Family Vacations: November 2009

Sunday, November 29, 2009

Messing About In Boats

Michelangelo begged for 2 days to go out in an inflatable kayak; we tried that and it sucked; so this is what we did instead. Once Bizzy-Belly saw us doing it, of coarse she needed to try it too!

Teaching Michelangelo to surf

Waiting for the wave

Michelangelo Hangin' 10!

Too Cool for School

Paddling the board like a kayak

Dad hitching a ride

Paddling the board

Michelangelo pays it forward and teaches this kid to surf

Bella and Daddy head out to sea

Surfing the kayak back in

Saturday, November 28, 2009

Curtis at FDR gave a Jerk sauce demonstration and here it the recipe
Fresh ginger
thyme and escallion (scallion)
onion
cloves
pimento (allspice)
pepper (can be bottled pepper sauce or a regular pepper - scotch bonnet)
garlic
molasses tomato
vinegar
carrots

make a quanity to suit the size of your family
Directions
1-wash and chop ginger, onion, thyme, scallion and pepper.
2-put these together with cloves, and pimento in the blend in blender.
3-add a little molasses.
4-add tomato to your required taste.
5-add vinegar and bring the sauce to your required consistency.

you will have to play with the amounts as none were given ;-)

Friday, November 27, 2009

Beach Games

We hung out the resort today, and played the beach games with the kids. The first was a tug of war, followed by a juice chugging contest.

Thursday, November 26, 2009

Thanksgiving

Amazing buffet - sushi, fish, all types of salads, roast beef, ham, turkey, pasta station, amazing desserts including below, ginger sweet potatoe pie, red velvet cupcakes etc.

amazing water mellon!

Chocolate cake

Swan Cream Puffs

Kids wacky dress up on Thanksgiving (before the familiy talent show and trivia quiz) - they are 'winemakers'...the clown asked how do you make wine, and can you do it, and Michelangelo said you will see it LATER...as we made Sangria on stage with corny tidbits and jokes thrown in...we got 3rd place out of about 10 families that participated.

Thanksgiving Skit

FDR had a talent contest Thanksgiving night; The prize was 3 free nights at the resort, so competition was steep. Here was our Skit:

Daddy:	"Back in California we make wine. The kids even stomp the grapes. That is our talent. Obviously we can't do that here; so instead we are going to make something with wine: Sangria"
some background here: The wine and beer served by the resort is of the most "basic" quality. To get around this, I had been drinking Sangria all week. The Sangria they make at the bar was dreadful (they put grenadine in it) so I had been making my own in our room and bringing it out with us.
Daddy:	"Ok, mommy; I need a pitcher of ice"
Mommy:	picks up camera and takes a picture of an ice cube
Daddy:	"No Mommy; a Pitcher of Ice not a Pitcure of ice"
Isabella:	"Bada-Bing!"
Daddy:	"OK, now I need Wine"
Mommy and Kids:	in a whiney voice "We don't wanna go home!"
Daddy:	"I said Wine not wHine!"
Isabella:	"Bada-Bing!"
Daddy:	"Bah-Boo - I need some fruit. Pineapple"
Michelangelo:	dumps handful of fruit into the pitcher "Pineapple!"
Daddy:	"Pineapple"
Michelangelo:	"Pineapple!"
Daddy:	"Pineapple"
Michelangelo:	"Pineapple!"
Daddy:	"Pineapple"
Michelangelo:	"Pineapple!"
Daddy:	"Pineapple"
Michelangelo:	"Pineapple!"
Daddy:	"Pineapple"
Michelangelo:	"Pineapple!"
Daddy:	"Pineapple"
Michelangelo:	"Pineapple!"
Daddy:	"Orange"
Michelangelo:	looks at daddy quizically "Huh?"
Daddy:	"Orange you glad I didn't say Pineapple again?"
Isabella:	"Bada-Bing!"
Daddy:	scratches chin "Now I need some Ting"
Ting is a Jamaican grapefruit soda
Michelangelo:	"What Thing?"
Mommy:	Holds an empty ting bottle upside down "No Ting"
Isabella:	"Bada-Bing!"
Daddy:	"OK, then I suppose some Sprite will make it alright"
Isabella:	"Bada-Bing!"
Mommy:	"Hey big Boss; What do men and grapes have in common?"
Daddy:	"I don;t know mommy; what do they have in common?"
Mommy:	"They both need a good stomping to make them acceptable to take to dinner!"
Isabella:	"Bada-Bing!"

We came in 3rd and won a bottle of Appleton's Rum.

Wednesday, November 25, 2009

Big Momma

Big Mama had a hard act to follow after Bella's talent show. She brought a bunch of men up on stage to teach them how to Jamaican style - which looks like two people getting it on ;-)

This is Michael, Big Mama, and Charles originally from S. CA, but now is an east coast man (he and his family won the family talent show on Thanksgiving and get a free 3 nights stay next time at FDR)

Back view...wish we had a video camera!

Big Mama, guy from Burlington, VT on the left, and our friend Bruce from NYC (originally from Quebec City, and married to the lovely Leigh, from England...yes, Bruce-Leigh)

One last time...Big Mama, our friend Mike from Boston area (a huge Yankee's fan...just kidding!), Michael...

Mama's got back, and balloons, and front, and front balloons!!! She was a riot, and the guys were great sports.

SG.

Bella's talent contest

A couple nights ago Bella took part in the hotels Jamaican 'talent' contest which consisted of bathing suit, casual wear, and formal wear... ;-) There are about around 150 adults in the audience ( we are at tables on the beach) there are very strong lights shining at her - she did amazing!

Bella's BOKINI (she's calling it this, not bikini - really cute, every time she says bokini we smile)

Casual wear and telling the MC what her talent is going to be - singing (interesting choice) Casual wear and Mickey Mouse Crocs- courtesy of Fiona Petrie, in Michelangelo's class

it took her a long time to get out a very hi pitched "LAAA" and that was it, the crowd went crazy, and she gave back the mic, ran off the stage into the nanny's arms and cried a moment...

Evening wear with our nanny Psalmonie - beautiful sundress (costco)

her crown and certificate and she got a present at the kids club

Proud brother.

She wore her pj's and crown to breakfast the next morning, and the crown again for the familiy talent show on Thanksgiving.
The crown is made of the finest construction paper, a very simple staple, and lots of glitter glue that we keep finding in bed, hair, and other odd places!

XO,
SG

Fishing at FDR

One of Michelangelo's favorite kids club activities is fishing off ot the pier. The first day they did it, Isabella caught a fish! She called it a "dirty fish" because of it's colour and molted pattern

Fishing

Dad gives it a try

Bah-boo

Looking at the fish

Daddy! I want to fish too!

Crab Races

One of the Kids activities at FDR is a hermit crab race. The goal is to pick the crab that will exit the circle first. The crabs' shells are painted different colours to make it easier to identify them.