Getting Into the Resort Routine

The two of us are enjoying a morning yoga class on the beach.  Yoga is something we very rarely push ourselves to do on our own even though we love going to classes.  We have done no yoga on this round the world trip despite our early intentions, so having a class available to us here is a treat.  Here are some of the other things we’ve been enjoying at this resort: sunrise over the Caribbean, tennis for the first time in many years, running on the beach, Aimee’s stretching or aqua exercise class, smoothie bar, a Spanish lesson, ping pong tournaments, sailing, mojitos, margaritas, and all you can eat!

The three boys are spending lots of time playing king of the hill on an inflated climbing contraption floating in the water.  They are also enjoying the independence of running around on their own together, having free reign, ordering food and drinks anytime, hopping from one activity to the next.  The three of us came up with these ground rules for Brook: no leaving resort boundaries, no television during the day, no more than two smoothies plus one sweet treat per day, and always clearly say por favor and gracias.

Azor: My routine every morning is to wake up and head over to World Café for breakfast. A big pile of bacon, scrambled eggs, a box of fruit loops, and I am ready for the day. Next stop is the pool. At first at the swim up bar, I ordered Coke because I didn’t know that there were Shirley Temples yet. Then we would go to 7-foot floating inflatable climbing wall. It looked like an inflatable iceberg. The holds are hard plastic, good for hands, terrible for feet. On the climbing wall, our first idea was to play King of the Hill. Then my dad came and tipped the iceberg over and all three of us flew off. That became our favorite game for the rest of our stay. We spent at least two hours each day playing on the inflatable. I had the best rib eye steak ever at the Seaside Grill. I had three of them while we were at the resort.

Sammy: Out of the three kids, I spent the most time on the climbing wall. It was my favorite activity.

Aimee: After a couple of days, we discovered the tennis courts. We were out there at least once a day playing mixed doubles and singles. Mark and I played our first singles game ever.

Azor: Brook and I had the longest game out of our group. By the end of the game, we had around a dozen deuces. Brook barely won the game when I hit it out of bounds.