“4 Year Old Lilli is Freaking Out”

Tuesday morning started with breakfast at Rooster (we ate their all 4 mornings because they had really good coffee-hard to find in Mexico) and then we drove down to the opposite end of the island for what we had been waiting for... our dolphin experience. As we were walking in Lillian said “4 year old me is really freaking out right now.” She had such a dolphin obsession for years and I had been so excited to experience this with her. Katie was technically not old enough but we said she was 6 (what’s one month?) and signed her up for the full experience too. The only thing she couldn’t do was the pull because her arms weren’t long enough to reach their fins. 

But she was able to do the foot push ride

And the kisses


We were in the pool about an hour but Lilli said it was the coolest experience of her life. And it’s definitely something I will always remember. Katie said the foot push was kind of scary but she loved the rest. 


From their we checked out the turtle farm sanctuary 

And then we went back to the condo to hang out at the beach awhile. Before dinner we had a fish pedi. The girls has seen it the day before and wanted to try it. 

It was such a weird feeling and tickled but our feet looked great, lol. 

We found Matt another lobster dinner but the highlight was the marquesita. Katie said “I think I love this more than my cat.” And most people reading this probably don’t get what a statement that is but she doesn’t love anything (“except her family”) more than Sammy! 

That was a great way to end that evening!






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