Feels great to be here two weeks. People have come and gone already and we have settled in with no feelings of having to leave yet. Beach vendors are polite, not too annoying and we already know a number of locals and walk by saying "Hola Pablo". Oscar, the guy who owns (actually, probably the manager) one of the restaurants calls us "La Familia". We are one of the only tourist families in town (the only I can think of now) so stand out like an old couple in a kindergarten class but honestly, it doesn't bother us. Everyone loves the kids and they have been very well behaved.
Christmas is very, very chill here. Kids don't talk about it much at all, although they do know it is coming. Certainly very nice to get away from the craziness back home. We have two santa hats, a metal Christmas tree the size of a pepper grinder, and two ornaments. Oh, and we do have a small string of lights hanging below the TV.
Blake is struggling a bit with the humidity (as am I) and can't walk very long before falling apart so we are careful at choosing outings that are an hour maximum. Nice to have a cool room to come back to, with a huge family sized shower, and mini cool pool to dip in. He misses home and Jaida misses friends and home too (and family obviously) but she is doing great. Michele and her are spending so much quality time together.
I am loving evenings too. After the kids hit the sack, Michele and I sit up, book in hand (we are both reading Game of Thrones - 800 pages so that is like four years of reading for me) and have a number of hours to chill out. No sense of urgency to "do" anything. No real work, housekeeping, cleaning, planning etc... just real relaxation. And crawling into bed, with the kids right beside, and the rain forest noises only feet away, is pretty nice. The trip has been more relaxing for me than I thought.
-- Christian --
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