Sunday 16 February 2014

Back to Reality

The return from the winter holiday is one that is always faced with trepidation!  The truth is that I missed my kids like crazy but life went on while I was gone with a few little kerfluffle's along the way!  We all survived! Some of us learned our sunscreen lesson well (didn't even look like I had gone anywhere warm!) and some of us just love sporting the red lobster/zebra stripes!

The week flew by while we were gone with many beautiful (and some not so beautiful, think mankini's, well-endowed topless ladies with questionable bottoms) sights!  Some unique ones?!

Iberostar Resorts are known for their Activity Leaders but this guy took the cake!  Introducing Lenny the Chicken who one day paraded around the beach dressed as a chicken, complete with standing on top of one of the Palapas!  We also saw him dressed as Rambo, the Terminator, a Southern Belle and Darth Vader!  Always a good laugh when Lenny was around!

We went on 2 wonderful excursions, one to Santo Domingo (bucket list item) to see where Christopher Columbus' remains are and a trip to a National Park complete with a boat ride through the Mangroves and a visit to a cave!  Each day was a long one and ended with a fabulous beverage at the Lobby Bar.


During the week I managed to read 2 of the book Club books on my list, one trashy romance (Danielle Steele is a vacation must) and started to read what I thought was a book club book only to find out it wasn't! Oh well!  What do I have to show for this - an extremely sore butt!  My butt is not used to being stationary for long periods of time!  Once my aching butt and ADHD got together I spent time wandering through the resort grounds.  In the middle there was a duck pond (for lack of a better word) with turtles, flamingos, ducks and a "killer" swan.  Any time you stopped and looked at the pond it would swim back and forth in front of you.  Reminded me of the swans at Lilac Resort that used to chase the kids down the road!

You can see it in his eyes!  Killer -  I swear!

Towel art is always a pleasant surprise when you are staying in all-inclusive and I have to say this resort was no different!  My sock monkey had to photo bomb this one, but its still my favorite!


On the Monday before our return I received a cryptic Facebook message from our 16 year old stating, "K may have cut Z's hair".  May have cut her hair? Didn't think there was any room for maneuvering in that one! You either have a haircut or you don't!  Of course knowing our scissors are kept up high and out of reach, I asked the obvious question, "Where did she get the scissors?" to which the answer was, "I think school".  Oh boy!  Just a small little blip to deal with when we get home!  The best of the week was still to come!

The last full day that we were in the Dominican we spent some time at the beach, dreaming of the next beach vacation.  

That night we took a stroll down there to get a sunset picture but of course were moving on Paul time so instead we got a lovely shot of the moon!


As we left for the airport our bus followed a large truck filled to the top with pineapples!!  We were sad to leave but excited to get home and back to routine.

Upon arrival at the airport our oldest daughter met us to give us a ride home in the swirling snow.  When I asked how bad the haircut was she replied, "It could have been worse!" and then asked if I had heard about our oldest sons antics!  Ummm, no!  What would that be?  Of course he took the opportunity of having the house to himself to invite his new girl over, who wouldn't?!  Well he is now grounded until he is 30 so he probably won't be doing that again!  And yes the haircut was THAT bad!!!

As we sadly put away all our summer wear for a few more months we are thankful for the opportunity and ability to travel, to have some lovely people to have watched kids for us and the return of a happy digestive system.

Welcome back to reality!










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