Just
ending the first week of Turks with three teens !
Beginning
our second week as a couple
We
invited beauty and Cassie to come for first week at the condo ( as both boys
had school and girls as week off )and two weeks before we left chase said could
come as only two classes . Yay !
Sadly
bear could not come as in mid terms and we missed him . Beauty and chase
especially sang his praises many times during the vacation ( both saying they
wished was him instead of each other that was on trip !! )
We
were initially a little scared to share with three teens this downtime as had
such a crazy work year all we could imagine doing was sleeping for 2 weeks .
That being said we quickly realized that being with these three was actually
very relaxing
This
age is awesome as we all just like pretty much doing the same thing all the
time : namely relaxing on beach , eating , swimming , reading . Going out to
lunch or dinner . All 5 on the same rythm especially that with us both sick we
were not needing a lot of activity going on
One
thing that has to be said : Hubby and I are sick as dogs :((( like the worst
broncitis have ever had that just won’t go away . I was sick 10 days straight
before coming here and finally felt a little better and came back full on when
arrived here . Hubby slightly sick as arrived here and two days in got so so sk
sick again and tomorrow will have to go to a medical clinic to see if pneumonia
. So this has been hard and trying not to let it ruin anything for the kids so
laying low but both coughing all day and all night every moment , fall asleep
anywhere and everywhere , can barely hold a conversation as too much energy .
You get the picture . Sick sick sick
Dépite
that however we are having an amazing time . No way are we spending this kind
of money and staying only in bed .
Our
routine with the kids
Get
up around 9am
All
out to beach by about 10:45 or 11am
All
relax all day
Go
in ocean many times a day
Make
lunch or dinner at condo every day and out the other meal
Have
long loud meals outside in screened in porch with lots of laughs
Watch
sunsets everyday on beach and come into condo at 6:30
Have
relaxed dinners in or out and lots of laughs
Fall
asleep with doors open of condo and hearing the ocean steps away from our bed
Highlights
:
The
speed bumps !!!!
The
swirves to scare us !!
Hubby
getting mad and taking Cassie ans beauty phones away ans Cassie being shocked
Chase
telling us that he has no more iCloud space because he has saved every single
message from his mom and dad since 12yrs old and refuses to erase them for
sentimental reasons :))
Beauty
is really tan for first time of her life !!
Cassie’s
laugh on speed bumps
The
girls taking 750 sexy fake photos of themselves every day
The
girls looking for likes on those 750 photographs a day
Chase
falling asleep on the beach all the time and especially right at sunset
Cards
in the screened in porch
The
excursion was amazing and me being called mama by long eyelash black guy
Realizing
beauty will very likely be marrying a black guy
Cooking
crew and cleanup crew after meals
Beauty
lining snorkelling finally
ChAse
always keeping us entertained and laughing
Frozen
yogurt out
Guessing
the prices of meals ans groceries and it always being twice as expensive as we
hoped
Not
wasting any morsel of food ever
Hubby
showing his white bum
The
girls camera faces
Me
reading half a book in a hour
Massages
on the beach for Halloween
Coughing
coughing coughing and more coughing . Lots of peeing pants
The
girls dressing like twins
The
girls dressing in very scarce clothing and no energy to care
Reading
my teen books and going on archaeological digs in their brains
Chase
talking to us about his future on the beach and asking our input and really
working as a trio team
Water
slides and diving board on the boat
Not
being able to
Believe
that in a few months our daughters perfect body is going to be surgically
altered
Me
and hubby being so high on meds we could not snorkel and were super sea sick
and getting back on boat wanting to throw up ( we are both mermaids usually )
The
card game night of no laughter
Fancy
night out at bace on the beautiful pier
Stand
up paddle and seeing jojo the dolphin
Frozen
yogurt with candies
Walking
the doggies gin and fleury . Realizing not necessarily dog people
Being
treated like queens and kings at the palms
Eating
in the pool
My
first vlog . A total fail
FaceTiming
bear ans breaking the code
Not
being connected on email or social media
Chase
arriving on beach when I was napping and my heart being so full of love
Me
realizing some ( very scarce ) advantages of being so sick on vacation :
Me
being silent and shutting up is a huge advantage for me family
Me
not tasting I eat less sugar
Me
peeing all my clothes coughing I don’t care to take pics to annoy people less
Me
having to energy to think makes me very much in the simple present
Me
bs hubby both being so sick we have zero expectations of each other for cuddles
conversations or living . Very equal partnership !
Even
thought beauty can be ( really ) challenging which can make day(s) hard .- I
saw a new side emerge of her this holiday . An older version of herself and
more communicative ( and rebellious ! ) and coming into her own . She is one
tough cookie to raise and each day I manage to do it with grace I pat myself on
the back
Hubbys
star parenting moment
The
condo is so awesome
The
beach is so beautiful
Bringing
frozen Costco meals smartest thing ever done
Us
all cooking and cleaning together
Realizing
how fun this kind of holiday would be as a family on a condo on the beach with
all three of our kids and planning it out
seeing
some good bonding going on with chase and beauty which I am thankful for
Realizing
how much all kids really value our advice at this stage of their lives which
feels like a gift in so many ways and proud of this
Realizing
how messy and complicated and awesome and wonderful having older teens is . How
crazy hard and how relaxing and amazing it truly is . It’s a true paradox
raising kids this age
