June 14th, 2010
Kenna's blog
I liked the beach. And I liked the waves and bouncies and wigglies. It was a very nice day. I got to do yoga and have dinner with bananas and I like the day. The end.
Adam's blog
Today was great. We made our own breakfast-- eggs and toast and bananas and carrots. Before that we did yoga with Francesca. She was very nice and did not make us work too hard, because it has been a long time since any of us did yoga. Kenna and Taran did very well-- Taran did all of the yoga, and Kenna did most of the yoga and then she went inside to have a little time in her room while we finished our practice.
After breakfast we finally started surfing again. It was exciting-- maybe a little too exciting. The surge was a little high, and even though it was low tide, the waves were pretty strong. There was also a lot of storm runoff, which meant that many rocks at the edge of the shore had been exposed. Taran went first, and stood up for a wave, but mostly was playing and swimming until he wiped out and got water up his nose. Then he needed a break. Lynn went next, but the waves were a little strong, and she hurt her foot on one of the rocks, so she only tried to stand up a couple times before she and Jared drifted too far North away from our starting point. Adam went last and benefitted from knowing where the rocks were. He and Jared started much further South, and were able to walk out along the sand bar. Adam caught a couple waves and rode them in to shore before getting tired. But on the way in to shore he was caught by a set of waves and the fin of the board clipped the back of his neck, and he has a welt that will take a few days to heal. But otherwise he is okay.
Everyone had lots of fun playing in the sand-- Adam and Kenna and Taran made sandcastles and then played bouncies & wigglies and also played racing the waves. Kenna did a great job being brave and racing the waves-- she helped count big waves and learned to accept getting her face wet. Taran was a seal-- constantly in the water and getting knocked down and swimming and bodysurfing and having lots and lots of fun. He said, "I was born to be a bodysurfer." Jared and Lynn had a great discussion about food. We had planned to be on the beach for almost 3 hours but 2 hours was plenty this time. We are all excited to do more surfing tomorrow-- even Kenna will try standing on the surfboard on the sand!
Our lunch chef, Adi, made us a great meal. There were fish patties, lots of fresh vegetables, and an amazing chocolate cake. The kids ate and ate and ate.
We had a very relaxing and slow afternoon. Adam worked on his dissertation-- specifically trying to clean up the literature review. The children had some siesta time in their own rooms, and then Marieke and Lynn helped the children do their build-a-bears: Taran made a surf monkey and Kenna made a soccer puppy. Just as Adam emerged to join the fun and take the kids to the pool, the rains started. And when it rains here in the rainy season, Mother Nature doesn't kid around. Thunder crashed and the heavens opened and the rain came down in sheets. Lynn said we couldn't go swimming, so we played lots of card games. We taught Marieke how to play gin rummy, and then Adam and the kids played War.
It's now almost dinner time. I think the children are quite tired and will have no trouble going to bed at 7pm. (Taran says, "I'm not tired.") Lynn and I are really looking forward to dinner-- our dinner chef Chelsea made us an amazing gourmet dinner last night. There was a beetroot and fresh greens salad with a fantastic garlic and onion balsamic vinegraite, followed by angel hair pasta with shrimp in a cream sauce with fresh diced tomatoes and basil. Dessert was cheesecake with a passion fruit topping! We are really being spoiled.
I'm sure tomorrow will be another wonderful day here in paradise.
Taran's blog:
I liked surfing with Jared, playing card games and doing bouncy-wigglies. Those things were really fun. I liked doing the build-a-bear and I made a surfing monkey. Right before dinner, me and Mom snuggled together, talking about the things I wanted to know.
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