Hi everybody. Mom, Dad, Grandma Sharon, Grandpa Bernie, Aunts Becky and Deanna, Uncle Brian, and Cousins Hannah, Rachel and Breanna went on a vacation with us last week. We went to a place called Jamaica. It was a place with lots of green trees and flowers, a nice sandy beach and lots of swimming pools and water slides. The people there were different from what we are used to. They said a lot of words like "No Problem Mahn" and "Yah Mahn", and spoke with a funny accent. We had to get there on an airplane. We had seen airplanes in the sky before, but had never seen them close up or been inside one before, so the trip there and back was kind of exciting for us. The trip there was during the night, Grandma Sharon called it a "Red Eye", so we slept most of the way there. We first went to a place called Baltimore where we changed planes, and then flew to Jamaica. On the way from Baltimore we saw lots of water, and Nicklaus kept telling everyone that he was seeing "Wah-Wah". We then went on a 2 hour bus ride to the resort where we were staying. That was also fun.
The resort had several places to eat, but the adults preferred to eat at a sit down restaurant. We preferred the outside eating area where they had cafeteria style food. They had great swimming pools and the water slides. We all went down water slides, the adults had to hold us in their arms. Nicklaus liked that the most but Gracie didn't care for the slides. Madeline was Ok with the water most of the time. The most fun for us was when the Sesame Characters, including Elmo and Cookie Monster came to the cafeteria to visit with us. They also did a dancing show at the outside stage. Nicklaus showed off his dancing skills which he recently learned. Grace also danced a bit but Madeline didn't want to dance. One day we all went on a boat ride to see fish through a glass bottom in the boat. It was OK, but there were not that many fish to see. Daddy said something about the water being too rough which stirred up the sand on the bottom of the ocean, so the fish could not be seen.
The week was lots of fun for everyone even though it rained a little for half the days we were there. We loved being outside. Even when it rained it was very warm. Some of the adults went to play golf one day, and did other outside activites without us. But we were OK with that, because we still like to take our afternoon naps. Our trip home was kind of long and a bit confusing as we had to go through several security screenings, which were hard because we still had to be held, but our strollers and some of the baggage had to be screened. Somehow it all went well, and after a stop in a place called Atlanta we made our way back home. It was great to get home and to our own cribs. We slept for a long time the day after we got home. We can't wait for the next trip with everyone.
We have attached some photos of our trip. We hope you enjoy them.
Lots of love from us. Grace, Madeline, and Nicklaus.
MADELINE GIVING GRANDMA SHARON HER SERIOUS LOOK
NICKLAUS PLAYING MAYBE IF I CLOSE MY EYES I WON'T HAVE TO OBEY
NICKLAUS JUST HAPPY AND IN THOUGHT - WHEN CAN I GO OUTSIDE TO PLAY?
OR MAYBE THIS IS FUNNIER, GRANDMA, CAN'T YOU PHOTOGRAPH MY BETTER SIDE?
