Mexico 2009 ~ the beach

1o things to do on the beach

• make a sandcastle
• dig
• relax
• chill out
• drink your fancy drinks
• suntan
• read (I read Revolutionary Road)
• people watch
• be silly
• buy crazy sunglasses for your kids

Mexico 2009 ~ the ocean

Hello!

Earlier this month we escaped the cold Saskatchewan winter and headed south to Mexico again. We had a great time! It had only been ten months since our last trip to Puerto Vallarta, but we just couldn't wait to go back. We found things alot easier this year (not that they were hard last year). The boys were a year older and that really made a big difference.

We were so glad to see the ocean again. And the warm, sunny weather.

(not too sure what Caleb is doing here, but he's cute! This year, he enjoyed posing for the camera so we have lots of photos of him with cheesy smiles and silly poses. He's getting so grown up.)

The boys had fun, splashing around. They loved to jump the waves, search for seashells and explore the rocks.

This next one is probably my favourite photo of the whole trip. :)

More details of our trip to come. (I need to get my journalling down before I forget it all).

how we spent our summer vacation

by michelle_d :)

At the end of July we went to Madge Lake and spent a few days "camping". Now don't get our version of "camping" confused with real camping. Our plan was to stay in a hotel room and visit our friends who were camping (like with a real camper). But upon our arrival, we were pleased to find out that we could stay in a cabin instead of the hotel room.

The cabin had a fridge/freezer, a fire pit, two bedrooms, lots of space. We loved it. And the boys loved every minute of our holiday. There were two other families and we all have boys so close in age. It was perfect!

We went for walks, played at the beach, had campfires, went boating and tubing. We even saw a bear (sorry, no photo of the bear- he was outside our cabin and the camera was in the car!)

And PS. I also had my birthday :) Here I am with my gift opening assistants.

25 things we've done this summer...

1. We celebrated our tenth wedding anniversary by going to Saskatoon without our kids.

2. We went to Cirque Du Soleil.

3. We've gotten into the nice habit of going swimming at the ymca every Sunday afternoon.

4. We invited Maya to come over and swim in our kiddie pool.

5. We took Maya to the splash park.6. We jumped on Grandma's trampoline.7. We baked bread in our bread machine.

8. We bought fresh strawberries and corn on the cob from the fruit stand.

9. We went to Regina Beach on Canada Day.

10. We went out to Rick's parent's cottage for a day.

11. We went to visit Great-Grandpa and all the great Aunties and Uncles.

12. We visited great Auntie Rose's farm.

13. We got to sit in a combine and pull the horn on a semi truck.

14. Matthew read 20 books by himself and got to go to Book and Briar to pick out some new books.

15. Matthew's been reading alot on his own.

16. Caleb got some new hats.

17. Matthew has been building with his lego sets.

18. Caleb got a new ninja turtle costume.

19. I've read four books so far this summer.

20. We've played waterpark in the backyard with our kiddie pool and wacky sprinkler.

21. We went to the Saskatchewan Jazz Festival.

22. I embroidered a robot. Not sure what to do with him... maybe make a book bag for one of the boys.

23. We've gone to storytime at the library each Tuesday morning.

24. We went to a magic show at the library and Matthew got to be the assistant!

25. We've been having a great summer! How about you?

the ocean/the beach

My boys had never seen the ocean before. They have differing opinions of it :)

Matthew loved it! He played in it everyday. He liked to draw pictures in the sand and then have them get wiped away by the waves. He enjoyed jumping over the waves and running away from the waves. He liked to splash around and build castles in the sand.
Caleb had a really fun experience at the beach one day. He was running around, getting his shoes all wet and sandy. He really had a great time. But then later, he wanted nothing to do wiht it. That was okay, because there were alot of other fun things to do too!