We visited Majalca, Mexico, last weekend for a family reunion. It was absolutely gorgeous there, and we had a wonderful time thanks to all of David's family for organizing everything!
Daniel had his first airplane trip, from Dallas to Chihuahua. He was a champ - sleeping both the way there and the way back! I thought he might enjoy seeing the plane take-off and everything, but he was much more interested in the grapes I gave him to eat. He had been a little leery of the plane when we had first told him about it. When we told him we were going to be flying to Chihuahua, he replied, "We could just take a car instead!" The plane trip was without incident though.
He loved Majalca. What's not to love about a place that has a trampoline, sandbox, and swing set all in the front yard? He also got to go for a ride in the ATVs, and he liked that a lot too. He even went on his first hike, and he handled it like a champ! He enjoyed scooping up minnows from the stream, touching fuzzy caterpillars, and even holding a little snake by the tail! Fearless! He watched all the older cousins play soccer and pushed a big dump truck all around the town, dragging either Aunt Cristi or Buela everywhere. By the end of the trip, the aunts and uncles got a kick out of asking him where he wanted to live. He'd reply, "I want to live in Majalca!" The only thing he didn't like was the water fights. Daniel continues to live in fear of getting wet (outside of the tub), and he was fairly freaked out when two water fights broke out at separate times! Luckily he stayed close to me. Noone dared to get the pregnant lady wet.
He tried his best to say some Spanish phrases, learning to say "mucho gusto" when he shook everyone's hand. One morning he even ran to me and said, "I'm going to go tell Ana Sofia 'buenos dias!'" and took off running to tell her! He was surprised when we crossed back into the US to hear English again. He pointed to the lady scanning our passports and said, "That lady's speaking in English!"
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