I woke up this morning to the girls coming into our room and seeing Elfie on our bookcase. They whispered at least when they said "look, there's Elfie". I immediately went back to sleep. I woke up later to Jay coming into the room saying "are you going to get up? We want to go do something". I opened my eyes and looked at my watch, it was 1:30pm!! I was so tired I closed my eyes again...and opened them to Sophie coming in the room asking why Elfie was in our room. I opened my eyes again, looked at my watch - it was 7:00am..the in between Elfie and Sophie was a dream that I got to sleep in! Frig.
So up we got to go for a 7am swim! The girls noticed while we were out there that we have a plantain tree in the yard and a coconut palm too..that's a highlight for them,they've been asking if they'll see a coconut palm tree while away, so to have one in the yard is awesome. And there was a coconut in the garden on the ground - total score. We plan to ask the groundskeeper, who apparently is in tomorrow, how best to open it for the milk and meat!
After our swim we woke up Jay and went out for breakfast and grocery shopping. The humidity here is crazy and the girls hair is gorgeous!
The place recommended by our host was down the end of the road at the round about - which is where, I'm pretty sure my brother and Jay did surf lessons like 11 years ago when we were here. So, the girls went exploring the trees on the beach while we waited for our food.
We ordered breakfast and Trevor got the Original Omlette. He said, "that's funny, original here is different then at home". It had bacon, avocado and tomato in it! Then a few minutes later he said "what time is it?" "9:30, why?" "There's a guy over there drinking a beer, I guess it's never too early on vacation..that's awesome".
While I waited to pay the bill Jay went down to the water with the girls. When I got down there 2 mins later they were in their underwear and in the water. We decided right there to keep a swim bag in the car in case the urge to go swimming overtook us in the moment! Good thing we did too - we used it later in the day!
Sophie actually wasn't happy because she got a soaker, but I said it was no big deal, kids swim in their undies all the time here and she took off her shirt and went right back in with a smile!
After the beach we went back to the house for a quick stop to change and then went out and grabbed groceries, enough for breakfasts, lunches and steak and chicken for a couple dinners, and booze. Lots and lots of booze.
Then back to the house for lunch and Jay's customary vacay afternoon nap and some quiet time for the girls since it was a late night and early morning. And, of course, some swimming and hammock time.
We decided after lunch to go to Playa Flamingo, about 30 mins away to check out the dive shop recommended to us and we missed it on the way in but ended up at the beach (enter emergency swim bag). The boys played in the waves for an hour until we had to drag Jay out of the water! Trevor hasn't vacationed much before, so it's a tonne of fun doing stuff with him.
We hit the dive shop on the way back and they were out on a dive, so we got the number and arranged for Trevor and Jay to be picked up tomorrow morning for Trevor's first 2 open water dives for his certification. On the way back we stopped in town because Sophie really wanted this monkey she saw hanging in a shop - $25 freaking US dollars. I think not. I even tried to bargain - 2 for $30. No joy, no discount for you, not when your precious punkins eyes start to well up and overflow at the thought of not getting her monkey. Walk away Sophie, surely he is not as heartless as I am, he won't make you give up your dream of owning a monkey of your very own. Two shops later, monkey forgotten she gets a $5 whistling bird and Paige decides on a $10 dress. That's more like it!
Back to the house for dinner and a beautiful sunset.
We had steak, corn and salad for dinner. Jay said he would still rather eat the dinner we had over all-inclusive food though I'm borderline. At least they would have hidden the tough meat with gluey gravy. I said to the guys "do you think there is any way to make this meat salvageable for another meal?" Between the 3 of us we didn't eat one steak. Jay said "if you cut it up in small enough pieces maybe it won't kill the dog that eats it". So funny. The meat was like shoe leather, and the steak we didn't eat was the same colour too! The steak we tried to eat at least looked like steak, not pork,,but it was terrible. The corn was tough and more meaty than the meat and the salad had soggy lettuce and Kraft fat free Italian dressing on it that we used to marinade the girls chicken (which was delicious). At least now we get to go out for dinners!! And on the plus side the tequila sours are excellent!
Now it's 8:46 and we've been in bed for an hour (me blogging and Jay reading!). Jay and Trev have to be up and ready for 6:45am pick up. They'll be home by 12:00pm tomorrow. I might try to take the girls to the wildlife sanctuary or to horseback ride if I can find a place that will just let them do a couple laps around the parking lot and not a 2 hr tour!
Elfie is all ready downstairs on a shelf, I can rest easy and sleep in!
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