Recipes
Pineapple Crisp
Ingredients Sliced pineapple Chopped mangoes (optional) 1/3 cup of syrup 1/3 tsp of cinnamon For the crust About 4 cups of oats 1/2 cup of syrup 1/3 cup of coconut oil 1/3 tsp of cinnamon Instructions Preheat the oven to 350ºF. Put the pineapple and mangoes in a greased pan don’t fill it to the top. mix the syrup and cinnamon into the pineapple and set aside. For the crust mix the oats syrup coconut Read more…
Stories
Cotton’s Birthday
We celebrated Cotton’s 7th birthday yesterday! The restaurant staff wanted to make a party so they ordered a custom piñata from a lady in the nearby village. It was so cool to look at once it had been busted up… there were rolled up pages of homework in the “shell” of the piñata! Nothing goes to waste! The cooks made the most delicious banana cake and nacho platters to share around… we had workers, and Read more…
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Travel Day
A week ago today we woke early to our perfectly cleaned Florida rental home. We had spent the days prior dusting, vacuuming, scrubbing and tidying from top to bottom, so all we had left to do that day was gather our sheets and begin the process of washing them, and cleaning up the last few dishes. We ate a simple smoothie and toast breakfast, and then the older kids took the younger ones to the Read more…
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Mar Adentro
We have arrived!! This is just a quick note to let you know that all is well… in fact, better than we could have imagined! I will write in more detail soon as I don’t want to forget our trip and our earliest impressions of this magical place. But, I did want to post a couple of pictures so you can get a feel for our journey and destination. Skipping to the present moment: Truett Read more…
Updates
October 24
The last few weeks have been busy with friends, and planning, and the general flow of days by the pool, distracting us from updating here on the blog, so here goes. We received the happy news that our van/trailer and belongings made their way safely back to Canada today, with the generous aid of a friend who was willing to do the drive for us! We felt a big sigh or relief upon hearing of Read more…
Updates
The New Digs
Hello Family, I want to give you some news about our new place! We can’t share the specific address of our new place just yet, as we need to wait until the current owners wrap up some of their business, but we are excited to share that our property in Nicaragua is a small surf resort right on the Pacific Ocean! The current owners are Swiss, and built the boutique hotel from the ground up Read more…
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The Adventure Continues!
Nova has adopted a funny habit of wearing swimming goggles even when out of the water… she feels powerful in them, I think, as they have contributed to building her swimming confidence over the last month. She also asked for a haircut this week, after getting so tired of tangled swimming hair, so we ‘trimmed’ possibly 6-8 inches of hair. I saw her starring, rather smitten with herself, into the mirror at one point today Read more…
Recipes
Poppy’s Chocolate Truffles
Makes 17 Ingredients: 12 soft fresh dates, pitted 1/4 cup whole raw almonds 2 TBSP natural smooth almond butter 1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder Directions: Step 1: Place the dates, almonds, almond butter and cocoa in a food processor and process until smooth. You might need to scrape down the sides of the processor with a spatula between pulses, just to make sure everything combines. Step 2: Line a tray with non-stick baking paper. Using Read more…