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February 21, 2012

“This is Life” with the Dennings

I thought I was going to be alone all week with the kids. Mr. King had to go back to Costa Rica to firm up some business and banking matters and I was going to be a single mom. I was planning on taking the full week off from work, an increasingly frequent behavior of [...]

February 17, 2012

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12 Beautiful Words to Bring Focus to your Life

Today, February 17th is a holiday you may have never heard of: National Random Acts of Kindess Day. This day is celebrated on Feb 17th in the United States and September 1 in New Zealand by doing something kind to a friend or stranger for no reason at all. My random gift of kindness to [...]

February 16, 2012

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Party like a Mayan: Preparing for a Celebration

If you got a chance to party like a Mayan, would you? We did! Being part of a celebration in another culture is one of the best ways to experience the community and the traditional food. Food is used in every culture to celebrate special occasions. In the Mayan culture, preparing for a celebration is [...]

Even an airplane is fascinating to the kids, let them play a bit.

February 15, 2012

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The Surprisingly Easy Truth of Traveling with Kids

If you’ve read a few of our posts you know that we travel and do many adventures with our children. How many of you think that traveling with kids is tough? We slow travel this globe with a 3 & 1 year old and can definitively say that traveling with children is not hard. But, [...]

February 13, 2012

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If I lived in a Mayan Village, I’d change…

After spending four days living with a Mayan family, there are a few things that I’d change if I lived there. Keeping in mind that I still want to be true to the Mayan spirit of living simply in harmony with nature. These small changes would make my life a little more efficient (we westerners [...]

February 11, 2012

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What to expect: Mayan Village Homestay in Belize

When you hear the word village, what do you think of? Do you picture thatched huts with dirt floors? No indoor plumbing, electricity, or communication with the outside world? Naked children running around and no cars? That is what our family experienced during our 4 day Mayan home-stay in Belize…and you can too! It’s a [...]

February 6, 2012

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How to bathe in a Mayan Village

The wash house where the only water spicket is located

After enjoying a hike through the hot and humid jungle to explore a cave, there was no denying by the time we got back to the village that we reached our hygenic comfort level. We needed to bathe. We have avoided this for a few days. We’re not shy and we’ve certainly done our share [...]

February 3, 2012

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The Secret of Mayan Corn Tortillas

G gets a lesson on making corn tortillas

Corn, also known as maize, is part of every meal in the Mayan culture. Most americans know corn in a form that is either popped, boiled, steamed, eaten off the cob or shucked and served as a side dish. But to the Mayan culture, corn has a bigger significance than just food. Corn Significance in [...]

February 2, 2012

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Journey to the Mayan Village

6 hours on a bus sometimes looks like this

It’s 2012, the famed year of the Maya when the current Mayan calendar ends. There is a large population of Maya in Belize, so it is appropriate that we would get to visit an authentic Mayan village in 2012. We deliberately did not read about Mayan life, history or much of anything. We wanted to experience [...]

January 28, 2012

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52 Weeks Make 1 Awesome Year

It’s 2012 and we are looking forward to another adventurous year, but we thought we would take a minute and look back at 2011. This helps us remember, but also lets us share with you another year of our life that has become our “norm”. We are starting to get used to this life of [...]

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