Mexico Part 6: My Trip Book

Sorry, one more post on Mexico, but how lucky are you that you get 2 blog posts in one day!!!

Auntie Wendy started a fun Tradition with Mama when she was a little girl and Mama decided to continue it with me, she made me a Trip Book!

Mama was older the first time she went on a trip with Auntie Wendy so she was able to do it all by herself...I haven't learned to write yet (but I am a pretty good typist!) so Mama had to help me out.

The first page is fun facts about me!  Mama asked what my favorite animal is, and I told her a Goose!

On the fist day it told me about the fun trip I was about to go on...

And each day I had questions to answer.  I also got to color a fun picture on some of the days.  We saw some pretty dancers on Friday so I colored them!

In the back of the book was a bunch of coloring pages that had fun pictures and Spanish words on them.  I got to color these any time I wanted.  I like sitting in the Bali bed to color.

Rojo means Red!

Not sure why this picture got uploaded upside down...but it shows the cool pencil keeper that was in my book!  It had color crayons, pencils, and stickers!  It was even a great spot to keep Katie's passport so I didn't drop it in the airport.

I sure loved having my own book!
Linden

Mexico Part 5: How the Pros do it

This post is going to be sort on words, but long on great family photos that will last a .  The resort we were at had a photo studio so they followed us around for a while and captured some great moments.

It was pretty windy but Mama still thought this one was cute. I got to wear my Mexico dress that Mama made, and I got to wear my pretty necklace that I got for Auntie Megan's wedding!

Pretty ladies with flowers in our hair...

Walkin' to the beach...

Playing in the surf...

Have I told you how much I love my daddy?

Maybe it is because he is so much fun!

Enjoy the weekend!
Linden

Mexico Part 4: This and That

We had so much fun in Mexico, it is hard to fit it all into a couple blog posts.  

This was my 2nd time on a plane, but I still had a great time and loved it.  I was a great traveler and did a great job sitting in my seat and listening to Mama and Daddy.  Baby Katie was a good traveler too, and listened to me.

Our resort we stayed at had a lot of fun activities and shows at night.  A couple nights there were dancers, and one night there were Mari-Bachi Boys!  I loved listening to their music and dancing along.

We didn't let the rain keep us inside our room.  The resort had these fun beds that were covered so we spent a lot of time playing, reading, doing stickers, legos, and coloring in there.  Mama made sure to have something fun for me to do while we were out there, I think she just wanted to read her book.

I spent some time in Kids Club too.  They had some fun craft projects that I got to do.  One day we made colored sand and put it in bottles.  I helped Mama color the salt, and then she poured it into the bottle while I held the funnel.

This is Joanna, she was at Kids Club each day and was really nice.  She made sure that every time I went there I had enough juice, suckers, balloons and cookies!

Another thing we did to pass time while it was raining was play in the hot tub that was on our patio.  Most nights Daddy played with me while Mama got ready for dinner, but I think Mama was more fun, she made bubbles!!!  It was fun getting to take a bath outside each night.

We had a really great room, I already showed you how close to the pool we were, and this is where I slept, I had my own ROOM!!

Mama was worried that I was going to figure out how to get out the patio door and into the pool while she was sleeping so I slept in the bathtub room (no worries, it wasn't the actual bathroom!)

One last story from the trip for now...On all the flights the Flight Attendants were really nice and let me go up and say Hi to the pilots, it was pretty neat.  On the way home the pilots hadn't started their pre-flight stuff so the captain asked if I wanted to sit in the cockpit and pretend to fly the plane!  Unfortunately, I got a little scared and decided to say no.  Mama tried to convince me to give it a shot, but I was too scared.  Oh well, maybe next time!

I have to go to bed.  Only one more Mexico post to go!

Have a great night,
Linden

Mexico Part 3: Sail Away

Another busy weekend here, Grandma Carolyn, Grandpa Tim and Auntie Megan came down and we had a blast!  I'll have to tell you about that another time though...

While we were in Mexico Mama found a really great catamaran sailing trip for us to go on and we had a great time!  I don't know if I mentioned it, but it rained a LOT while we were in Mexico, but while we were on the sailing trip the weather was perfect.

The boat was really big and I had a great time walking around and playing on the nets in the front of the boat.  I liked jumping and rolling around, we even got splashed a couple of times!!

It was fun to lay down and watch the waves, but I couldn't do that for too long because I didn't want to fall asleep...

We sailed from Cancun to Isla Mujeres where we had time to eat lunch and play in the ocean for a while.  Mama decided to relax and enjoy the breeze while Daddy and I played in the sand.

On the island there was a place where we could get in the water and pet a shark!!  I even got to kiss him, he was pretty neat!

I loved the tropical blue water and the fantastic views.

I think the highlight of the trip was getting the drive a golf cart all around the island.  We went all over the place and had a great time.  I think Papa Tim needs a golf cart like this one...

Have I ever told you how much I love riding in golf carts?!?

Hope you have a good week!

Linden

Mexico: Part 2 - The Pool

We had the COOLEST room when we were in Mexico...You walk out the back door and we had our own POOL!!!!  Look how close this thing was!

To be honest, it wasn't just our pool, we had to share it with a couple people, but it was still amazing.  The first day we were there I spent over 10 hours in the pool, Mama even said my hair was turning green.

While we were playing in the pool Daddy tried teaching me how to snorkel, I think he looked really silly.  Mama said I was too little, and maybe next time we go to Mexico I can try again.

The main pool was pretty cool, it had a huge pirate ship with water slides and fountains!  The shark off to the right is a slide too.  I met a really fun friend named Annabelle, we played together in the pool a lot.  We had a great time!

Here is the pool from the other side

On the other side of the pool they had this big inflatable obstacle course.  By the end of the week I could walk along the wall and make it all the way without falling into the water!  In the picture below I am trying to figure out how to swing on the bar but my hands kept slipping and I fell in a lot! (See the leaves hanging down from the top, that was where Mama spent part of her day, on the covered Bali Bed reading and relaxing!)

I don't want you to get the wrong impression, Mama did come swimming too.  Here is one last picture for the road...

Have a great night, it is Survivor night!!!
Linden

Mexico: Part 1 - The Beach

I know Mama promised blog posts over a week ago, but you have to understand that blogging isn't easy!!  Especially when we had so much fun!

I decided to start with blogging about the beach because we had so much fun there!  Unfortunately, Mama didn't take a ton of photos at the beach, but you have to trust me, we had FUN!  Even Baby Katie got to join in.  It is hard to tell because I have my swimming jacket on, but our swimsuits even match!! (the only difference is the color...)

A LOOONNNGGG time ago, my Auntie Wendy started a tradition of writing your name in the sand and Mama has kept the tradition going...

The waves were a ton of fun, although Mama was a little worried that I was going to get washed away...

Maybe she was right...After I nearly died, Daddy decided to take me out further into the ocean where the waves weren't nearly as crazy.

Hi Mama!!!

After playing in the waves we had a great time making sand castles and drawing some more in the sand.  We didn't make it down to the beach every day, but it sure was a highlight when we did!

One last beach photo, to end the blog on a positive note!  Aren't we cute!!!

Adios!

Linden

On the Road Again

We have been doing a lot of driving over the past few weeks, and we have seen a lot of family.  It has been Great!!

Last weekend was Auntie Megan and Uncle Tommy's Wedding in Alexandria.  It was a busy weekend but Grandma Carolyn and Grandpa Tim made sure to make plenty of time for me!

I was the Flower Girl so I had a very important job to do.  It was so great having Grandma Nancy, Grandpa Bob, Auntie Heidi, Cousin Tyler, Auntie Missy and especially Auntie Wendy there to help me to make sure I was on my best behavior and looking great!  Mama made my pretty flower girl dress, I was sure a hit!

But to be honest, Auntie Megan stole the show, she was STUNNING! (Uncle Tommy was pretty handsome too!)

The bridesmaids all looked great too.

We had a great time partying late into the night (Mama even let me stay up until after 10!!)  Congratulations to Auntie Megan and Uncle Tommy!!

After a busy weekend of celebrating it has been nice to lay low this weekend and just hang out.  We had to go to Rochester to do some shopping so we stopped by to see Grandma Nancy, Papa Bob and Auntie Heidi.

Have I ever told you how much I love my Papa's, and how much they adore me??  Mama had to run inside for something and when she came out I was snuggled up on Papa's lap.

 Today's exciting news is that Mama let me get earrings!!  Don't panic, they aren't real, just temporary tattoos, but I LOVE them!!  I can't wait until I can get real ones!

Happy Labor Day weekend!
Linden