Mexico 2009 ~ final thoughts

Well, I think this might be the last Mexico post for awhile. Caleb's birthday was today so I wanted to finish up with Mexico.

We had such a great time on our trip. It was so cold at home for so long before we left. This was exactly what we needed to break up the cold winter.

We loved having this time to relax together, to play together, to make some new memories together.

We'll remember this trip ...
because of the pool,
because we had some anxiety about our seats on the way there,
because we didn't have to carry Caleb's potty seat everywhere like last year,
because the waiter gave the boys balloons,
because the maids folded the towels fancy,
because we relaxed and had fun!
We can't wait to go back!

Mexico 2009 ~ games

The fun continues! We had so much fun at our very kid friendly resort. Their motto is "If the kids are happy, everyone is happy!" Well the kids were very happy with all the fun games to play at our resort.

Matthew loved playing ping pong with us. I didn't get any photos of him playing, but he had lots of fun.

Now, outdoor bowling is just something that I got really excited about. We had so much fun bowling together. Rick is working on editing the videos from our trip, but I'm pretty sure there's a video of me getting a strike! :)

Let's go Matthew!And look at this huge checkerboard! We taught Matthew to play checkers. Since we got home, he's received his own checkerboard and now we play almost every day. And it all started here.

Caleb liked to pretend the checkers were burgers. Yum yum!

So much fun!

Mexico 2009 ~ food and drinks

Once again, breakfast was our favourite meal of the day. Our fussy little boys always found lots of yummy food at the buffet restaurant for breakfast. They liked to eat cereal, waffles, pancakes, muffins, bacon and toast. Rick and I quite liked the omelettes. For lunch, we would often go back to the buffet restaurant. Sometimes we would grab a burger or a hotdog at the snack bar by the beach.

One night we got dressed up and went out to the Japanese restaurant. The waiter at the Japanese restaurant really took a liking to Caleb :) even though he didn't eat much of his supper.

Another night, we went out for Italian. We had a bit of a later reservation so the boys were getting kind of grouchy near the end of our meal. But the food was good.

Caleb's grape juice mustache!

Rick and his morning coffee!

Now check out the kid's drink menu:Sponge bob! Pikachu special! The boys were in heaven! They tried them all except for the Barbie Special (that's for girls). Sometimes mom and dad even got themselves a kid's drink too!

I believe Caleb is drinking an Ola Marina in this photo.

Mexico 2009 ~ the pool

If you ask the boys what their favourite part of the trip was, they will always say "the pool".
It had a pirate ship, a castle and disney characters painted on the walls.
9 waterslides, including this froggie slide (Caleb's favourite)Lots of little areas for kids of all ages to splash and have fun!

On our very first day there, a teenage girl came up to me and gave me her blow-up tube. She said she was leaving that night and wanted to give her tube to some kids so they would have fun. We had a lot of fun with that tube. And then on our last day, we passed it on to another family :)

One day, Caleb said "Mom, I saw another lady wearing a zucchinni too!" Silly boy!The pool was just perfect for us. It was not too deep for Caleb or Matthew. They could walk and swim around comfortably. Rick and I enjoyed sitting in the pool and watching the boys play. It was even heated! We all agree, the pool was the best!

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).

ten on tuesday

1. My grandpa has been sick lately :(
2. My sister is expecting a baby in June!
3. It's beginning to look alot like Christmas.
4. It's very, very, very cold here this week.
5. Brrr.
6. Today Rick booked a trip to Mexico for our family. We're going in Feb.
7. I wish we could go today.
8. Caleb made a gingerbread lantern at preschool today.
9. Matthew's Christmas concert is tomorrow night.
10. Wow, that wasn't too hard. I'll try to post more often.

how we spent our October

Hi!

October flew by and I didn't even post once. Oops.

Here are some highlights:

October 4th

We took the boys skating. This was Caleb's first time on skates. We tried to keep it a positive experience for him. Matthew remembered how to skate from last year. And everyone liked the vending machines at the rink!

October 6th

The boys and I had eye appointments. They did a super job. And we all have 20/20 vision (even me-I'm kinda proud of that).

October 12th

It snowed alot. We couldn't believe how much it snowed. We were a bit worried that winter had come early this year. But it melted later that week.

October 13th

We celebrated Thanksgiving at my parents' house. We had lots of turkey and pie. The boys (especially Caleb) had fun singing Kareoke. But when we were leaving, Caleb fell down the front steps and scraped up his face pretty badly. Poor guy.

October 14th

I voted. :)

October 15th

I got my haircut.

October 18th

Matthew started hockey. He's the one with the black helmet. He did a great job! It's so cute watching the little guys play. We could even see a big improvement just over the course of the hour that he was on the ice. His team is the Penguins. And he's number 12.

October 2oth

Matthew went to the dentist. Caleb "observed". His first appointment will be in six months. We were pleasantly surprised to run into one of Matthew's little friends at the dentist office. It was the highlight of the dentist appointment (that and the new toothbrush!)

October 22nd

We made pumpkin spread for our bread and also pumpkin milkshakes. Yum. Franklin liked them too. He was visiting from Caleb's preschool.

October 23rd

Matthew's Kindergarten Welcome Liturgy at his school. I was lucky to be able to get some time off work to be able to attend.

October 24th

I got sick :( It was no fun. I missed Matthew's hockey game the next day and also passed it on to Rick.

October 26th

We were able to attend a Pats hockey game with Matthew's hockey team. We had fun. It was great for the boys to see a real hockey game.

October 29th

Matthew's first show and tell day at school. He needed to bring something about himself. Because he likes building lego so much, we made a little album with photos of all the lego sets he's built at his Grandma's.

October 3oth

The boy with 100 costumes chose to wear his batman pyjamas to preschool on Halloween. As long as he's happy...

October 31st

Happy Halloween!

Our costumes...

Thanks to my mom for sewing me the cutest Little Red Riding Hood costume. I love it! (there are even real cookies in the basket)

Matthew the wizard.

Caleb the knight. We had beautiful weather for Halloween. The boys had a great time and loved getting so much candy! My mom took them trick or treating at the mall during the afternoon too!