On Saturday night we went to one of the theater shows that they had each evening. I saw that it said participation show and though "hmm, maybe we shouldn't go, don't want to get pulled up on stage". What are the chances?? I ended up on stage thinking "what on earth have i gotten myself into"! I hate being in front of people, let alone on a stage having to do a sexy walk with a book on my head, learn a choreographed dance and repeat it and run into the audience and kiss as many men on the cheek as i could in 1 minute (i did win that one with 26 by the way, i don't know if that is something to be proud of) Johnny's face was hurting when i got back down off stage because he had been laughing so hard for so long. The pictures he took were very dark but here is one of me running around for one minute...
We could eat at the buffet breakfast lunch and dinner and then we also had 3 dinners at the fancier restaurants in the resort. We went to the Italian one on Sat. It was very hard to understand what you were ordering. I seemed to do well with my picking, johnny had a little trouble in the salad picking department...
it was 4 course dining and they just kept bringing food. this was my soup that freaked me out a little only because of the color. (i am a very picky eater and rely a lot on the looks of food to deter me) I tried so many things that looked "questionable" this week. By the way the soup was fantastic, it was a spinach soup and i ate the whole bowl! :)
we read a lot!
these animals were everywhere around the resort. they were so cute.
had to do a feet on the beach picture
i missed my kids obviously, i of course completely enjoyed ou time alone but had a little meltdown one night after seeing a little girl raegan's age...just felt so far away from them
loved the beach beds...
only things about a vacation alone together is that you don't get many pictures together unless you snag someone to take one of you which we did every now and then
we walked or ran on the beach every morning except for one while we were there. i have run on beaches before but this one was particularly hard to run on because the sand was so soft
on Sunday it rained...all...day...long! They were saying there might be three days of it. We were feeling a little depressed.
we hung out in the lobby and played cards, we took naps, we ate, we read while it rained and rained and rained...
it rained sunday and then monday morning and then that was it...the sun came out and it was beautiful once again!
i went barefoot for a day and a half because the walkways were so slippery!
We had to go get some grass shears since there is no power in the house and we don't have an extension cord long enough to use our trimmer (plus it was a good excuse to get some since i have wanted some anyway). Raegan thinks she has a new job...
her words before this were "don't worry mommy i won't cut my swimsuit or my skirt!" I was thinking more along the lines of fingers and toes, but as long as you don't cut your clothing...
We have gone to the pool two days in a row and the kids are just getting wiped out! Last night Raegan wanted to sleep in Ethan's bed so i said "the first time you guys are messing around and not going to sleep raegan has to go to her bed" I never heard anything and so went in after awhile and they were OUT!
Ethan learned to write his name within the last 6 months or so, you know getting ready for kindergarten....we had to get after him and tell him we were proud of him that he could write his name but that he wasn't allowed to write it in permanent marker on the walls, appliances or anywhere but paper...but as you can see, he labeled his wall before our little speech.
johnny picked another winner of a salad yet again...
the cocoon hammock
i was so looking forward to taking a nap in the hammocks that i saw on their website and so nap i did, although after the day of the heavy rains they had taken them down and when they were put back up they seemed really low to the ground...
We were sad to say goodbye to the Caribbean! We will go back for sure someday if we get the chance!
We could eat at the buffet breakfast lunch and dinner and then we also had 3 dinners at the fancier restaurants in the resort. We went to the Italian one on Sat. It was very hard to understand what you were ordering. I seemed to do well with my picking, johnny had a little trouble in the salad picking department...
it was 4 course dining and they just kept bringing food. this was my soup that freaked me out a little only because of the color. (i am a very picky eater and rely a lot on the looks of food to deter me) I tried so many things that looked "questionable" this week. By the way the soup was fantastic, it was a spinach soup and i ate the whole bowl! :)
we read a lot!
these animals were everywhere around the resort. they were so cute.
had to do a feet on the beach picture
i missed my kids obviously, i of course completely enjoyed ou time alone but had a little meltdown one night after seeing a little girl raegan's age...just felt so far away from them
loved the beach beds...
only things about a vacation alone together is that you don't get many pictures together unless you snag someone to take one of you which we did every now and then
we walked or ran on the beach every morning except for one while we were there. i have run on beaches before but this one was particularly hard to run on because the sand was so soft
on Sunday it rained...all...day...long! They were saying there might be three days of it. We were feeling a little depressed.
we hung out in the lobby and played cards, we took naps, we ate, we read while it rained and rained and rained...
it rained sunday and then monday morning and then that was it...the sun came out and it was beautiful once again!
i went barefoot for a day and a half because the walkways were so slippery!
loved the cool sand...much different than the burning hot sand of some beaches that may bring out the worst in some people :)
this was at the end of the walkway from the lobby...ahead was the pool/pools, the restaurant/pool bar and then the beach/ocean.
our room with two t-shirts since we "liked" them on facebook
the little courtyard outside our room...our room was the one on the bottom floor. yay, no stairs!
this was our beach access from our building...really could it get any more beautiful?
this was the walkway walking from the pool area. it was a nice long walk that we actually loved since we felt like all we were doing was eating at least we had a nice walk to go eat!
during the cloudier times we opted to sit under the little huts. the beaches were not packed. there were always plenty of chairs.
For awhile we thought we were the only Americans at the resort. Most everyone was French or Italian. No one spoke English! We did end up meeting several Americans during the week.
Raegan loves riding around on her brother's back in the pool. Gone are the flip flop stealing days and in are the easier for mommy days when Raegan (for the most part) will go play in the water or use her little spray bottle to be my personal little assistant keeping me cool from head to foot and face!
our days at the pool involve just about as much snacking as swimming. I have already had to lay down the rule of no snacks until we have been at the pool for 45 minutes, because Raegan would like to sit down and snack as soon as we walk in if it were her choice!
the water has still been pretty cold the last couple of days, hopefully it will warm up soon!
