James and Jaci

James and Jaci
Audrey took this picture of us on the porch

Welcome!

Hi all,

Welcome to my blog, "The Midwest Expat"!

As our family is completely and totally new to Costa Rica, I decided to start a blog about our "Great Tico Adventure". Be sure to check back often to read about the latest "festivities" down south in the land of Bavaria Gold and active volcanos. :)

Thanks for visiting and drop us a line when you get a chance!

Jaci



Saturday, January 30, 2010

In our new place

Hi all,

We have now spent our first "official" week in Costa Rica and what a week it was! We did our part to support the Costa Rican economy (a couple trips to the grocery store and Walmart equivalent took care of that!) and unpacked all the suitcases. The picture here is James adding some new plants in the backyard. (Oh what a lovely electric fence there in the back ground) We have rental furniture and everything right now in the house. (yuck!) But it's better than being in a hotel for the next month or having nothing until our shipments arrive.

I'm at the office daily now and getting settled into a routine. James and the kids are getting into their routine of going to the pool and the playground every day. :) Corwin has his second test at his new school on Monday to determine which grade he will start in there. Audrey will start her Montessori right after Corwin goes to school. Then what will James do with his time? Clean house? Laundry? Nahhh...I'm thinking Playstation 3 and WII will be the distraction of choice. LOL!

Tonight, we're getting a sitter and going out for a very nice dinner at a very nice French resturant up in the mountains here. Our sitter is the 16 year old daughter of the other expat collegue of mine who also moved here. I think she is going to be our new "best friend". :)

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