Eclectic Parent

 
Yesterday was taken up by a long snorkeling trip for the boys. They love seeing the sea turtles that this area is famous for. While they snorkeled B and I walked along the beach collecting shells with one of her cousins. The rest of the day was the usual eat, swim, snack, play in the […]

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We haven’t been writing because we’ve been packing and moving and holidaying and just go, go, go. But then the 4th annual Mexico trip arrived and we luckily get to sloooow down. Travel took all day with two flights separated by a long layover and a 90 minute van ride. But we got […]

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So this is a way old post - told I have all these pre-wrtten but not yet published old thing lying around. Here’s one from early November. Big trip around the four corners area. Have tons of pictures to post as soon as we find. It was half a year ago, after all. Today was […]

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The gangs all here! So when we say family vacation, we mean everyone. Kid are having a blast playing with all their cousins. The days slowly revolve around the pool, the beach and meals. Last night we walked along the beach into town to go to dinner. Over the water, with no light pollution the […]

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Haven’t posted in a while. Our domain was set to expire, had to transfer and had trouble getting it released, etc, etc. We’re back in Akumal, Mexico now. Third year in a row. Gorgeous, relaxed, mellow. It’s about 90 minutes south of Cancun. The first year we went to see the Mayan ruins at Tulum; […]

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GEOGRAPHY
So D decided to put together the USA floor map puzzle again. This time only putting in states he’d been to. While some have been in quite a bit, others have only been driven through. None the less, pretty well traveled by 8, 6 and 4 - especially if you include Ireland and Mexico.
1    Alabama
2   […]

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Getting ready to leave the Irish Inn in Shamrock, TX. It’s a mandatory stop whenever daddy travels cross country. Just so happened to get there about 10 PM last night. Everyone is tired, stops are frequent (”I have to go potty”) and taking forever and we’re only managing about 7 - 8 hours drive […]

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We’re heading back home. Never did get all the posts up about Connecticut and New York. The drive home is definitely not quite as happy as the drive out. On the way we stopped, looked around and had cousins to look forward to. On the way back they’re tired of travel and been away from […]

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Another trip to our favorite museum. This time we went into all the special exhibits. We started at The Horse. It started with the evolution of horses; I hadn’t known there had been horses 50 million years ago or that they had actually originated in North America. The exhibit also had quite a bit of […]

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Ah the joys of summer: swimming and playing with our cousins.  One of their cousins had the The Daring Book For Girls and tried to do an activity out of the book every day.  Flipping through the book, they got the idea in their heads that they wanted to make a lemonade stand.  It was […]

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