We started construction on a house for Henry a couple weeks ago, the block work is done and Shawn is going to start framing the walls today with wood. All the plumbing and electrical is done, I think Shawn did it all single-handed in three days, wow! Reina and I went up today with the camera, I almost stepped on a baby coral snake, it was deadly beautiful, Shawn killed it for me. Reina and I have been going on our walks with the stroller now, she loves it and it sure takes a load off of my back, her stroller isn't really made for 4 wheeling, but it hasn't broken yet going up and down our road. We planted a memorial tree for freddy a couple weeks ago and Reina and I were out collecting wild purple flowers to plant around it yesterday, she was in the backpack, perfectly content with a guayaba in one hand and an almond in the other. She is a nut lover! Shawn went to San Jose yesterday to get her social security card, while he was there he went to the price mart. He found a huge thing of nuts for Reina and craisins, she likes those too, a new bed for us, YAY!!!! and new tires for the car, it was a success and he made it back all in the same day. Our new bed is very comfortable, it's an orthopedic foam with a pillow top. Mosquitos have been out, I guess they come out for the change in seasons, dry to rainy season, so we have to have nets over the beds at night, but the cool breezy weather is welcome, there hasn't been any extreme rain yet. Our plans to get to the beach for some surfing have been put on hold yet again while Shawn is building this house for Henry. It's going to be a cute little house with a great mountain view, and if Henry moves out eventually it will be a good rental house for us. It looks like we will be getting a goat this monday, our neighbor (and contact for buying the goat) says it looks like I will have my pick of goats from a small heard, I look forward to it.
Reina is still doing word flash cards and loving it, she knows most of the words on her cards says or does something to describe the word or picture. We also got the chalk board out again and this time she was ready for it, she draws pictures and knows how to erase on her own and start over. I write words and say them, she copies what I say and indicates what the word means, like for the word hello she waves at me. She's getting taller now and she gets into everything she can reach which is increasing daily, she's very curios.
Life with Reina is always interesting, and getting more and more fun all the time.
I'll keep you all updated.
Shawn on the job site
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