Portable Parents Blog

After only our first week in Montezuma, Costa Rica…our days and nights are spent much differently than they were in Alejuela. We have developed a little routine, or fallen into a natural daily rhythm influenced by our desired activities and the natural world around us. Gina and I are waking early, somewhere between 5 a.m....

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We started our “modified” home school curriculum last week, modified because our lack of internet access prevents us from using some online materials we planned on including in our curriculum. Both kids spend about 4 hours a day studying math, history, geography, literature, and writing composition. Mom and Dad get to re-learn many interesting areas...

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We asked our 12 year old son to complete a writing assignment last week as part of his studies. It was a simple assignment; essentially complete a poem about himself. After he completed the poem he shared it with us, it made all of us laugh and we asked him if we could post it...

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Grant has a great photographic eye, and loves taking photographs where ever we happen to venture. Here are Grants’ photos of a day trip to Solvang, California in August. Photo by Grant Photo by Grant Photo by Grant Photo by Grant Photo by Grant Photo by Grant Photo by Grant Photo by Grant Photo by...

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Trying to pack your families life into 4 suitcases is no easy task. I was talking to a good friend last week about road trips he takes on his motorcycle. We were discussing the nuances of packing light, and determining what is needed for a trip and what isn’t. Packing for an extended motorcycle trip...

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It began innocently enough, a phone call from Grant’s Kindergarten teacher asking if we could come to the school to talk about how he was doing in class.  We found out later that several parents received the same phone call, each of us the proud parents of rather rambunctious 5-year-old boys.    Six years later...

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