We just got back from Jamaica with my family today. We had so much fun!
Our view from the balcony
Pics of our room
Sam absolutely loved flying, riding the shuttles and the buses. He didn't put this airplane down. On the flight from Miami to Montego Bay Steve and Sam sat by my dad and then mom, Lydia, Grace and I were across the aisle from them. All of a sudden I heard Steve burst out laughing and dad say something about a "swine grandson." Here was the conversation:
Steve: Sam, ask grandpa if he wants some water.
Sam (peeking around dad across the aisle): Grandma, do you want any water?
Steve: No, Sam. I said ask Grandpa.
Sam: Oh, ok. Grandpa does grandma want any water?
First morning on the beach - we would go to the beach everyday after breakfast until the pools opened.
Lydia loved the water!
The pools and slides were awesome. We would go to the pool everyday when they opened at 10, swim, eat lunch and play until naps.
Grace and Samuel loved the water slides and would go over and over and over and over...
They had Sesame Street shows each night after supper.
Sam's expression in this one just makes me giggle.
The shows were one of the highlights of the week...many more pictures to follow. :)
We also had fun looking for lizards and hermit crabs all week.
Give me 5!
Ernie came and sat by dad for quite a while. The kids thought it was hilarious. :)
Samuel is giving Bert a hug here...
Zoe!!
We went on a tour on a glass bottom boat.
Loving the life jacket!
They played sooo hard and kept going and going until they would drop. It would take them no more than 5 minutes to fall asleep at nap time and at night.
Grace with her bear from her teacher. She slept with it every night. :)
Grandpa caught a lizard!
Popcorn was a favorite poolside snack everyday. My favorite: the strawberry smoothies. They ruled!
I'm tiiiiiiired.
We celebrated Jill's birthday while we were there. Eben surprised her with a cake and balloons. Her face was priceless!
Story time with Elmo...
My personal favorite...Super Grover!
Here you can catch a glimpse of the awesome strawberry smoothies...
The kids all loved getting up and dancing along with the Sesame Street characters. They were so fun to watch!
One of my favorite parts...Cookie Monster surfing.
Dance, dance, dance
So cute! :)
The trek back home began with a 2 hour bus ride. The kids did really well considering we were traveling for over 12 hours and didn't get back to the hotel in Chicago until 1:30 in the morning.
Part of the reason we didn't get back until so late was because President Obama was in Miami at the same time and we had to wait for Air Force One to take off before we could. Here's a picture of it through the window of our plane.
Helping pull luggage to the shuttle at 1:15 a.m.
I could write so much more but simply put...it was a blast!
