More of my boys

Getting adjusted by Dr. B Brushing teeth It was time for a change Isaiah-entertaining  Ugly face contest

I know what you are thinking, but the boy was actually eating, so I wasn’t about to disturb him.

Sawyer is our little cutie pie that gets himself in trouble a lot.  He loves his younger brother, but he also likes to be mean to him, which gets him into trouble.  He hasn’t quite gotten the drift that being sorry means that you don’t do the same thing again, at least not in the same hour! Isaiah and Brennan-two boys that want to be together, but often struggle with getting on each others nerves.  One minute they are annoyed with each other, the next minute, they wonder where the other is. 

Sunday morning, Wil and Matt left for church at 7:15.  Around 8:00 Monica called and asked if Brennan had come to our house, his blanket was on their bed, but he was no where to be found.  I said that I’d be right over.  By the time I got over, she was crying and on the phone with Matt at church.  She had searched the whole house several times.  A bit later, she found him under the pile of blankets on their bed.  His eyes got rather watery when he saw that she had been crying.  He said he was trying to surprise her.  I have a feeling at the next hide and seek, he won’t stay hidden very long.

Sunday afternoon, Isaiah and Brennan went with us to the Nursing Home.  The boy’s great grandma Barbara, has Parkinson.  Brennan is just sitting there watching her hands, shaking rather profusely.  Then he asked what any child might wonder, “Hey, are you doing that or are you hands doing it by them self?”

To post this seems like bad timing, with my brother just coming out of a stressful surgery, but it gave me something else to focus on.

Blanket Please

     Jeremiah isn’t talking yet but he knows what he wants.  He gets very upset when things don’t go his way or he gets hurt.  The 1st thing he grabs for is a soft blanket and his thumb is always handy.  His favorite thing to do right now, is pushing all the buttons that are off limit.

Antigua-journal

2-17-10(Antigua)

I woke up at 7:00 and as every morning, Wil has already been up and on the deck before I get up. No sleeping in for him. Today I am journaling as we are docking. From my window, this Island looks lush from the get go. Today we plan to do zip lines and swinging bridges and I’m excited for what the day holds. I am also feeling much better this morning.

Breakfast done and then we tried to shop. The taxi people are almost as bad here as at St. Kitts, except this time we knew enough to ignore them. Shopping was painful and really stressed me out. You can’t just look until you find something. Everyone wants to help you, so you buy from them and they all pretty much have the same thing. They don’t take no, for an answer. Wil had a hard time not buying something if they helped us. I got so stressed, that we just came back to the ship.

We did it!!! The Antigua Rainforest Canopy Tour was fun and a great workout. By the time we were done, my heart was racing and my hands were shaking. It included 9 zip lines, the longest 300 feet and the highest 350 ft. After that we had a challenge course … we had to do a lot of very scary rope and cable walking. It reminded me of things people do to help them get over their fears. Had I known all that we had to do, I would not have done it, but I’m so glad that we did it. Great fun and a great accomplishment. We were with Mark and Sarah, who we met in the Chicago Airport. We have seen them almost every day, and today unknowingly, we booked the same tour. It was great to be with them and cheer each other along.

Tonight the boat is rocking even more than last night. We seem to be moving at a pretty good clip. We were told that in St. Lucia, no one is advised to get their own Taxi tours. They don’t think it’s safe. We have a tour through the Cruise but they cancelled some of them. Tonight we ate with our regular group, learning a bit more about each other. The couple from Sweden has 2 thirteen yr. olds and one 16 yr. old girl, Joe & Ellen from Philly, have only been married 2 yrs., she has 2 boys and he has 2 boys and 6 grandkids. Jesse and Yarani, have a 2 and 6 year old, the couple from Norway & Italy were missing tonight.

After dinner, we went to the lounge where they had 4 couples from the audience play the newlywed game. Lots of laughter!!!

Me, wearing a shirt and jacket borrowed from my sister, Anna and jewelry from Ten Thousand Villages, which was a gift from Melissa. 

I discovered that we have very few pictures from this day.  On our supposedly tour to the zip lines, we were packed in like sardines in a hot van.  At the zip lines, we weren’t allowed to have our camera’s with us. 

St. Kitts

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2-16-10(St. Kitts)

Slept in until almost 8:00 then went to breakfast. We were undecided what to do today and even less so after we entered St. Kitts and were more or less attacked by people wanting to take us on a tour. It was the craziest thing ever. You soon need to decide to either get out of there fast or decide which one of the people you want to be with for the next 2-4 hours! We chose Christian Rameshwar- Tangerine Tours….he had an open vehicle that was tangerine and green in color. His beard was pink and orange and wore a colorful knitted hat and a baggy orange outfit. He was born in Trinidad but has live in St. Kitts for 20 years. He gave us a great 3 some hour tour for $20.00 each and we met some more nice people.

After we got back, we went to an internet café, walked around on deck. We saw our Anderson friends on the upper deck and exchanged our day adventures. We got a snack, went to part of the “Night of the Stars” shows, but even though it was good, we were too tired to stay. We then went to our 8:30 dinner. The sea was rougher today and I felt the sway much more than usual.

I felt some better after going back outside on the upper deck. The Tropical Island Night Deck Party, started at 10:30, right after our dinner. We came back to the room around midnight and I was not feeling so good. I took some Dramamine, and went to sleep.

When we are with the Anderson’s, it feels a bit like they are, our kids. Also today, we found out our waiter, Ida…pronounced eeda, is from Indonesia and has one child, with one on the way. He has been doing the Cruises for 10 years and goes home every 6 months and is at home 2-3 months at a time. He also calls home every 2 days. I can’t imagine that kind of life.