Stroll Through the Camera Roll

While we choose to be out of sync with the rest of the world by choosing to living overseas and in this time around, in the southern hemisphere (where the time zone is close but the seasons flipped), there are occasions when our choices result in little heartaches when missing out on certain holidays, milestones throughout the year. Memorial Day weekend looks to have been a beauty with summery, beachy, boat-riding photos filling up social media. And here, it was a chilly washout as winter descends. Ick. It's a tough way to end the school year. 

So with the posts about winter/summer break finally finished, and just two weeks left in the school year, it's time dig out our summer clothes and get packing for the USA and while doing that, look back at whatever it was that kept us busy this semester. 

End of vacation shenanigans. We have clothespins because it is rare for households to have dryers here. So we dry laundry on a line outside, and sometimes attach clothespins to our head:

When school resumed on February 1st, it was still summery. A weekend stop at our favorite burger joint, just a few blocks from our house. They have fantastic milkshakes too.

We had a four-day weekend in late March (over Easter) and enjoyed a staycation downtown. Only 14 miles from our house but it felt like we were on a bigger trip. Below is the view from our hotel (right across the street from Teatro Colón), a closer look at the BA in front of the obelisk, and the boys in small outdoor part of the rooftop pool.

In early April, our school hosted the basketball tournament for our league. It provided a much appreciated break in the routine and Asa particularly enjoyed watching every game with front row seats. He even threw the ball around with the varsity team (who by the end of the week had celebrity status in our house) between games.

On the last night of Passover, we celebrated a friend's birthday at Mishiguene, a fabulous place for classy Jewish fare. The chef-owner visited our table and so we asked where he got matzo. He admitted the options were few and far from our side of the city so he sold us a box from his pantry. 

Walking around downtown, we came across Gandhi at a gallery outside the Institute of Psychophysical Rehabilitation, which only when writing this am realizing his named is misspelled?!?

This critter was outside our front door a few weeks ago (we did not let him in):

Asa is part of a school service group which raised funds to donate to a local animal rescue group. Every Saturday, shelter volunteers bring several of nearly 300 dogs and cats available for adoption to a busy street corner in Olivos (one town closer to the city than school). These pups were so sweet and we could have taken two or three of them home with us. While adding to our house right before we take off for six weeks is not an option, a dog might very well be in our near future!

Liam puts the final touches on his country report presentation poster. Can you guess why he chose Denmark?

Asa was selected to escort the US flag in this week's Argentine Revolution Day assembly. We hear that this is a big deal - both the holiday and being part of the flag group. He was proud to have the opportunity but a bit unsure about the loaner sweatshirt which he said felt five sizes too small. This snap was taken right after he smiled and mouthed to me, "I can't breathe!" right before the music started:

Two more weeks of school and we fly overnight to the US on that last day. In the meantime, obsessively checking the weather for the places we will be (California, Massachusetts, Maine, Florida) and adding things to the "to pack" and "to buy in America" lists. So excited to catch up with friends and family and nest in our little house by the beach - under the same sun in the same season - for a while.