Christmas in Punta Cana, AJ's birthday ~ December 23 2011

AJ is officially 7 years old.  How fun to have a birthday and Christmas at the beach!  He got a creative card from Aaron with a little race track in it. But the really fun part was were Aaron wrote to AJ about going deep sea fishing for his present. The guys went once before when we visited the Outer Banks at the end of the summer and loved it. AJ was so excited for the fishing trip the following day. For AJ's birthday we played at our favorite pool right near our room.  Some of the things we loved about it were the big beach beds to lay on and soak up the sun, ice cream and pina coladas, hot nachos and cheese, feeding popcorn to the peacocks, playing in the cool water, swimming up to the pool bar, and playing games on Aaron's phone while warming up after a swim.

 

Every day was an opportunity for AJ to find coconuts. He talked about it regularly and found quite a few.

Audrey loved to pick the flowers. Every time we saw these bushes, and it was often, she picked flowers and would just hold them in her hand. We loved taking pictures of all the beautiful plants and trees we saw. We also loved looking for fish and turtles in the many ponds around the resort. One of our favorite places was looking at the flamingos, ducks, and cranes. It was just so beautiful and fun to see what different animals we could find.

At dinner there was always a huge variety of desserts to choose from.  Aaron told one of the hosts that it was AJ's birthday and they came singing with instruments and a plate of cakes for AJ.  He was very surprised and happy to get the attention.

I love that all over the resort there were places to just hang out and relax. Couches, swings, chairs, and mattresses everywhere. It also had beautiful decorations and water fountains all over. AJ loved the jacuzzi bath and ended his birthday playing in it.