Cookie flowers for the top of the cake
Karis's birthday cake.
This is some of the handiwork of the big arctic system that went through yesterday.
We scheduled a trip to Disney World this week, so we finally have a chance to see all the Christmas decorations in person. The crowds aren’t bad, but I think the staff is not at their best. I suppose that outside of summer, there must not be a lot of competition for Disney to choose from.
There was a pretty good lightning storm going on offshore tonight. Melissa’s shoulders had to make do as a tripod for getting any good shots of it.
According to one of our tour guides, most of the Yucatan peninsula is a giant slab of limestone(?), with only a few inches of actual dirt. What looks like lush forest from the airplane flying in is really this short, dense mangrove. This picture is from Isle Mujeres, off the coast of Cancún.
Tonight’s circus show at the Cancún Palace included a great performance by this little girl. The skit began with a clown trying to make two stuffed elephants walk. The ringmaster gave him a key to wind up the elephants, which didn’t work on the first one. He used a string as a leash to “walk” the first elephant. Then the ringmaster tried the key on the second elephant, and it started following the clown around the stage. Surprise! It’s a toy poodle in an elephant costume.
It was interesting to see a circus put on with no words — since the audience here is a mix of people who speak different languages, all of the evening shows were designed without any spoken words.
Smokey was hard at work this morning investigating reports of critters in this bag.
Melissa baked and decorated this bunny for Karis, a friend of ours’ daughter.
We had some great evening sunlight on hand for me to try my luck at getting some good puppy pictures. Here’s one of a handful that turned out pretty darn good.
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