The Cuba Hangover

 Here's a few shots of the beach - Mommy and Daddy

 Allie in the salty water - it only happened a few times

 Imitating her dad pulling faces for the camera

 A very serious Allie as she watched the Minidisco every night. Despite her face, she loved watching and insisted we go. No matter what we tried we couldn't get her to participate.

 The flamingos in the lagoon. There was also turtles, fish, a family of kittens and two dogs that Allie named Sparky roaming around.

We had a great time in Cuba. Our suite was great. We had a small house divided in half with Nana on the other side. The room was big and we had an indoor and outdoor shower plus a patio out back. Allie enjoyed running around the house and spotting geckos and tree frogs. There was a little boardwalk down to the beach and we got out on the catamaran and the  paddleboats. Allie is definitely an animal lover and she gave more of her food to the "aminals" than she actually ate. We all missed Dax but enjoyed the freedom of being out in the sun and only worrying about getting 1 child to sleep. Mac got out on 3 fishing excursions and we went snorkelling one day with his fishing guide Adele. It was a nice, small resort and we even met people who have a cottage on chandos!
Now for the cuba hangover. We have been home for 10 days and we are still suffering. We left behind the oh-so-important bunny, puppy and polka blankie and slightly less important wedding rings! Fortunately westjet have mananged to track everything down so we are now awaiting the return of our items. I don't know if it was the stress of dealing with this or just bad luck but we have all had tummy problems and now sore throats. If that wasn't enough I think somehow we swapped Allie for some sort of look-a-like demon child. She has been... challenging lately. Today she told me that I was in trouble and that she wanted to hit me. She peed on the floor twice, threw her food and yesterday at katie's she was saying "bitch"! I'm not sure she knew what she was saying because she said she learned it from "Caillou". No idea where any of this is coming from but she promised us she would start behaving like a good girl tomorrow. If this is her dealing with the loss of her precious security blankets then i think maybe I'll go back to cuba and get them myself tomorrow! Anyway, on a good note - as gramma Barb would say - Dax is coming on like a house on fire. He has 2 teeth, no more scratched forehead (thanks to mitts) and he is sitting up and eating pureed food. He is all smiles and such a cutie. He is the one person Allie is always sweet too. I'll post some new pics of him next time. Adios for now.