The Annes

We've met a lot of people here, but the ones I've hung out with the most are the what I call the Annes.

There's Anne from Baltimore, and her husband Sam. Sam is a professor, and is really funny and engaging, and Anne is also very cool. They have three boys. While we are probably hyper-vigilant about where our kids are at all times, Anne's philosophy is "they know how to get home". They live right next to Parque Juarez, and the kids are there at all times, if not at the Jardin. They have 5, 7 and 10 year olds. I met her parents yesterday as well.

Anne from Texas also has three boys, 10, 7, and 3. Her philosophy is similar to Anne from Baltimore, except that her oldest is often charged with watching the three year old. Her husband is due to return to San Miguel at the end of the month, so she has all three kids on her own. They are nice kids. Anne is the daughter of an ex-NBA coach, and growing up she would spend the summers in Puerto Rico while her dad was coaching NBA summer leagues there. She lives really close to Parque Juarez as well.

Anne from Colorado I've met just twice. She has a kid in our school, and Sue met her at the market today, and I think they have done some other things together in my absence as well. Turns out this Anne taught Laurel's kindergarten teacher when she was at Head-Royce, an elementary school in the SF Bay area near us. Small world.

It's nice having a social group with some continuity, and especially one that is going through the same experience as us.