Our Family Went to Mexico - part dos

Hi Friends.

Melissa here again. Ready for some more Mexico?

If you missed the first post you can find it here.

This post will be a bit fun. 

And there will be one more post after this that will record more on the Actual Day Care and the events during the week...as well as the ministry of Wayne and Claire. 

So here we go...

This here is the Blue room. (duh!) There were two large rooms with 5 bunks. This room was where we spent a good part of the 5 days 5 evenings we spent in Mexico. Mostly because we had kids of our own that needed care. It was fairly cozy and the temperature was super comfortable, about 50 degrees average while we were there. It did hit 74 the first day though which was super nice. Although 50 degrees was still nice compared to the negative temps New England hit the days before we left.

This here is a very sick little girl. (Cue the sad slow classical music) She spiked a few scary fevers and had an awful cough. Made this momma so sad. She had no appetite but nursing, and her nose ran like a faucet. Thankfully I bought some saline and every day a few times I would clear her out and seemed to get her sorta back to normal. She basically slept for 3 full days while we were there. Poor girl :( And thankfully she bounced back and was her normal self.

   And here we have our Ashlyn who absolutely fell in love with the neighboring horses. Sometimes they would come up real close. Our walk from the door where we stayed to the door to the day care included a stop to say hi to the horses every morning. I may or may no have been included in that. (wink*)

Love this photo of Carter admiring the men at work outside our window. It screams Mexico. 

Photo Cred: My super talented husband.

The kids found the simplest things to play with. I think they were mainly happy their cousins came along for the trip. We don't spend a ton of time with them during the year, so a whole week was a real treat.

This girl was hooked on the game of Guess Who to the point of learning to play Solitaire. She is a very independent girl as you can see here. And since a crowded room of other littles, who spoke a funny language to her, was a bit much sometimes, it was nice to have some quiet. It was cute watching her play. And she did play every day. Love her!

In the middle of the week we Ergo-ed up sick Sky and hiked up one of the many hills around with the team. We got a nice view of the city, the other Mtns, and we could even see the ocean in the distance. We were not very far from the ocean. It was a nice break, and it was nice to do something as a team.

This was me every morning. When the hot coffee was brought up to our common area every morning I was the first to pour a cup and admire the beauty. We were located right within the community which is also right within local farms. I watched as the workers, without machinery, took care of the crops, sometimes even seeing a little child walking with them as some people were not as fortunate to have childcare for their kids. (As there was about a 150 kid waiting list at the daycare)

And here is our now happy and healthy Sky. She finally bounced back and let this mommy get a little relief. As well as get to love on those day care kids. Very thankful.

By the end of the week we decided we were going to take a trip into the city. On this particular day a cruise ship arrived, so we were not the only American Tourists around. We sorta just blended right in. Ashlyn put this little headband/hat on and of course the guy on the left was hoping she would convince us to buy it. Sorry girl :( Sorry fella. She did get a bracelet and a Mexican dress. Momma couldn't resist!

Here is Bethany and I shopping for dresses for our girls. She was the barterer. Who convinced the guy to sell us the dresses for less. She did good! I can't wait to put all the girls in them together this summer =)

We also went and got some ice-cream and fish tacos (as in them...since I didn't dare eat local meat) at a little shop. Taco huts were like hotdog huts in America, they were everywhere!

As well as hit up the local grocery store for some snacky foods. It was a real treat to get out and see more of Mexico and experience the city. And by now I felt my Spanish was getting a little easier to understand and speak. It was fun. (The locals would probably beg to differ...)

As I said above I have one more post of Mexico. So stay tuned...