water play, then eat, Mexicana style

Whenever we can, or mama has the stamina for it, we go to the beach after School. I call it PE. Since the weekends are pretty busy we mostly stay away, other than a few Sunday mornings when we drove to other towns for early breakfast and wave play. Chacala and San Pancho mostly. So our newest thing we have been trying out is boogie boarding, which is pretty fun once you get the hang of. Remember when you were a kid; how you kept trying and trying. And you got rashes. And were tired, but just had to try ONE more time. Well both kids have finally made it to shore! Up on the waves and into shore. Such excitement and accomplishment.

The best part are the huge smiles. The sad part is they realize that they will never do this with the waves at the family cabin. Ha.

And, of course all that wave play makes grumpy, hungry kids. Or, maybe grumpy, hungry mama. (I did mention a beer might be in my backpack for the beach, didn't I)

Street food in Mexico is always done so right! And, our kids LOVE it! From the tacos (fish, shrimp, chicken or grilled meat), to the gringas (pastor with pina y queso quesidilla). They also love the night treats; pies or cakes by the slice. Helados. Churros. And Bionicos (yogurt and fresh fruit topped with coco and raisins and condensened milk o dulce de leche). It took us about a month plus to get out to venture due to Covid, but we now mask up, place an order and sit away from others to enjoy our treats!

Our next thing we tried; tostilocos, which translate to crazy chips. And, yep, they are crazy. Annnndddd, not my favorite. Who thought, take a bag of tostatos, add cucumber, jicama, japanese peanuts, mango, chamoy, SAUSAGES and some other stuff and call it a snack? Apparently the street vendors in Guadalajara. That was definitely a one and done. I can still barely get the taste out of my mouth...where's that beer?