Hot Hot Hot!

WOW! We are loving Mexico and having a great time with the kids! It is HOT! Evan says he wants to go home because it's too hot! This is the same kid who spent the winter telling us he wanted to go back to China because he was too cold! You seriously can't please that kid! (Those who know Evan personally know exactly what I'm talking about :-))

The kids are having a blast - there are big waterslides (scary, dark tunnel ones!), smaller waterslides, a kids pool, games room, kids club...lots of restaurants...the older boys are LOVING that they can get drinks whenever they want and you will often see them walking around the pool with the Mango Tango drinks.

I have a story I want to share...it may mean absolutely nothing but it also may mean everything...if you've been reading the blog you know Chris and I are struggling with what to do about sending our children to a mainly caucasian school (very few visible minorities)...we are getting different opinions on the subject and that's great because it gives us lots to think about and lots of ideas to consider! BUT, here at our resort there are a few Asian families (maybe 3 or 4 families). All the kids have been making friends each day as they play (gotta love that about kids, right!). Anyway...Evan has been playing/talking with lots of different kids but last night he told me he had made his first "friend" in Mexico. I asked him who it was and he showed me an Asian boy about 9 years old. Although he had played and laughed and talked with many other children (all caucasian) he declared his first "friend" to be the little boy who was Asian. Like I said, could be nothing but it could also be very telling. Do I believe Evan will have lots of caucasian friends - absolutely! It's just that for him, he is more typically drawn to Asian people and he relates to them in a different way than non-asian people/children. He is extremely aware of his chinese heritage, he is proud to be from China (and would like to move back) and he is most connected to China (in comparison to Alyssa). So, maybe for him, he would feel more connected, would fit in better, would feel less different if he was in a school with peers of Asian descent????

Anyway...food for my thought.

Here are a few pics...not too many...I don't want anyone to feel bad about still being in the cold weather!!!!

Oh forget it! It's taking forever to upload a picture...I'll try more later.