TheMakroLife

Today with a very special group of ladies that have become a big part of my life, we celebrated the close of a spectacular year full of fun events. It is rare that a group of people come together by chance and just bond and enjoy each other's time as much as this group. We are so blessed to have this friendship. I know I speak for my hubby and I when we say we feel so incredibly lucky to have found such a fun, caring, compassionate group of families who we adore and we are so happy to have each of them in our lives and the lives of our children. Plus, they party like crazy and we love that!!!!!!!! Us moms enjoyed today a lovely Breakfast and Spa Day at Rancho Valencia in Rancho Santa Fe........my favorite place in San Diego! If you have not yet been to their restaurant Veladora , it is a must. Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, is doesn't matter when, just go!!!! The spa is also out of this world..................if you get spa scrubs like I do, they have the most incredibly perfect r

Every Tuesday night recently we have had a wonderful Greek teacher come into our home and teach the children and myself Greek. The children really love her. It is great to see them respond to her and then on their own speak a few Greek words. Today Niko role played going to the little kiosks they have all over Greece and our village Kavala. At these Kiosks (Periptero in Greek) they sell everything from newspapers/magazines, popsicles, juice boxes, water bottles, candy, eggs, aspirin, etc etc etc......you get the idea. He played in Greek both the buyer and the seller. It was fun to see him do all this in Greek. It is great practice and review for me also.....next week her and I are going to converse about the day to day things I do in Greece.....shopping, cooking, going to restaurantss, asking for help, etc., and put them into words. It will be great practice. (it will help guarantee that I don't come home from the grocery with 1 Kilo of Feta Cheese.....we ate that block of Feta for

To blog or not to blog.......what to do. Nine weeks in Greece is sure to be a time I want to share with family and friends. Two years ago, on our last trip to Greece, I had so much fun posting all our adventures in Greece. This summer the three kids and myself are traveling to Greece right after school gets out for summer vacation. We have lots planned. We will be surrounded by family and friends and the beautiful Aegean Sea. The kids are counting the days. It is so fun to see them so excited. I too am counting the days till I enter the world of slower paced, relaxed living. I can't wait to settle into our routine of relaxing beach days, walks along the harbor, and lots of uninterrupted time with my children, husband and family. But I have 3 weeks before I get to start this fun adventure and lots of work needs to happen........packing and repacking, last minute shopping trips, laundry, and lists upon lists of things to do and prep.  We have 2 school years that need to finish, e