it's about friggin time

A few days ago, Shane walks into my bathroom while I was putting on my makeup and in all the right context said "I don't like friggin Treehouse any more".  I was "what did you just say" and he most nonchalantly replied back "I don't like friggin Treehouse".  Naturally, trying to stifle my laughter, I let him know that although 'friggin' is not a bad word, only Mommies and Daddies use that word.  So, it was while giggling about it again this morning that I thought that would be a good way to get back into my blog, hence the title today.

December 10th was my last post.  What the?

I am home with the boys today.  Nicholas started with a mild fever on Saturday and that was off and on between medicine.  Sunday, same thing but threw up once....but then around dinner time, his fever was over 103 which was of course scary....but it quickly came down with medicine and now this morning, he had a mild fever when he woke up and instead of vomit, well let's just say it's taken a turn south. 

Now, I wonder how the little girls in Nicholas' class will feel when he is not there.  Seems he has yet another admirer named Olivia.  He came home with an interesting little card in his backpack last Friday from said Olivia - Dear Nick I like you very much / I love you.

Yes, who couldn't resist?? ;0)

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Since December, we had a wonderful Christmas holiday.  I turned ahem....40.  In celebration of this most joyous event (choke), we took our first cruise!  Along with Anne and Kevin, we left for Fort Lauderdale on December 30th....spent a couple nights there and then boarded The Norwegian Pearl in Miami on January 2nd for a week.  And it was nothing short of fabulous!  LOVED it....!!! 


After Johnathon and Kevin were summoned to the bowels of the ship to pick up our confiscated luggage (oh, were we not supposed to bring lots of wine on board?), we left Miami for Honduras (Roatan).  I think this was our favourite port.  We hired a couple of the locals to drive us around the island - so beautiful.  We even stopped at an iguana farm, now that was different!  And not only did we see them up close and personal, when we got back to the little port town, Johnathon ordered the Iguana special.!!  And as much as it is sometimes hard to admit, we all tasted it.  Tastes like chicken.

Our next port was Belize.  This was the port that I was most anticipating.  And turns out, it was my least favourite.  Now, I realize that where the ships come in, it is not the beautiful Belize that you hear/see/read about.  That is for sure.  But I did expect more....much more.  But we did the same as we did in Roatan...hired a local to drive us around.  Very dirty.  Almost a little scary in some parts as we drove around.  The driving around was getting to be too long and we eventually found our way back to our starting point.  We had time for a snack and a couple drinks and then back to the ship.  This port, you need to take a boat over from the ship because of all the coral around the island.  That was kind of fun jetting back to our ship.  You really get a good idea just how big your ship is when you are arriving in this little wee thing.

Third stop was Costa Maya.

Not really a whole lot to do.....but party!!  Just a small port with a large outdoor mall and lots of restaurants and bars.  There was a decent beach you could use but we opted to shop and then met up with The Sharp's for lunch and drinks.  Had to have some margaritas while in Mexico!  Not to mention some great Mexican food.  It was kind of neat how in the middle of all the shops and restaurants, there was this massive pool with a swim up bar.  

Our fourth and final port was Key West.  One word - FABULOUS.  While we loved Roatan for its beauty, we loved Key West equally as much for its charm.  Our only complaint was that our allotted time for this stop was so short.  And it took us almost two hours just to get off the ship...time wasted but because we were now back in the US, we all had to go through customs.  Ahhh...how I wish I was back in Key West.

In between all the ports, we had a couple of days at sea and every evening too.  Lots to do if you choose....or simply relax and enjoy the sunshine, the pool, the music, the food, the drinks.  A little gambling....checked out some shows and danced the night away on our last night.  Even just sitting out on our balcony watching in amazement just how miniscule we truly are....watching for marine life....enjoying watching the sun rise.  The whole experience was truly lovely.  Would cruise again in a heartbeat.  And plan to do just that in a couple years when Anne has her next milestone birthday and the plan is to cruise the Mediterranean!