Year 5, Day 235

Today's excursion took us to Selvatura Park, where we had the modest goal of walking a well-defined trail through the jungle and traversing a series of suspension bridges. Our adventure began as you might expect -- in the bathroom, where this happened: ...well...crap. On a mandatory pre-hike potty break, Miles and I literally got locked … Continue reading Year 5, Day 235 →

Year 5, Day 234

We made good on our promise to get Miles to the beach today, and while the drive there was filled with lush, beautiful scenery, Miles instead opted to tool around on his tablet. "Look!" he exclaimed at one point. "I found Blue's Clues!" "You know, buddy, you might want to look out the window," I … Continue reading Year 5, Day 234 →

Year 5, Day 233

Our first full day in Costa Rica began slowly, with Miles and Jaclyn getting in some pool time while I had breakfast on the balcony and basked in the surrounding pulchritude. And also spied on them. It was lunchtime before we really did much (which means Miles spent most of the morning watching PAW Patrol), … Continue reading Year 5, Day 233 →

Year 5, Day 232: Baby’s First International Trip!

It's been several years now since Miles was last aboard an airplane (thanks largely to COVID), but today, and for the next week, we're vacationing in western Costa Rica. "Do you remember being on an airplane before?" I asked him yesterday morning. "No," he said. "Did I like it?" "Well, yeah," I said, admitting, "but … Continue reading Year 5, Day 232: Baby’s First International Trip! →

Year 5, Day 231

Packing for a trip can be a challenging process. With limited space to work with, you have to be very selective about what you bring and what you leave behind. It should be obvious, then, that when asked what he was bringing with him on our trip to Costa Rica, Miles's top two priorities were … Continue reading Year 5, Day 231 →

Year 5, Day 230

Yesterday Miles proclaimed that the downstairs washroom was now "his bathroom." Pointing out that it does not actually contain a bath did nothing to deter him, and he continued reassigning the bathrooms in our house, making his former bathroom mine (Jaclyn, meanwhile, doesn't have to move). We all had a good laugh about it. Anyway … Continue reading Year 5, Day 230 →

Year 5, Day 229

If you ask Miles to name his favorite Family Movie Night viewing experience, he'll tell you (and I could NOT be prouder of this) that the best movie he's seen so far is Hayao Miyazaki's classic My Neighbor Totoro. He loves it so much that he still brings up moments from the film on a … Continue reading Year 5, Day 229 →

Year 5, Day 228

By and large, Miles loves having a dog. What he DOESN'T love so much is that the dog has free will and generally moves much more quickly than he does. To say he's a bit jittery around Brie is an understatement; Miles flat out does not like having his feet on the ground at the … Continue reading Year 5, Day 228 →

Year 5, Day 227

"Brie is giving me a backrub! OH, YEAH...THAT'S NICE..." - Miles

Year 5, Day 226

We ordered a travel car seat for our upcoming vacation, and Miles made short work of repurposing the box it came in, turning it into a rocket. Or a "rocckoket," as it were.