Mexico City!!!!!!!
Today we did ALOT! We got the kids to school, Bonnie did yoga, then took our second oldest to get his stitches out. I packed the remainder of our baggage, and an hour after we picked the kids up from school we headed to the airport.
Our oldest read an article about a very creepy island near Mexico City that is covered in broken doll parts. When we brought this child into our home nearly a decade sfo, the home was “decorated” in a plethora (second Three Amigos reference) of creepy clown paintings and sculptures. We counted once and there were thirty plus clown depictions in our downstairs alone, and two of them were smiling. When our oldest was in third grade, she brought a clown painting her great grandfather painted, for show and tell. I told her to tell her class that if you pay attention to the painting long enough out of the corner of your eye, the clown in the painting will twitch. 😀 So in lieu of a birthday party, our oldest has requested to go to this island of creepy dolls, and we were planning a trip to Mexico City anyways, so two birds with one stone.
The flight is only forty minutes from where we are living. The kids did great, despite a 40 minute delay, luckily there is a small playground right next to the gate we were departing from. The running theme in our household still holds true. Our even and odd numbered children sat with each other again, it’s so fascinating to watch that happen.
After spending what seemed to be twice as long with the rental car company than the flight itself trying to put the toddler seat they gave us, we pulled out to take a 20 minute drive to the Hotel Montreal. As we were pulling into the hotel parking lot, Bonnie turned to me and said “we may not be staying here all week.” I guess the site of a few women probably advertising for the worlds oldest profession may have painted an unfair picture of this “hotel” we are at. We will see.
Our Family Adventure 