Both boys have been active in soccer again (since the start of second semester) and they are both busy and tired out! John is on 2 different soccer teams-one at school and one that is a combination of kids from the schools around the area that practices on Saturday mornings. Ray is on a soccer team at school, but tried out for the local “Tsunami Azul” team shown below. He made the U17 team and is the only English speaker. He enjoys it and the level of play is high, but the language barrier has been a frustration for him. We have reminded him that each practice will get easier. We have also been told that there will be another assistant coach who speaks English starting soon. Ray’s first official game was this past weekend, but unfortunately he was unable to play since he needs an International Playing Card that has still not arrived. We hope he will be able to play next weekend!
Mechanics:
We decided it was time to bite the bullet and get our car fixed. We did not really have any advice on who to go to, so we went with a place we found on Facebook and we got lucky! Amazingly, purchasing a new headlight, new fender, and new trim piece for the car only cost us about $135 and the mechanic charged us only $125 to get the job done (new paint and all!). We were pretty pleased with that and might have a couple more things done to the car now as well (like get our passenger window fixed that does not open). We dropped the car off, had the parts ordered and delivered, all of the work done, and the car was ready for us to pick up 48 hours later! They even sent us pictures of the progress as they were working on it!
More Field Trips:
John was able to go on a day-long field trip with his Spanish class to Adventure Park an outdoor, open concept “zoo” outside of Liberia (about an hour from our house). The class is studying animals and this trip perfectly suited what they were learning. Of course, John managed to get bit by an ostrich while feeding him a carrot. Even though he got a minor injury, John still said this trip was even more fun than ziplining!
Other interesting notes:
- We found another snake at our house. Fortunately, this one was not poisonous; still a challenge to get rid of them!
- They have fireworks in Costa Rica! We purchased these over the New Year and are just starting to use them. Some were much bigger and powerful than we expected. Since it is so dry out now we have decided to wait until it rains again to use the rest!
Until next week, Pura Vida!
The Beilmans
Beilman's Trip to Costa Rica 