Cherry Blossoms...

After getting off the bus we stumbled upon a street that was litterly snowing cherry blossom petals! The kids played in them as if it were a pile of leaves. Vancouver in the Spring is simply unreal. So magical.

Happy Easter!

When I took this photo instead of saying cheese Elijah said "skillful egg painting"

"Mom! The Easter bunny must have gone to Shoppers Drug Mart!!"

-Easter eggs and fish eggs all in the same day-

"mmmm....smells like nectar"

-Elijah felt compelled to join a fellow cyclist for a little lay down-

We had a glorious Easter Sunday! Elijah rode his bike from Arbutus and Broadway all the way to Granville Island...not without stopping to smell the flowers on the way. En-route was a pink kite flying festivity and we all happily joined in. After a long day of excitement the kids both fell asleep on the way to dinner, so Dan and I took the liberty to eat a beautiful meal at a swanky restaurant. Okay so the kids ended up eating cold spaghetti and carrot sticks on the bus ride home, but everyone was happy...that's the important part right? 

Oh my boys...

Valentines day...

Dan and the kids surprised me with the most amazing Valentine, all of their hands doing the 'I love you' sign. Melt. We ventured downtown and had a lovely day downtown skating at Robson Square. A mass group wedding was going on while we were skating - so much love, clapping and happy newlyweds! After, we went into chapters to use the bathroom and there was a huge American doll section (including a hair salon and spa for dolls) crazy right?! Elijah seemed unfazed by the whole thing and walked right through until he came across a doll in a wheelchair. He stopped, carefully took her off the shelf, adjusted her feet back onto the foot rests and took her for a little spin. He said nothing and returned her to the shelf ever so gently and continued to walk. Such a sweet boy. Both the kids were so tired from the day that they both fell asleep and so Dan and I took the opportunity to enjoy an amazing mango hot chocolate at Hotel Georgia. A perfect love day.

Adios Mexico!!

Well we finally figured out our little town by the end of our trip. On Monday's we would get fresh chicken's from the chicken lady, and also venture to the vegetable market and pick up our amazing produce for the week. We figured out the sound of the horn for the tortilla man, which was just in time because we had bought out all the flour tortillas in the town store. When the kids heard the beeping they would go running down to the road, pesos in hand to buy a stack of warm fresh tortillas from the coolers in the back of his truck. They would take turns paying, carrying the bag, wrapping them in a cloth and putting them in the bowl, of course not without sampling a few first. Something so simple made them so happy. One of the best discoveries was the cake lady's house. You would go knock at her door and buy slices of whatever cake she made that day (for those of you who do not know, Mexican cake is AMAZING and pales greatly in comparison to anything we call cake here).  And  the Mexican popsicles, don't even get me started! We loved stumbling upon the Popsicle man, or hearing the faint sound of his bell and sending Papa running. We also ventured out of our little town to go to Zihuatanejho where we spent some beautiful days...driving way way up to breathtaking views, the kids sippin' coco frio's on the beach, and one of the best moments was seeing the huge catch from a fisherman using nothing but a hand line. We had such great adventures. Adios Mexico.