Tulum Day 3...

We started our third day off with another hearty breakfast! I loved nothing more than all four of us sitting at the table having good food, good conversations and spectacular views! I happened to get my way on this particular morning, and we ate outside! It's worth noting that I live with some very particular people who don't like being hot and don't really like getting up in the morning. Thankfully, good food is a cure for all things in our family!

After breakfast, we took the boys to get their very first massages! We partnered up and did two to a room. Micah and Roen went first, while Remi and I had a midmorning beach nap. Both boys loved it and said for sure, they would be down for another! I have always had to forego the spa experience on our travels because I never wanted to skip out on family time... I think I just successfully killed two birds with one stone!

After massages and hot tea on the spa balcony, we hit the beach! During a little rainshower, we popped into a resort restaurant, Ambrosia for a delicious Asian lunch! We had edamame, sushi, rolls and of course, rice! We stuffed ourselves silly and this may have been my favorite meal of the trip!

We kept our toes in the sand until sundown and when we headed back to the room it was movies on Micah's laptop (not a single TV on property) and games (the boys loved Heads Up). 

It was another relaxing day on the beach and this mama loved every minute family time and unplugging.... and when I say unplugging I mean we brought the laptop out to the beach to watch the Cowboys game... and when I say we, I mean Micah... ya'll know I had my nose in a book and drink in hand!

Tulum, Day 2...

Day two was a beach day!

We started off with a three course breakfast, complete with Mexican waffles, pancakes and of course, huevos rancheros for this gal! Topped it off with a mimosa and pot of English Breakfast. From there, we explored the cold/hot plunge pools, the underground grotto and the peek-a-boo beach photo op!

Once we moseyed on over to the beach, we got all fixed up with beachside cabana beds and then the first person we saw selling coconut water, we flagged down. I had the lightest, most refreshing pina colada I've ever had and then it was time to get real serious with our beach time! The boys played in the sand, I read, relaxed, we jumped the waves for hours, and we soaked up the sun!

Later that afternoon, we wandered down to the little street markets for pizza, ice cream and did a bit of shopping... the boys both found the girls some jewelry. And then, it was back down to the beach for a little sunset wind down!

Notice my word choices... wander, mosey, relax, wind down.... you picking up on that theme?! This day was absolutely heavenly!!! 

Tulum, A Thanksgiving Getaway...

We finally took our summer vacation! 

We were all missing our Caribbean waters this summer, but I think I may have loved the beach in November even more!  It was a bit quieter, a little more needed and we still came back with sun-kissed skin and a handful of seashells!

We were all over the place when deciding where to go, but finally landed on Tulum! This is a destination we have talked about before, and were so excited to get a taste of the Yucatan Peninsula!

Micah actually gets the credit for stumbling upon our resort, Casa Malca. Not only was it once one of Pablo Escobar's many abodes, but it was absolutely magnificent! Think art collector, moody luxury, old world chandeliers hanging from the trees, velvet textiles, just enough peeling and cracking to hint at intentional character, and all with the backdrop of glittering turquoise waters. I have never really seen anything like it, and that is truly the beauty of travel, discovering little treasures of magic, not a single experience exactly like the other and leaving me certain every adventure tops the one before!

The day we arrived, we did a little resort tour, and got ready for dinner! We had reservations at the resort restaurant Philosophy. The food was delicious, the stroll back to the room invigorating, the moon shinning over the waves, narrow walkways cut into the rainforest, almost like I was walking through one of my favorite novels!

*Side note: if you ever get the chance to ride by the boys on the airplane, I'd take a hard pass. Remi is so willy nilly in his seat that he is almost always earning side glares from the person in front on him by mid-flight. Roen, well, lets just say it is never long before he is looking over at me with that smirk, giving a slight wave in front of his nose. The altitude gives him an extra boost of gas and he has zero problem releasing the pressure as needed! Y'all, they have zero manners and I KNOW I taught them better. If they aren't fighting, then they are loving each other's company in the worst of ways! And I'm either horrified or hiding my face because I can't take any of it serious enough to quit laughing!