Mexico!

We went on our vacation to Ixtapa, Mexico last week and we had a wonderful time! We went with our really good friends Karien and Kevin and their girls, Allison and Natalie. The weather was gorgeous everyday and we had lots of time by the pool and at the beach. Natalie, Owen, and Henry all went to the kids' program for some part of each day, so Ike and I also had some time to go kayaking, do yoga or fitness, go to the circus school (and try out the flying trapeze), or just lay by the pool. Ike did a triathalon on the beach one day, and I tried out the dance classes too. Ike & I ventured out on our own one day - we took a water taxi out to the island and had an excellent seafood lunch. Natalie had a blast at her camp - she had plenty of activities to choose from: circus school (she did the trapeze a bunch of times and was able to do the whole trick!), yoga, hip hop dancing, golf, soccer, tennis, beach time, and she had a great kids' pool to swim in. She made a lot of new friends and enjoyed seeing them outside of the camp at the pool and at the restaurants. She also befriended an older boy that she was always excited to see (we're in big trouble!). Owen also had lots of activities like golf, soccer, tennis and swimming, and he even won the miniature golf tournament one day. Allison was in the same group as Owen, so they had a really good time together. Henry went to play with all the other babies, and he was able to go in the baby pool every day. And they had toy phones for him to play with so he was happy. We also had fun all going to the big pool together and going down to the beach. There was a band at sunset every evening, and the kids would all dance while the adults had cocktails. Owen was cracking us up - he likes to pretend he is playing guitar (left-handed) and close his eyes - like he's so into the music. He also has learned to cross his eyes and he does it a lot, especially when he gets in trouble and we discipline him (he makes it hard not to laugh, what a clown!). Henry is really blossoming - learning new words and communicating with us. He's always on the go and he does not like to be kept in one place (making the plane rides interesting). We went out to some of the nightly activities, and Natalie enjoyed bossing all the other kids around while they danced and played. Natalie and Owen were in a hip hop show one night, and Natalie was also in the circus show the final night. The food was excellent and we all ate way too much. We are now in food-detox here. We had such a great time, we hated to have to come home.