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Myah and I woke up this morning to Sophie climbing into our bed, we slept in, its 6:15am. Myah has been sleeping with a Sloth that the girls bought her last year or the year before as a souvenir (but Jay is bringing Maximus with him today), its a small sloth with a smaller baby. Sophie was talking about buying another one at the Super Massai, the small local grocery store that has a little souvenir section. I suggested waiting until they get to the airport because they're always buy 2 get 1 free. Sophie said to Myah "Then you'll have one Momma and 3 kids" Myah's reaction was immediate "Whoa, 3 kids is way too many" You know, you have a family of 3 kids "I know, and I can barely handle two!" (talking about her siblings).
When we came out of the room we found out that the house has no water. I emailed the rental agency about this and the spotty wifi and then got ready for workout.
We finished with 6 mins of arms.
Maria took this photo and then said, oh I should have smiled. Then we got this picture. Lol. Not her usual beautiful smile!
While Maria and I did our workout this morning the girls journaled in French. During our workout the cleaning lady arrived, we told her there was no water and she called down to the office. The office called the Water Company and we learned that they're doing some work in Potrero just N of us and they turned off the electricity to the pumps so that the water is not pumping to Flamingo until later this afternoon. Before this, we had told Mom and Dad to fill their sink and tub with water in their condo next door because they had water only because they have a reserve tank on the roof of the building (we didn't know how long it would be out). Mom turned on all her taps to fill the sink and tub but forgot to turn off the kitchen sink faucet and flooded her entire condo! They only noticed when the water started to seep onto the balcony.
When we were in the pool after our workout I asked the girls about the journals. Myah redid Day 1 just translating to French - I said to her that if she does that she'll have to write 14 English days and then translate those 14 into French "So you'll have to do *28* Myah!" Paige said - if you do it like Paige and Sophie, Day 1 in English and Day 2 in French and so on, you'll only have to do 7 of each. Myah shrugged and said "Eh, I didn't write very many sentences". Maybe I should be reading the journals today. lol.
After our dip in the pool we headed down to the beach. The girls carry their towels and boogie boards and as we were walking down to the beach Sophie said "There must be an easier way to do this....Jim, can you carry this for me?" She's going places that one.
When we were in the pool after our workout I asked the girls about the journals. Myah redid Day 1 just translating to French - I said to her that if she does that she'll have to write 14 English days and then translate those 14 into French "So you'll have to do *28* Myah!" Paige said - if you do it like Paige and Sophie, Day 1 in English and Day 2 in French and so on, you'll only have to do 7 of each. Myah shrugged and said "Eh, I didn't write very many sentences". Maybe I should be reading the journals today. lol.
After our dip in the pool we headed down to the beach. The girls carry their towels and boogie boards and as we were walking down to the beach Sophie said "There must be an easier way to do this....Jim, can you carry this for me?" She's going places that one.
Jim and Maria went for a walk on the beach when we got down there while I went in the water with the girls to play in the waves.
This is a house down the beach we had looked at online for next year depending on how many people we have.
After about 15 minutes a lady waded through the surf and came up to me and asked if the water is always like this. "The waves? Yes, it is" She said that's a shame. "You didn't want waves?" No. "Well, this beach has waves all day, every day". She chose the wrong destination for sure - I told her some close by beaches that are calmer, but her husband also has some mobility issues so the nicest calm beach, Dantita, he wouldn't be able to visit.
We came back up to the house for lunch - we're going to eat in for lunch today and go out for dinner instead to Numu which, we learned yesterday at The Beach House, has been sold to new owners and closes in a few weeks. We were asking if they would be opening for lunch at all now that the season it busier - so because of the change of owner they're only open for dinner, so we had to visit it because is the girls favourite restaurant here - they always order edamame and cucumber rolls.
We came back up to the house for lunch - we're going to eat in for lunch today and go out for dinner instead to Numu which, we learned yesterday at The Beach House, has been sold to new owners and closes in a few weeks. We were asking if they would be opening for lunch at all now that the season it busier - so because of the change of owner they're only open for dinner, so we had to visit it because is the girls favourite restaurant here - they always order edamame and cucumber rolls.
Maria has an after sun face mask so did it with the girls, she got it in Cancun.
When we were ready to go we walked over and went up to Mom and Dads condo and got to see their gorgeous sunset. We can’t see it like they can because the view is obstructed by the wall shared between our lot and the house next door.
I had a Bavaria Dark beer (2 actually) and Maria had a delicious Sangria, I would definitely get the Sangria if we go back. But there are two other restaurants that we want to try for dinner that we’ll have to drive to or take a cab to, so I’m not sure we’ll be back to Numu.
During dinner I got a text from Chas that I had won 50 bottles of wine in a Swim Team fundraising raffle!! I had bought 3 tickets for $100 - the prizes were 1st - 100 bottles, 2nd 50 bottles, 3rd 20 bottles and then 5 prizes of 6 bottles and 12 prizes of 2 bottles. I won second prize! First thing I did when I was asked about the raffle tickets was find out if they're LCBO bottles so that I can return the ones I don't want and exchange them for wines I'll like or would like to try - and yes, they're 50 bottles of approx $20 value each from the Vintages section of the LCBO. Party Party.
I got an email while we were out to dinner from the girls hockey coach asking if the girls would go to hockey on the Monday we get back or go to the school Christmas concert. I asked them and they all said "Hockey". Sophie said "I don't want to go to the concert, I thought we would miss it so I didn't bother learning the song". I said "Great, that's awesome, Christmas concerts are the worst thing ever".
While we were waiting for the bill Dad and Maria went across the street to the market to get bottled water. Paige asked if she could go with them too and I said sure so she ran after them as I shouted "look before you cross the street". She didn't look at all - so I commented that Jay will get here and say "Where's Paige" and I'll have to be like "She's gone" and Sophie said "LOOONNNG Gone".
When we got back to the house we got ready for bed, late night tonight, its just after 8pm.
The intention was that I wouldn't drink this afternoon and then I would drive the 7 seater (with 8 of us) to the restaurant which is about 7 min drive away. But an afternoon in the pool without a drink is near impossible. Actually it’s actually impossible.
Option 2 - Dad will drive us in shifts in his Hyundai sedan (a small one). Option 3 - We try to fit 8 of us in the car...this is what we ended up doing. Dad and Jim sat in the front, Mom, Maria and I sat in the back each with a girl on our lap and no one wore seatbelts just to be fair. lol. When we arrived to the restaurant and Dad parked the back bumper scraped the ground and a couple walking down the street turned back to see us all piling out like a clown car. Mom said, as a way of explaining "We only had one sober driver" The guy replied "You need a sober driver down here?" haha.
Dinner was delicious, as always. I got shrimp and rice, which was like a fried rice bowl. Dad had a goat cheese salad and then he and Mom both had Tikka Masala. Jim had the red curry bowl that I loved last year. Maria also had the salad and then tempura rolls. Myah got grilled cheese and fries (that were really cooked potato, real fries but not fried enough), Sophie and Paige both got cucumber rolls and then we got extra rolls to go so they can have them for lunch tomorrow as well.
Dinner was delicious, as always. I got shrimp and rice, which was like a fried rice bowl. Dad had a goat cheese salad and then he and Mom both had Tikka Masala. Jim had the red curry bowl that I loved last year. Maria also had the salad and then tempura rolls. Myah got grilled cheese and fries (that were really cooked potato, real fries but not fried enough), Sophie and Paige both got cucumber rolls and then we got extra rolls to go so they can have them for lunch tomorrow as well.
I had a Bavaria Dark beer (2 actually) and Maria had a delicious Sangria, I would definitely get the Sangria if we go back. But there are two other restaurants that we want to try for dinner that we’ll have to drive to or take a cab to, so I’m not sure we’ll be back to Numu.
During dinner I got a text from Chas that I had won 50 bottles of wine in a Swim Team fundraising raffle!! I had bought 3 tickets for $100 - the prizes were 1st - 100 bottles, 2nd 50 bottles, 3rd 20 bottles and then 5 prizes of 6 bottles and 12 prizes of 2 bottles. I won second prize! First thing I did when I was asked about the raffle tickets was find out if they're LCBO bottles so that I can return the ones I don't want and exchange them for wines I'll like or would like to try - and yes, they're 50 bottles of approx $20 value each from the Vintages section of the LCBO. Party Party.
I got an email while we were out to dinner from the girls hockey coach asking if the girls would go to hockey on the Monday we get back or go to the school Christmas concert. I asked them and they all said "Hockey". Sophie said "I don't want to go to the concert, I thought we would miss it so I didn't bother learning the song". I said "Great, that's awesome, Christmas concerts are the worst thing ever".
While we were waiting for the bill Dad and Maria went across the street to the market to get bottled water. Paige asked if she could go with them too and I said sure so she ran after them as I shouted "look before you cross the street". She didn't look at all - so I commented that Jay will get here and say "Where's Paige" and I'll have to be like "She's gone" and Sophie said "LOOONNNG Gone".
When we got back to the house we got ready for bed, late night tonight, its just after 8pm.
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