Mexico (Day 3 - Isla Mujeres)

On  the next day of our vacation we  took a ferry to the island of Isla Mujeres.  We rented two golf carts to drive around the island which the kids loved.

We drove to the eastern most spot in Mexico.

I found a DONKEY themed restaurant for Zev for lunch.  He wanted to take a picture with everything that had anything to do with donkeys there.

T wanted his picture with this big lizard.

 

Here we are on our golf cart again after a full day of driving and snorkling. 

 

I tried so hard to keep Maya awake, but I was unsuccessful.

 

 They all woke up for ice cream though!

This was definitely one of everyone's favorite days.

 

Mexico! (Day 1 and 2 )

Just a funny picture of someone taking her nap on the way to Mexico.  She took lots of crazy naps on this trip because we did not make it back home for naps each day. 

 

Since it was Tahl's birthday, we went to a nicer restaurant. I had the genius idea to order him bananas flambe for everyone's dessert, and it may be the most popular birthday dessert we've ever had. It was pretty fun to watch too. 

The next day we went to a Mayan museum in Cancun. 

 

It was fun to walk around and see some ruins (and spot some lizards.)

We also realized Maya's name is everywhere all over this part of Mexico.  We had fun spotting it.

 

Three cute guys and a tree.

That afternoon we went to the beach. Here is my mermaid. She also loves to dig.

 

I realized I was wrong about a washing machine.  I had to do all our laundry by hand in this sink.  I will read more carefully next time.

 

Tahl's birthday interview

 

Here is Tahl's annual birthday interview!  I love this kid, and none of these answers surprised me.... 

 

1. What is your favorite color? Purple

2. What is your favorite toy? Stuffed animals 

3. What is your favorite fruit? Raspberries 

4. What is your favorite TV show? YouTube 

5. What is your favorite movie? I don’t know. 

6. What is your favorite outfit? My Cookie Monster shirt and my figment jacket and my crocs 

7. What is your favorite game? Imaginary games or playing with balls 

8. What is your favorite animal? Octopus 

9. What is your favorite song? I like pop songs.

10. What is your favorite book? My animal encyclopedias or the Secret Knowledge of Grownups 

11. Who is your best friend? I don’t think I have a best friend. I think I have lots of friends. Maybe Edwin? 

12. What is your favorite breakfast food? Yogurt drink? 

13. What is your favorite snack? Pistachios. I like everything for snack but pistachios the most. 

14. What is your favorite thing to eat for lunch? Soup

15. What is your favorite thing to eat for dessert? Anything, but cookies are my favorite. 

16. What is your favorite drink? Still coffee or soda 

17. What food do you not like? White Mushrooms texture 

18. What do you want for dinner on  your birthday? Chinese food takeout 

19. What is your favorite thing to do outside? Play with Isaac, do soccer, swim 

20. What is your favorite holiday? Halloween 

21. What do you like to take to bed with you at night? Pillows, blanket, and stuffed animals. Schmatas the most. 

22. What do you want to be when you grow up? An animal conservationist 

23.  Who are you going to marry when you grow up? I told you to delete that question. 

24. Where is your favorite place to go around town? School. I like the zoo and Six Flags too. 

25. What is your favorite thing to learn about in school? Science. Right now we are learning about ecosystems and biomes. 

26. What is a time you were brave this year? When I visited the new school in Georgia 

27. What is a time you were kind this year? When maya woke me up at 3 AM and I was still nice to her. 

28. If you could travel anywhere, where would you go?  I would go to Nintendoland in Japan. 

29. If you could have any wish, what would it be? I would change reality. I could make everyone nicer and stop Covid. I could make world peace and stop climate change. I would also do small stuff like make chocolate chip cookies in my room. 

30. What are you most looking forward to about being 11? Living near cousins

Tahl's birthday!

We celebrated Tahl's birthday for days and days.  He had a big party at Urban Air after having no party for two years because of covid.  He had the best day.

 

His brothers and friends had a great time too.

 

Maya also celebrated pretty hard.

 

We had pizza and a double layer cookie cake.

 

Notice his brand new birthday present from me, a tie dye cookie monster shirt.  I almost died when I found him this most perfect shirt.

 

Look at this rock star climbing so high! 

 

Here is T with two of his best friends.  He had two boys and seven girls at his party. Notice they are all wearing tie dye.  I feel like that is all fifth graders wear. 

 

I think this guy was Tahl's favorite present.

 

 

In the afternoon we went to the school carnival.

Tahl found all his friends again at the carnival.

This kid begged and begged for cotton candy. 

 

The next day, we had all of Tahl's favorite meals since we knew we would be flying to Mexico on his actual birthday.

He asked for donuts, omlets for lunch, and a Chinese food feast for dinner.  Then in Mexico he got a second birthday dinner! What a lucky guy.