More Mexico

So aside from the one little trip to the ruins, we spent tons of time at the pool and small trips down to the beach. Nick loved to jump from the tanning shelf into Daddy's arms in the water.

One afternoon we went down to the beach and decided to play in the sand. Nick got covered in sand but had a great time.
Even Grandma totally enjoyed playing in the sand... perhaps it was the drink? ;)
There was a bank of sand between one part of the beach and the part of the beach that met the water. Nick and Eric decided to dig a big hole into this bank.

They spent a long time digging and digging and of course getting sand all in Nick's hair!

Thankfully all of the sand came out in the shower later that evening!

Tulum

We went crazy one day and actually decided to see some of Mexico and leave the resort. We took an 1 1/2 hour drive to Tulum, some of the Mayan ruins outside of Cancun. While these are no Machu Pichu, they were beautiful since they were set on the water.

Nick loved being able to explore all of the ruins and run around the site. We enjoyed chasing after him :)

Occasionally he would even stop for long enough and look sort of in the direction of the camera so we could take a picture!



So by now you may be wondering where Grandpa Muffin is in all of these pictures. No, I did not edit him out. No, Grandpa Muffin was with the tour guide soaking up all of the history of the ruins.

There was a staircase down to the water where you could access the beach. The waves scared Nick so we didn't go swimming, but it was a beautiful beach.



All in all it was a great adventure and wonderful to actually see some cultural things during our trip.

Mexico 2011

Okay so I've been a little slow to post these pictures, but better late than never! Thankfully due to some wonderful timing we missed out on about 2 feet of snow and record setting lows in NWA. The resort had 3 macaws that would fly around in the afternoon and were always so great to watch.

They would even let you put them on your arm! Throughout the week, I think we all posed with one of the birds on our arms!
Nick of course LOVED swimming in all of the pools. He learned how to blow bubbles in the water.
He was also super spoiled with watching movies on the i-pad and access to the snacks in the mini-bar. Yummy.
Poor little man was kept up late a few nights - 8pm. This is him falling asleep on my lap at dinner one night. Thankfully because of the i-pod he was calm and relaxed!
Even Grandpa Muffin got into the i-pad... the two of them would flight over using it!

Snow!

This week we had our first snow fall of the year (and hopefully last...). Overall we probably had about 2 - 3 inches, which is a lot for this area. Since snow isn't a frequent occurrence we bundled Nick up and took him out to play!

He liked the snow much better than he did last year. That could also be in large part to the fact that he was much better dressed.
He climbed/crawled all over our small patch of grass and got covered in snow! He was having so much fun he didn't want to go inside!

Hanging Around

Nick unfortunately got this nasty stomach bug a week or so ago, which resulted in lots of hanging out around the house and snuggling. He was super sweet and just wanted to cuddle one night, so of course we had to document this.

And as usual, he refused to actually look at the camera... although he did sort of look towards it with a smile.
Nick has decided that our bed is the best place to sleep and now constantly asks us to sleep in Daddy's bed.
Doesn't he look comfy? It's a shame we made him sleep in his own room and bed.

Birthday party time

A few weeks ago we went to Boingo Bounce to celebrate Miss Vivi's 3rd birthday! Essentially the place has a bunch of really big blow up bounce and slide things. Nick was super afraid of them all in the beginning, but once I joined him he got totally into it.

There was a bounce area reserved for children under 5 that was smaller than the other ones. Nick preferred this one, because it was so much easier for him to climb on everything!
Anxiously waiting for his cake! Although, he has decided that it's not so much the cake he's into as the frosting. He literally scooped the frosting off of the cake!

More Lights of the Ozarks

We decided to go and see the Lights of Ozarks one last time before they took them down this year. Thankfully it was a pretty warm night. As usual, Nick loved to walk around and see all of the different lights.

He even managed to look pretty much at the camera while simultaneously smiling and keeping his eyes open. It was a banner evening!
He loved walking through the tree made out of lights. He must have walked through it about 20 times before we had to make him stop so another child could have their picture taken.