Cabo, the sexEd vacation location | Klutch Photograhy | Vancouver family photographer

Half naked girls -check, drunk people everywhere-check and cock'n balls pot pipe for sale-check and that's not even the half of it!

Welcome to Cabo San Lucas, Mexico at spring break!

If you haven't talked to your kids about anything to do with sex, drugs and general body parts I would suggest you stay OUT of Cabo! Unless you enjoy lying, distracting your kids and changing the topic AAAAALOT. 

I do have to say tho, it does open some great conversations about young adult behaviour, what's appropriate young adult behaviour and WHATS NOT. Like giving your underwear to a bartender to hang up in the bar is never the right choice- ever!  And why they don't have male underwear hanging?? Sexist much! Or dancing in the cage with a short skirt, that too is not wise. What's Viagra and why people use it.  If you have been to Cabo, all of these conversations will make perfect cense to you!

My kids, never seem to be  traumatized...is this good or bad? Perhaps Dina's sexEd class's?! Could you imagine, bahahaha! People who know me well will get a chuckle at the thought of that! "Ok kids, lets start with the word FUCK, it's not just a swear....lol!

We loved their local supermarkets with their unusual products, unrefrigerated eggs, no covered counters for baked goods or fish; it's a different world. Now the cheap gin & tonic canned beverages might be my reason No.1 for my visit & love of their local supermarket but the mouse I saw running around I could do without!  Also, remember that stops signs are just a suggestion when driving in Cabo (more so for the locals) and not to mention how hard these people work to make a living, truly impressive! Such kind and fun people really, even the bar promoters for the Pink Kitty (and every other bar on the strip) were trying to get us to come into the bar for a drink as a family for some "family time". lol.

All and all, it was a perfect mix of SexEd, burnt flesh, family time, meeting new friends and hanging out with old ones and a lot of laughter!   And btw, we never ever felt unsafe!

Viva Mexico!!

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A first for everything | Klutch Photography | Vancouver family photographer

I bought this underwater casing for my Canon 5D mark 11 in July of this year to push my skill set (and apparently to push my fear level as well because I'm the shitest swimmer alive!).  I was nudged to check this brand and style out by a friend and it falls in the middle of the road for pricing, so not cheap and not a "million dollar bills ya'll" either. 

This past week was the first time I got to really test drive it in Mexico (the pool only as the ocean was rough and full of coral, I can't even imagine what a gong show that would have turned into if I even attempted it) 

The learning curve is so/so, if I wasn't so fucking awkward in the water It may have gone smoother or if I wasn't so concerned about looking like a raccoon (because I had my eyebrows on and my mascara on and my eyeliner on.  People don't judge, when your over 40 and you plucked the shit out of your eyebrows in the 90's because thin eyebrows were the style you would understand! it's a fucking slippery slope, you can't have eyebrows on and not have your eye's on...it just doesn't work!). Anyways, I slapped on some goggles, which also are awkward and make you look redic but it's all for a good shot right?! Luckily the pool was not over my head or else I would have had to use a snorkel and my make shift buoyancy belt made from a water noodle and an old strap from a bag (total MacGyver move) - hahahah, that would have been a sight!

I'm glad I finally got to break it in and the results are interesting. Well kids always make everything more interesting in my opinion. I love the "different world look" the underwater images have, there's a a first for everything and I'm pretty sure there will be a second! If I drown in the next year you know what happened!

Here's the underwater gear company link (Outex) btw-

http://www.outex.com/

A real vision!  Here's my underwater selfie, lol! In looking at this image now I'm pretty sure I had my goggles on upside down. That would explain how uncomfortable they were.

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Savouring the crazy | Klutch photographer | Vancouver family Photographer

Why is May and June such an overscheduled shitshow in elementary schools? It literally feels like every single missed activity throughout the year is scheduled in the last 40 days of school! From the PAC sponsored events to the "need parent helpers" EVERY FRICKEN DAY, and the field trips, parents drivers required please, appreciate your teachers week, and let's not forget to keep your wallets open folks because you're not done yet buying goodies etc. for your kids!

Today was what some people might call "their personal nightmare", being a parent helper on a school bus, at the beach, all day long with grade 3's. I was volunteered by Amara (second time she's done this). That was so kind of her.  Of course, I said yes but I literally begged her not to have to go on the school bus. She refused to appease me, it was kid leverage at it's finest... "Do you love mom, then you should go on the bus"!

The sad part is when your daughter offers up to sit beside you but then goes "Actually mom, I want Cam to sit with Kayla and me".  Yep, grade school rejection all over again! 

The ride was rather uneventful (praise the Lord) and Centennial Beach was perfect, no rain, no wind! 

Now the irony is I'm there to watch over the children, just like the other amazing parent helpers and guess who loses track of their own child. Yep, that's me! Awkward. Parent. Moment. And no this wasn't a way for me to "not be selected" next year, it's just I know my kid well and this one's never really lost...find the goodies, you'll find her!

I actually did savour the whole crazy day.  All of it! 

My mini boss also requested (more like demand)that  I make a video like I did when I took her people to the aquarium!

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