Mexico - Day Two... The blurrrr....

Day two didn't start out too great ... We walked from our resort to Walmart a few blocks away where there was a cultural festival and market going on.. Lots of nice stuff.
We decided to go into Walmart to get some allergy stuff which I forgot. When we went to pay neither our credit card nor our debit card worked... Luckily Mike's mom was with us and paid for us...
When we returned to the hotel we noticed that our room was not cleaned again... Eventhough the attached room (Liz and Amy's room) was cleaned... So we complained.
Liz and Amy were mad because they did not have ocean view so they wanted to moved... But if they moved we had to move... So we packed up our stuff and moved to a much smaller room with a less appealing view.

We checked the Internet and yes we had money to spend so we said "screw it... Let's get drunk" so we found the hot pool with the swim up
Bar at the adjoining resort and did just that... The rest of the day was a blur...

Mexico - THE Holiday Day one

We arrived in Mexico early Friday morning. We safely made it through customs and out of the airport and onion the bus to our resort.. Luckily most of the "time share people were gone he for the night. The Golden Crown Paradise Resort was all quiet and at peace until we arrived ... What a rowdy crew!!
After we watched the young bunch frolic in the pool we headed to our room.
Luckily the morning brought fog and cloud sober didn't feel too guilty when we slept in! As the sky began to clear at 10 am or so we finally rolled out of bed.

The view from our room was beautiful. We went down to the lobby and was "oriented" by the information person... At least we got a map of the resort... Didn't need the sales pitch though.
Then for our meeting with Jorge who was our contact for Transat... Got us to thinking we should take a couple more tours!!
Mike and I felt adventurous so we head north down the beach. When we got to the end of the beach we followed a walk way and headed into the neighborhood. After we got to know the hood we decide to hit the beach...

We forgot to take our insulated cups so we were drinking our drinks quickly so they would stay cold! ;)
I ended up running up to the room to get our cups and the super awesome mini speaker dock for my iPhone that Dana P said we should take. She was sooo right.
After a day on the beach where we watched a bunch of the group parasail Mike and I started walking the beach south. We walked for about half an hour before we decided to go into a resort and hail a cab. We decide however to head to the Malacon (downtown board walk) and check it out.
We walked around. Ate at Senoir Frogs and went to a market where we both bought a pair of sandals. Mine are soo cute!
Now it is 9pm. Mike is sleeping on the couch and I am listening to the laughter at the bar downstairs... Yep we are party animals!! ;)
I am not sure what tomorrow holds since I have pretty much done everything I wanted to do all in the first day!!! I can't believe we just wandered around off resort so much... So much for being chicken tourists and just sticking around the resort the entire time!!!

Life is great!

Well 2012 started without a hitch. The girls and I are enjoying our last few days before school starts. Luckily the girls have dance practice these next couple days so we can get back into routine. We have slipped into the stay up until 2 am and sleep until noon sleep pattern! School will be a shock!

If only the Game of Life was reality!! I kick butt at that game!!!

The marking fairies haven't visited my house yet! :( I have some work ahead of me... Maybe I will still have some late nights!

Discovering the Playhouse!

A good friend of mine just opened a play center/coffee shop in town! It is a wonderful addition to our community!

The kids had a great time running off their energy and Auntie Robyn and I had a break!

Jorja and her friend Abby met up for a play!

Even Rhiannon got into the action! They also have this cool iClick game that shines an interactive game on the floor! So much fun!

Here is Shallen playing on the giant iClick piano!

So for a good time call Tammy and Martina at the Discovery Playhouse in Nipawin!!!

Kid fun and Mom sanity approved!!!

My Crazy Life

You may have noticed that I have not blogged in a while... I looked back and realized that my last entry was a week before I went back to work in the fall. That pretty much summarizes my life... When I am teaching full time and being a full time mom (while is really like working two full time jobs) I don't have much time for extras.
When I started this blog, just before I went back to work after Shallen was born, I wanted to have a place where I could relay my life as a full time working mom of four.
Everyone I spoke to told me that I would need to find a way to balance work and "life". I seem to be managing ok (some days) but this blog shows me that when I am working I can't seem to find time to blog... Which is something I enjoy and I hope u enjoy too!
I just got a new iPhone 4s that I just figured out how to blog from!!! So I hope that will help me to keep in touch more.
My New Years resolution is going to be to try to blog at least once per month... Hmmm I should look back on this blog to see what my resolution was last year!!! This sounds pretty familiar! ;)

Now back to the work life balance... I sit here at the Tisdale recplex blogging as I take a break from my marking.... While my girls are in a Dance workshop in the auditorium.... Mark or watch my girls dance.... Oh the dilemma!

My small pile of marking.... I have two more piles this size at home!

I know that this may seem like an easy decision but in reality when one is a teacher this is a decision that is made daily. If I choose not to mark (which I think I do too often, hence my marking piles up)it affects my students and I get momma guilt in I don't watch my kids... Because really in the big picture what is more important??