Marquis Los Cabos Beach, Golf, Spa & Casitas Resort in Los Cabos, a member of Leading Hotels of the World that was voted one of the Top 25 hotels in Mexico and Central and South America by Travel + Leisure magazine readers in 2007, offers a Marquis Kids package for la familia:

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Okay, a little late, but Friday’s Web Roundup just doesn’t have the same ring to it. Why are we late? Because we’re traveling – and we’re sick, and it stinks that sickness doesn’t know to stay away when you’re on vacation. We have all we can handle keeping our 3-year old entertained and dealing with a newborn. Below, some sites we’re finding particularly useful this week…

• CBeebies is a special site for the BBC’s younger viewers in the UK, and similar to the Noggin website in the US, it has great games based on the preschool cartoons it features. Add it to your arsenal of sites to entertain tots and preschoolers.
• Older kids with homework assignments to complete on vacation may appreciate Fact Monster’s Homework Center, which features a wealth of info in subjects like geography, math and history. (Although if they’re traveling so much, they should really have the geo down pat…)
• If you’re traveling in the Caribbean or Latin America (as we are) anytime between June and November, you might want to bookmark the National Hurricane Center’s website, which reads the weather patterns on that particularly disastrous weather occurrence; you can see updatesup to hourly when things are really jumping. Sign up for emailed updates and keep track of who’s causing the latest trouble out there.
• Coloring.com has pictures to color and the whole thing is done online, so no need to be near a printer (unless, of course, your prince or princess wants to print out the masterpiece…)
• Finally, in our bid to leave you with a laugh, check out this letter exchange between a hotel and one of its guests on hotel soaps. Supposedly true, it’s pretty funny. We don’t know which hotel this is or we’d tell you to steer clear…

Entrance to Villa 68, copyright Sea Horse Ranch

This week’s villa has the added advantage of being part of a resort community; you’ll get the best of both worlds, with the space and privacy of a villa complemented by many of the activities of a resort. Sea Horse Ranch, on the northern coast of the Dominican Republic in Sosua, features a tennis center, equestrian center, seaside yoga classes, and a rather large children’s park. During the summer vacation period you’ll also find a summer camp for kids 5 to 14 which takes advantage of all the above amenities and then some. (more…)