Exhaustion

Well, we're in Boracay. Definitely better internet here, but if we want to use it in our room, we have to pay mucho dinero -- um, I mean paesos.

After a busy day of traveling, and swimming, we all fell asleep shortly after supper. The Engineer and I managed to rouse ourselves and put all the girls to bed under their blankies. The pyjama's can be forgone for one night, yes :o)?

We left our "home" in the Days Inn at seven am and arrived in Caticlan at noon, just as our driver said we would. I can't help but wonder how much shorter the drive would be if they actually had highways. We would have missed way too many interesting sights though. What an incredible country. It's a large mix of modern verses primitive. Very wealthy vs. poor. The van we rode in was extremely comfortable and he was a fantastic driver. Never once did I have to hold my breath! In a country where driving has no rules, I have to say, I'm amazed at how comfortable I am with being at the mercy of other drivers and no one wearing seat belts (*cringe*, I know!!) Car seats are unheard of here. Seriously! (I'll have to post some really fun driving photos tomorrow).

Miss Bella's big concern from the minute we woke was "swimming, beach" I think I heard it at least fifty times. You should have heard the ruckess when they finally saw the ocean and sand from the van. I though I was going to go deaf. Then we heard it repeated continually by all three of them -- until we had to catch the fairy. Poor Bright Eyes was in melt down mode by that point, but she settled quickly once we were on the boat.

Upon arriving in the hotel lobby, the beach was forgotten when they saw the pool. So we spent the afternoon in the pool. Mom and Dad and Bub learned that we need to do LOTS of work on inside voices (even though we were outside). Oh my, they went nuts for awhile. Again some very firm rules had to be set.

By supper though, they were tired. They ate great again. After supper we walked back to our room for some (oh please, yes!) quiet time. They played playdough for awhile and one by one we ALL nodded off.

It was a busy day. Interesting. Exhausting. Oh and it is now 9:43 am here and at least 28 degrees Celsius. Oh yes, I'm lovin' it!

Love to you my girls at home! We miss you lots! Don't forget to visit Mavy!

Blessings all!