Lake Nicaragua

We woke up early...shocker. It was beautiful outside so we decided to take a boat tour of the lake. We had discussed it with Orvan the day before and he said we would be the only people on the boat so could cut it short if need be (things to ask when you have small children). He came with us and was our wonderful tour guide. He is bilingual but was gracious enough to talk to us in Spanish and help us out when we did not know a word. He spoke clearly and slowly. There are 365 islands on the lake, many of them are pretty small. There are a ton of cool houses on them and the scenery was gorgeous. We also went to the monkeyś island and threw cookies at them. We saw some little bats, some cool birds and some fish. Creed started to get cranky so we headed home. We learned a lot of history of the area and some gossip about those that owned houses on the islands. Oh and we had some cookies too. You could not ask for a better tour.

Creed fell asleep on me in the car. I ended up rocking him for over an hour in the lobby. It has been ages since he has fallen asleep on me and for so long. He looked so cute. After awhile I figured I better wake him up or I would be up even earlier the next morning.

We went to lunch and he could not stop crying and you guessed it he felt warm. I took him back to the room and found out he had a fever (we never leave home without the thermometer) of a 102. So we watched TV and rocked. I love that there were so many rocking chairs. We just chilled in the room the rest of the day. Jason took Laney swimming so they got to have a little excursion. His fever went down for several hours before the medicine wore off. We gave him more and sent him to bed. Amazingly, he only woke up once in the night and went right back to sleep. He even woke up without a fever. He still was pretty clingy and tired though.

We decided to take a horse drawn carriage tour of Granada. The kids had been wanting to do since we arrived. All the carriages are parked in front of our hotel and Laney wanted to the one with the most ribbons. Lucky for her it was the one we ended up taking. The tour was fun and we had a great guide who spoke clearly and slowly. We saw forts, many churches, and tons of colonial houses. I love history and that kind of stuff so it was really interesting. We were able to climb to the top of one of the churches bell towers. Laney was a touch frightened being carried up a tiny spiral staircase. Creed was all for it. We had some great views from the top. I loved it!! It reminded me of all those churches in Europe I was able to climb on my trips.

We enjoyed some ice cream and chilled most of the day. The kids had been sick and seemed to be getting better so we did not want to take any chances of them getting something else. Jason and I took turns going out and checking the city out. He went on a cigar tour and enjoyed walking around the market. All in all it was a fun trip. Our only issue seems to be the kids getting sick. They are becoming better travelers and hopefully over time their immune systems will improve so we can enjoy our vacations even more. I would love to go back to Nicaragua and check it out even more.

Creed and Jason got their hair cut. I did not take any pictures of Jason getting his done, but I went along with Creed. Here is my cute Nico.