in the toilet. 3. A coral snake (a poisonous snake seen by Carter and Terry on a school field trip). 4. Foxes and monkeys at our outdoor workouts. 5. Property cleared by machete (no fancy equipment here!) 6. Terry making pita bread from scratch. 7. Waves and views! 8. The visiting orchestra (okay this one was really hearing). 9. Gina cutting the top off a coconut to drink the water. CAn you say new party trick? 10.Thunderstorms and the kids piled in our bed sleeping after them!

My "Crew!"

Our Second Car!

Hi ho, hi ho, its off to school we go!

Here's a pic of the Paseo Del Sol "school bus".  How many kids can you squeeze onto a golf cart? I believe our current record is 9!  Lindsay likes to drive and whenever she hears the sound of the golf cart  she is off and running!  Between the dust, rain and mud days they do sometimes ride their bikes!

Right out of the "Sound of Music"

The other night we had a thunderstorm like you wouldn't believe, it literally shook our house and lit it up like having our very own strobe light! Even we were a little scared, well maybe just Terry!   Made me think of the movie the "Sound of Music", "Rain drops on roses" scene.  First "boom" (hmmm, wonder how long it will take the kids to come to our room), second "boom"(Jorja), third "boom" (Carter).  As for Lindsay, she slept through the whole thing!  Sorry no pictures as you can't take pictures of thunder, silly!

The Garden Masterpiece...In progress!

Here's a few pics of the latest transformation in our back yard.  The owner (a fellow Edmontonian it turns out) is down here this week and luckily he thanked us!  What do we have in there? Papaya, mango, okra, lime tree, cuelantro (jungle cilantro), chia (testing), mint, rosemary, basil, avocado, spinach, garlic, might be some watermelon and of course the pineapple forest!  Did you know it takes two years to grow one pineapple?  You just cut the top off and throw it in but that is a long wait!  There is also an orchid which Carter got from scaling a tree and some tadpoles we are watching turn into frogs.  Not cute frogs, big, gross, poisonous ones which are all over the street at night and occasionally in your toilet (yes, I did say in your toilet)  It really is a jungle out there!

Next up, building a shelter for our lovely garden before it gets washed away by the rain!

How to break into our house!

Need anything from Costa Rica?  Turns out if your head is small enough, iron bars are really not burglar proof.  We were really just testing the theory in case we ever locked ourselves out and a window was open.  Honest!