Halloween is just not as big of a deal in Argentina as it is in the States. There isn't a whole lot of Halloween stuff out, and no one really goes trick or treating. We tried to make it as festive as we could by making some Halloween decorations for our apartment as a fun activity to do with the kids, but for the most part it was a pretty mellow time. Along with the Halloween decoration we made I found really cute Halloween plates, cups and napkins that I planned to use for a Halloween party that we decided to throw for our friends here in Buenos Aires. I got them with that intention, but my husband reminded me that the party venue had all the things that we needed for the party so I didn't end up using them for that but we used them through the month of October to keep the Halloween theme going for the kids.

Let's take a day trip from Buenos Aires to Tigre! You can drive to Tigre from Buenos Aires, but you can also take the Mitre, it's about a 45 minute train ride. We arrived at the Tigre station and then took a short 15 minute walk to Puerto de Frutas. The walk is along the river with a beautiful view of the town and some of the really great things that Tigre has to offer.

My parents are visiting us here in Argentina! They are our first visitors which is so exciting, but it's also great because they brought some much needed necessities that we can only get in the US. We have found that some things aren't consistently available here in Argentina and some things from home we just like better, so having them brought to us was amazing!

We've been in Argentina for four months, and we're finally having our first visitors. We're so excited! My parents and two of my cousins are coming to see us. My parents and these cousins live only about 20 minutes from us back home in the States, so we're used to seeing them all the time.  We are also excited for them to take some things home with them. When we came here, we had 15 pieces of luggage total. We've also accumulated a few things since coming here so sending some stuff home with my parents will make traveling home much easier.

We're halfway through out time in Argentina, can you believe it? Before I came, I had no idea what the shopping would be like here so I figured I would take you along for a few shopping trips so you know what you can and can't get here. Lets go!

Since we are homeschooling our daughter I try to find educational opportunities wherever we go. Our family recently went on a trip to Iguazu Falls in Argentina and Brazil and I tried my best to make this trip fun, entertaining and educational for our daughter. While she does love being outside and she loves nature, I really wanted to lean into her special interests to make this trip as fun and as memorable as possible.

Recently, we took a little getaway to Iguazú Falls. If you don't know, Iguazú Falls is on the border of Argentina and Brazil, right near Paraguay. It was a bit of an adventure, we traveled from Buenos Aires to Puerto Iguazú, which is on the Argentina side. We flew with Fly Bondi and it was, frankly, a terrible experience, but we still enjoyed the trip so I wanted to take you along for all of the ups and down of the trip.

Let's talk a day in the life here in Argentina. My seven year old autistic daughter was up from 3:00-5:45 AM so I'm exhausted, but my husband left for work around 7 and the baby woke up 45 minutes later so we have to rally and get the day rolling!

I took the kids to a new park, so come along with us while we explore the city! We went all the way to the Recoleta neighborhood (which is not at all close to where we live) to the Plaza de Republica de Chile, to the park and then I was able to do some exploring on my own later on.

Tuesdays are the day that we have a cleaning company come clean our apartment here in Buenos Aires, which is awesome. However, they come randomly anytime between 10 and 6 on Tuesdays. I have started to put a sign on the door when the baby's napping because he's in a phase where he will only nap in his crib, so I really don't want that time interrupted. After that, though, I try to get out of the apartment so that we're not in the way when they're cleaning. We've started to make a fun "field trip" of it. This week we decided to go to Ecoparque.

Come with us for a day at Temaiken. This is a zoo and ecological park about 40 minutes outside of Buenos Aires. We went on a weekday when it was cold and kind of misting out and there was almost no one there, it was incredible!

August 18th was Dia de las Niñas or Dia de las Infancias, which is Childhood Day here in Argentina and it is a BIG deal. I had so many people ask me if we celebrate this in the US and we don't, but I can confidently tell you that we should!