"We're Not Going to Steal Your Country!", Our Summer Vacation
Tuesday, July 6, 2010 at 8:47PM The following documents the highlights of our family Summer vacation to Zihuatanejo, Mexico:
We have no idea what she was thinking! Elle would introduce herself to locals in the markets, our hotel, and taxi drivers with, "Excuse me. We're from the United States of America, but we're just visiting. We're not going to steal your country!" Fortunately, because of her squeaky kid voice and fast American accent, I don't think most of them heard what she was saying.
We stayed at Club Intrawest on Playa la Ropa and loved every bit of the hotel. Our 2 bedroom suite was huge, including 3 bathrooms, an outdoor shower, dipping pool, deck and kitchen. Kevin (Stacia's boyfriend) got lost trying to find his room twice our first night there, and he's a smart guy.
It was hard to find any peace in the hammock as one of the kids usually made his or her way into it with you!
Elle's favorite activities:
1. Riding in a taxi. We're not sure if she just liked being driven around with mom and dad in the backseat, the fact that there were no car seats or if the crazy driving felt like a wild ride!
2. The pool! We averaged 3+ hours a day in the pool. While Elle loved the safety and freedom of the stairs and kid area under the umbrellas, Tag loved getting dunked and swimming under water
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3. Ice cream. She got two ice creams in one night and hasn't stopped talking about it.

Tag, as usual, climbed everywhere. We've decided he pushes Elle to try new things and reach new heights. While we're used to looking at his face, particularly his forehead to see the latest bump and scratch, it's unusual for Elle to have the most noticable marking -- her black eye (from doing a sumersault off the couch) got worse with each passing day!
Lots of walks on the beach, adventures into town, and our kids wanting to walk around naked (it was hot)! Overall an amazing trip, an abundance of family time and a huge Thank You to Auntie Stacia and Kevin for joining us.

By the end of the trip the kids were exhausted (as evidenced by the clip taken in the airport as we were headed home).
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