Partying at our little neighbor Shonki's 4th birhday .

Malawi and Zeze,american mothers, Panamenian fathers. 

These two crack us up together

wouldn't you want to live there too? swoon

hibiscus( called shoe black here, not sure why) from our yard. I have many types planted

finding time for a little watercolor

skateboarding on our deck

Zi's bird has finally learned to peck at bread on her own

passion fruit seeds on the rise

little green house on the road to the beach

through the jungle way

unripe seagrapes: hands down my favorite tropical fruit.

 besides coconut

the babies  and I

didn't bring water, not a problem. Green coconut juice, this guy. bare hands and a stick.

We are so lucky.

just after he pooped in the jungle

this sums it all up perfectly

there they build blanket forts, 

here they make palm frond tepees

sand pants

Wishing you all a lovely weekend 

Mexico day 5, Valladolid market and the cenotes

Another market, this time in the old colonial city of Valladolid in the interior, the town has beautiful old spanish architecture, and instead of a city park it has cenotes right in the middle of the town!

tacos and mondongo (cow intestine) soup for me, hey, when in Rome...

 fragrant plumeria strings, one girl was happy

it was scorching hot hot hot that day, piled in a small sedan with 7 people and a baby, the yucatan is quite dry, it is actually considered subtropical, to walk into these underwater caves of fresh blue water and silence was heaven, a freshness and coolness like I have never felt before.

The only light down here comes from a hole in the roof of the caves, you can see it spotting down into the water, the hanging strings are tree roots from above.

 beautiful stalactite's

this is the hole that discovered the cave, Mayan legend has it that a little girl found it chasing her pig,  the pig fell through, splash into the water below

outside this little Mayan lady was selling possibly the best tasting  tacos from our trip

Onwards we drove to Tulum that day, and finally home.