Cayman 2011 Feb. 9-16 Week 5

.During my last week to the outdoor mall Caymana Bay I spent time with Coco and her godbrother Logan. They are so cute together.

Wed, Feb. 9 - Coco's favourite toy to play with is a cash register with plastic coins. Some might think this means that she is destined to become a financial accountant like her parents. But I think this means that she will grow up to be a professional shopper like her Auntie Lana!

Fri, Feb.11 -It's Friday night and Rio's 4th birthday party just ended! Phew, am I tired! I feel like I just ran a marathon. A house full of 4 year olds and their families. The party was about 3 hours long and boy, did those kids have fun. We rented a bouncy castle for the backyard, which is directly where the kids ran to as soon as they came from school...
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The parents and nannies had as much fun sitting inside talking and eating. 2 of the 6 classmates of Rio are filipino and all of the nannies are filipino. I felt like I was at a family party in Vancouver! Eventually, I made my way into the bouncy castle to act as the tickle monster. So much fun! Afterwards they all came in to eat, have cake, watch Rio open gifts and get their goodies from the pinata. One kid said it was the best party she had ever been to!



After the party was over it was just Jason, Monette, Shay, Rio, Coco, Jing, Dixie and I left in the house. The party store still hadn't come to pick up the bouncy castle, so we attacked it one more time! You can't help it, once you get into one of those things you become a kid again! I definitely got my exercise for the day.

Sat. Feb 12 - Went to Margaritaville for Shay's best friend's birthday party. They all went swimming in the pool, but I just stayed close to all the food, shmoozing with the other parents. Then back home to do a birthday treasure hunt for 4 year old Rio. Relaxing day....

Sun. Feb 13 - In the afternoon I looked after the girl while Jason and Monette had an early Valentine's date. The girls were easy to look after. Shay and Rio spent most of the time on the computer and playing with their doll house. Me and Coco spent a lot of time reading books in her room......well not actually reading the books......Coco got a Disney book and would find pages with some witch and scare her Auntie Lana with it. Her giggle is priceless!

Mon. Feb 14 - Happy Valentine's Day! Jing and I took Coco to the South Sound community centre play group. Since it was my last time there I spent most of the time saying goodbye to all the nice mothers/nannies I had met while I've been here. Then shopping for the last time at my favourite grocery store Kirk's. Home for lunch and a quick nap.

Afterwards Monette took me to her hair salon in Camana Bay where we both got our hair cut. I love going there. Bong, the hair dresser is a really nice filipino and the salon is so pretty. He curled my hair with a straightener by curving it back and forth. So nice!.

Tues Feb 15 - I decided to be a tourist today. Jing, Coco and I went downtown and walked among all the cruise ship tourists. We looked in at all the stores pretending we had never been there before. We sampled rum cake and looked at the million of tourist memorabillia that said "I've been to Cayman!".
And here are pictures of Coco trying to skip rope while we were doing our last morning of exercise...

Jason and Monette were busy with sports and work, so I ended up watching the kids from 6:30 to 9:30 that night. I read a lot with little Coco. We all watched the Disney Channel together. I was the bucking horse again with Coco and Rio on my back. I also spent a lot of time in the kitchen making snacks for these non-stop eaters. It's pretty easy to watch these kids as long as I don't have to put them to sleep. I survived! I fell asleep instantly that night and didn't wake up til 8 hours later.