Block 3, St. Patrick's Day & Super U

Last week was Block 3 and Jordan was tucked away, studying hard. His hard work paid off again!! He passed all tests with awesome scores. We are so proud of him! Third block down, 1 to go until the end of the 1st semester. It's been great. Of course, there are challenges living on an island, but there are anywhere you live. I'm enjoying this time in our lives as our kids are young and energetic and staying positive through it all. I think that is key to success to island living. Our house is a "NO NEGATIVITY" home!!
This week was spent playing outside. Sunday evening we were so stir crazy that we ended up playing at the AUC playground for 2 hours!! Luckily there were some other families there for Bradley to play with. I put Ian in the swing for the first time too! He wasn't a fan :)

 We also went to the pool twice, because the daytime has been HOT! Evenings are great..the weather dips to about 75 degrees so we have been sleeping with our windows open which is awesome. Thursday we celebrated St. Patrick's Day with matching green shirts. I remember when I bought the shirts last summer on clearance after I found out I was pregnant with boy #2 I was so excited for them to wear them for St. Patrick's Day. I LOVE matching them!! 

Today my friend Christel was gracious enough to take us to a grocery store, SuperU, on the French side. I have been wanting to try it out, but have been to intimidated, because...well everything is in French! But I've heard it greatly helps with the budget, and everyone knows the med school budget (especially in St. Maarten) is tight so I was willing to check it out! Right now the Euro is 1=$1 and they accept the $USD so it wasn't any issue figuring out prices. On the Dutch side of the island everything is priced in Gilders so you have to do the price conversion. Anyway! Christel was kind enough to show me the ropes around the store..what's a good deal, etc. It won't be a place where I get weekly groceries, but it is great for "fillers" like snacks for Bradley, yogurt, frozen vegetables, etc. I was able to get a cart full for $37. There is also a bakery right next door with French pastries for .90 cents. They smelled so good..of course we had to get some! We love St. Maarten.