To school or not to school

We put our kids in a local school almost a month ago.
The almost six-year-old is in prepa, the equivalent of kindergarten, while the almost four-year-old is in preschool.
It’s their second time attending school since we came to Costa Rica last August. Their first was a private international school of some repute just outside the city of Heredia, where [...]

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What makes poop and pee so funny?

Pooping, peeing, burping and farting.
These are my children’s latest obsessions. The sounds that escape both ends, sometimes self-generated, send my almost six and four year olds into fits of laughter. Even the words whispered into each other’s ears generates giggles which seem to grow exponentially with their repetition.
I don’t get it. Really, what is so [...]

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Feliz Dia de la Madre

It’s Mother’s Day in Costa Rica, an occasion so celebrated it’s actually a national holiday.
In honour of soccer moms, business moms and last-minute Mother’s Day shoppers, the government suspended the usual vehicle restrictions. The day also prompted President Oscar Arias to pardon a mother who had been serving an eight-year prison for funneling drugs into prison, [...]

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