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S has been thoroughly enjoying these Reforma Sundays. Over the last few weekends she’s scooter-ed till Sofitel and back. Today she wanted to do the ‘Three families bike ride’. Wanted to stop and get photos at her landmarks - The Panda, The archer’s fountain and the Angel Statue. She did ride around 7 miles totally! Betty - her bike needed constant refueling and the rider needed a breakfast fix - Bagel + Cream Cheese and Dragon fruit juice, on the way back. Lovely day to be outdoors! ...

A terrific day outing to Las Estacas. Reminded me of our Silver Springs visit in FL about five years ago. S kept mentioning this has been the best outing ever! She surprised us with wanting to jump off a 10ft high swing into the spring. I was hesitant at first - But boy I am so glad we did it! She didn’t want to go back for seconds but she absolutely loved the jump. A good deal of swimming, catching floating leaves and just wading around. Swimming upstream was a real fight! ...

Relishing this terrific drink at every given opportunity!

Paseo de la Reforma is partially closed for vehicular traffic on Sundays and open for recreational use. Absolutely blown away by the sheer presence of hundreds of folks running, biking, skate boarding and roller blading. Also these sidewalks…Truly magnificent!

Unless ‘Avoid Tolls’ is checked in route options, G Maps seems to nudge you to take toll roads even if the toll-free route gets you to your destination several minutes earlier. Hmm, wonder why? You’re welcome, G!

At a Veterans day performance with A at a high school nearby. The kids were awesome. Adults could do better!

Took A out for a short hike up Sugarloaf Mountain. More of a hill than a mountain! This one’s a quick 25min hike up to the summit and has some real nice views on the top. The trail generally gets super crowded but looks like the cold weather did keep the majority indoors. A got some tough love but he did enjoy the hike thoroughly!

Every kid should be taught the surgeon’s knot. Ever since I started using it to tie my shoe laces, not once has it failed!

Between moving, on-boarding, never-ending-checklists and spurts of laziness the last few months have been ridiculously busy. Visited the Museum of Natural History yesterday. Couldn’t do the Butterfly pavilion since tickets were sold-out. Could have planned this better! Nevertheless, had a great time out!

After three years of focused effort, this July 5th, I will be taking the Oath of Office as a Foreign Service Specialist. Super thrilled! The last twelve months has been crazy busy with lots of travel amidst heavy uncertainty. And our PCS move last week has been nothing different. We’re still waiting on Travel Order amendments but we were able to cost-construct our travel with some timely help from the GSO at the Chennai Consulate. A week of festivities in the family and we should be moving to Virginia for the next several weeks. Can’t wait to know my posting on Flag-day! ...