Back from Mexican Paradise

Hi All-

I know it has been an age since I posted- but we have been a busy bunch. Just returned from 8 days in sunny Mexico with the family. The trip went well- the kids loved being around so much family and the house we stayed in was awesome. Thanks Poppy Nick and Elizabeth for making it all happen.

Sasha loves "the big waves" in that he had so much fun wave jumping with Mama that I fully see a surf board in our future. Ana, not so much. Aaron took her out and she swallowed a ton of water which led to an hour long sad sack crying fit- poor little girl! She did love the pool though and we went swimming twice a day every day! All in all it was super fun.

We do have a little bit of post vacation regression. It is nothing huge, just some extra neediness and a bit of forgetfulness on Sasha's part in regards to being potty trained. Apparently this is super normal as the change of the vacation is super stressful for the kiddos. I do think that they were a bit worried on the planes even though we talked a zillion times about how we were going home, Sasha especially seemed unsure on the way home (aka screamed for 2 hours, sorry all thos around us!) but was happy as a clam when we arrived on our doorstep.

Now Thanksgiving is here. We are off to Grandma Marta's for a Thanksgiving feast tomorrow and then home tomorrow night. Ana's 4th birthday is this weekend and she is very excited. We talk about often- she cant wait for the party and the presents- she has quite the list going! She is fitting into our American lifestyle very very well, which is pretty funny to watch.

We have a new cousin- Megan just had a baby boy (Miles) to add to the clan. I cant wait for this summer and totally hope that we can all get together at Wausaukee at the same time as there are now simply dozens of kids under 5 in the gang and it would be hilarious.

That is all I have time for now. Have a safe and happy Thanksgiving.

Pics to Mexico to follow once Aaron emails me some. My camera phone did not work well at all- too sunny- so all of my pics are totally lame! Hopefully better ones will appear soon.

SKB