smiling in south carolina

We all had a great summer filled with sun and fun, friends, family, good food, and quite a few birthday parties! The best part is that it's not over yet!

Happy Mother's Day to all you mothers out there....i am so happy that this year i get to celebrate this day WITH my mother. that makes it extra special. i guess this means i'll have to come up with a better gift than my usual long distance phone call... robin made this picture for me last week. no special reason-he just hearts me. have a wonderful weekend! love, steph

we are back! sabalito no more, we are now officially "SMILING IN SOUTH CAROLINA"! to reflect our new whereabouts. same exact blog, different state. just be sure and change your bookmarks or feeds if you need to so you can keep up with us. it's been a busy couple of months here in south carolina for robin and me. mostly we have been enjoying lots and lots of family time. the weather is finally springtime warm and we've found plenty of opportunities to get outside-golfing, strawberry picking, the striped bass festival, fishing and even some swimming. mix that with some scooby doo cartoons and a few trips to wal-mart. life goes on.....robin is thrilled to be attending the third grade here, (in english! he understands everything, he says) and even more excited that it lets out for the summer next month! visions of more fishing, robot camp, whatever we can arrange by then. below are some pics of our happy times the last 7 weeks. we'll keep you posted on how the summer...

yes, it's a mini mohawk. i am sorry i don't have a "before" picture to show you. over the christmas break from school, i told robin that he could grow out his hair. he did and 2 1/2 months later it was all long, blond and wavy, beautiful actually. the costa rican ladies can't keep their eyes off of it. of course it was mostly uncombed and all in his eyes. 2 weeks after returning to school, the teacher requested that he cut it. it's in the school rule book that the boys keep hair short. on monday i took him to the hair "stylist", not the barber, because he loves to have his hair washed in those salon sinks! what a princess. our stylist, patricia, cut it according to the picture we found in the haircuts book, but the final result wasn't really as cool as robin wanted it to look. he was sad. only after a few tears (his) did she understand his disappointment. she then took out the COOL MEN'S HAIRCUTS book out from behind the counter. w...