Thursday in Cancun

After talking it up to the kids all week, we finally took the kids to the "straw market" in downtown Cancun. Much to our surprise, the place was more than half empty!! Unfortunately that put a damper on the big morning of shopping. We did wander around the stall that were there and bought a cool t-shirt for Zack. We did venture into the supermarket downtown, which was quite an adventure, especially since it was one of those places where you weren't supposed to flush the toilet paper - ewwww, that was a nasty smelling restroom!! I think that was the fastest we've ever made it in and out of the bathroom. The also had a "people mover" kinda escalator that was flat to take shopping carts up to the 2nd floor.

After shopping we headed back to our hotel for some more swimming and sliding. For dinner we decided to do something new and ordered room service. The food was good, even thought I had to steal a fork from the room across the hall!

Next we dragged the kids out shopping again since we were still in search of some items. We found quite a few treasures and headed back to the hotel for some night swimming. We had promised the kids we would swim at night, so we slipped into the kids pool area. Surprisingly we were the only ones in the pool. We soon found out why, when we were asked to get out!! oops

Wednesday in Cancun

Alan continued his marathon training with great dedication today. He woke up early (6:45 am) and ran intervals (5 miles). He saw lots of workers going to hotels and stores. After running we all went out for breakfast and then played again for a long time in the pirate boat and slides.





After lunch by the pool we went down to the beach. The water was beautiful but still a little rough so the kids couldn't wade out very far. After the beach we headed upstairs to our room. On the way to our room Sydney slipped at spilled her kiddie drink all over herself (right in her face!) and the hall. Since it was strawberry the scene looked quite horrific since it was bright red and looked like blood - it frightened a person who was following us in the hall! I snapped a picture and had a good laugh about it - after we cleaned it up.




We went over to La Isla mall for a little escape from the sun, then out for dinner at the hotel again. I'm ready for another night out - the food choices are getting pretty repetitive. In the evening there was a pirate show put on by the kids club at the hotel. The kids had fun running around and the end of the show they got to break open a pinata.

Cancun - here we come!

Well the Cancun trip has finally arrived. I would be lying if I said we were anything but a little disappointed with our first day. It was a long journey to Cancun, starting out at 5:30am this morning. We were thrilled that the Detroit airport has been remodeled and has a tram to ride on and this cool jumping water pond.

We left on time, and the flight went well, but as soon as we got to Cancun it was a few long frustrating hours of waiting. First waiting to go through customs, and then another line where they checked our luggage, and again waiting for the bus to the hotel. But the longest and worst wait was at our hotel itself. The room wasn't ready for a whole hour and everyone was just tired of waiting at that point. The kids were being impatient and the weather was hot and humid. When we finally got to our room, we needed to wait more to get another bed put in, and to get the safe working. Finally it was time to get to the pool. The pool was OK, but very crowded, with lots of kids. I guess that is to be expected at a "family friendly" hotel!! However, when I think of family friendly, I think of everyone accepting my kid's bad behavior, and no other kids around!! haha

Zack scared the crap out of me when he started walking right from the shallow end of the pool into the deep end, which was only one step over a ledge. He immediately sunk underwater before I got there and thankfully there was a nice guy right next to him who pulled him up out of the water since I hadn't got to him yet. Zack thought that was funny, but I certainly did not. After swimming for a little bit we got dressed and checked out the hotel. It is nice - I just hope the dining offers more of a variety other than the buffets we saw. Otherwise Zack will be eating hot dogs for every meal!


We went shopping at the mall down the road and the kids were already wondering what they could spend their "Cancun Cash" on. They each earned $15 from doing chores before the trip. By 8:30 (9:30 Ohio time) the kids were fast asleep and so was Alan. I'm heading to bed right now too. Hope tomorrow brings a better, more relaxed day. Or maybe just lower expectations! :)