And that's exactly what AK and I have been doing the past few days, living live and loving life!!!
I have so many wonderful stories about the girls but will try to not bore you with too many of them!
After naptime on Saturday, AK and I went back to the Mosers for a swim and supper. We had a great time playing in the pool, but somehow, at one point, of 4 kids and 5 adults, all but one of us ended up in the (not-so) hot tub. Pretty funny. AK and Emily thought it was great to float around on the floaties. We had an amazing supper - Chris and Darren had hit up the fish market first thing and bought an 11lb red snapper. Chris soaked and cleaned it, and then garnished it with onions and butter and stuck it on the BBQ. Christie made garlic bread, green beans and an apple crisp, and I helped her make a potato salad. The fish was amazing, so much that I kept eating it for leftovers up to yesterday!
I helped the girls brush their teeth and changed them into their pyjamas. AK pulled out two books and Christie read one to them. Christie mentioned that AK was doing more of the reading than she was! I guess that's what happens when you read the exact same two books every.single.night. That's two books that AK can recite almost by heart now.
Sunday morning, we headed back to the Mosers to kill time and visit until it was time for brunch! All the girls had pretty dresses on, and I took the girls for a walk for something to do. As soon as we headed down the sidewalk, Emily asked AK "Do you want to hold hands?" which of course she said Yes to! We found the lime tree but there were no limes big enough to pick. We did find a tree with some beautiful yellow/white frangipani flowers. I picked two of them and put them in the girls' hair. So pretty! Erin took some pictures but unfortunately the picture card drive has stopped working on the computer so I haven't been able to download the pictures to share with you.
We went to brunch at the Westin. Erin and Darren very kindly treated us all. AK had a good feed of cheese, fruit and OJ. Oh, and a cookie. She wasn't interested at all in the waffle. Guess she had her fill the previous day. I felt like I lucked out as there was lots of fish and seafood for me to indulge on. I was tempted to have a yorkshire pudding with gravy but figured that the gravy was probably started with beef stock so that went against my Lent sacrifices. I still had plenty to eat... we all did... Mack undid his shorts at the table, he was so full!
There was nothing we could do after brunch except nap... I even laid down for about an hour. I was too antsy so I got up and made a vegetable lasagna for that night's supper. When AK got up, we hit up Smith's Cove Beach with everyone. I had AK in her water wings and finally got her comfortable enough that I could let go and she swam on her own. When Emily saw that, she got enough courage to swim on her own too! The girls played in the sand while Christie and Mack took Erin for a snorkel. I think they saw a parrotfish and a stingray. The stingray freaked Erin out so I hope they didn't get too close! Some local girls started playing with Emily and AK and very kindly helped us rinse everything off and pack up when it was time to go. They were truly the sweetest girls ever - they asked so politely if they could play with the girls and the toys.
After the beach, AK began whining and saying she wanted her sucky and a nap! How odd is that... but she got her second wind when Darren offered to take the girls to the playground. Sounds like the three of them held hands all the way there and back, and had a good playing with another girl who was there. Darren said they spent a lot of time swinging on the tire.
I bathed the girls that night. They were such goofballs. I asked them to sing songs, and AK would belt out "la la la la" and the two of them would completely dissolve in giggles. Or AK would start singing "Frosty the Snowman" for whatever reason. Emily was laughing so hard she started snorting, which set me off! I said to Erin that it doesn't seem like Emily knows her nursery rhyme songs, and Erin said Emily's more likely to know the words to the Top 40 songs. Ha!
AK was quite happy to come home and crawled right into bed. She has done that every night that the company's been here.
Monday morning, we were up bright and early and hit up the grocery store as we were having all the girls (and Baby Johnny) over for breakfast. Mack went to school and Darren and Chris went for a boat ride. AK was quite excited that Emily was coming over. Christie brought over a garden gnome for the girls to paint. AK and I named him Norm today. Norm the Gnome. The little girls played together so nicely and the big girls were able to visit some more. After lunch, we took the girls back to the Mosers and everyone there laid down while us girls went to the spa. My toes look great today and I treated myself to some perfume too.
We then headed down to Camana Bay to play in the fountains. I watched the girls while everyone else looked in the jewelry store. Should have known they were buying something when they took forever! Darren and Erin both bought something, and the salesman ended up giving both girls a turtle pendant. What a special gift... they have something matching to always remind them of this time together. I have to say I'm quite envious of Erin's beautiful new diamond bracelet... Darren's watch not so much... I tried on a John Hardy bracelet myself but didn't buy it... I will probably think about it every day for a while now!
We ended up going to Michael's at Camana Bay for supper. It was my first time eating there and it was pretty good. I think their menu changes a lot to take advantage of local produce that's available. AK asked for noodles and I asked for a bit of both red and white sauce for her. She refused to use the sauce though, but dumped all of her parmesan cheese on the noodles. Funny kid. She and Emily did really well considering they were in high chairs. They colored, read some books, played "I Spy" although both of them pretty much missed the point!
AK fell and skinned her knee right at the end of the evening. Her knee hurt enough that she wasn't agreeable to saying Bye to the visitors. Shame... but they got lots of cuddles and love in the days prior. I told AK that Emily had gotten on a plane today to go home and AK told me she missed her... awww!
The rest of the week is going to be busy. I'm attending a conference at the church being put on by the Peacemakers Ministry from Montana and Wee Care is providing childcare so for the next two nights, AK gets to go back to school in her PJs and watch movies!
Oh, and I asked Christie when we first met - I guess it was that same day that I met Erin. Christie remembers talking to me from either the side or from behind... and I ignored her and she thought I was pretty odd and snobby. But then she saw my hearing aids and it made sense :) not a great first impression, I'll bet! xo
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