Restless Days of Rest

Day 14 – June 27, 2016

Monday

Woah! Here comes a storm. I’m sitting on the deck catching up on my journaling and there is a serious storm blowing in. We quickly pulled in all of the clothes hanging on the railing and closed all of the windows and doors and the wind is howling, thunder clapping and the rain pouring down. This is why everything is so green. I kind of love a tropical storm. As long as I’m safe inside (or on the deck).

Today has been another chill day. Everyone has needed it. Except me. Why do I get so restless? It’s so hard for me to stay put.

Jeff hasn’t been feeling well today. Maybe something he ate? Maybe the sun? I hope he feels better soon.

Ok, lightning just struck so close to the house. The thunder was so loud that I jumped! Time to go inside!!!

A few cute/sweet/funny/awesome/crazy things that happened today:

Kira walked into the ocean barefoot and got a sharp shell stuck in the bottom of her foot. We had to get out the first aid kit and pull it out with tweezers. The first time I pulled so hard it broke off, still inside her foot. It hurt so bad! Poor girl has some bad luck. She also kicked a rock earlier in the trip and cracked her toenail all the way through like a Harry Potter lightning scar right up the middle. Later she caught the crack on the mosquito netting and pulled half her toenail off. Kira also made spaghetti dinner for the whole family tonight. She is awesome!

Calvin was such a great big brother to Isaac. Tonight Isaac dropped a glass in the kitchen and it shattered. Tiny pieces of glass everywhere and there is no broom or vacuum in the house. We had some miscommunication and he ended up in his room upset. When I went up to talk to him, Calvin was already there with his arm around, talking to him about it. The three of us talked, and Calvin was seriously like the mediator, helping us both see each other’s perspective. Afterwards he came down and told Jeff, “I’m going to be a great Dad someday.” Yes he is!

Kate made an awesome movie trailer video today with the little boys. She is such a good sport, always shifting between the “big” kids and the “little” kids. Sometimes it’s hard but she does it so well and she is a great leader to those little boys. And she has such a hilarious sense of humor. She is always making us laugh!

Isaac had a great attitude and cleaned up the boys bedroom, including all of Mikey’s stuff.

Isaac is such a handsome boy. Today when he was playing in the pool and his hair was short and combed over he looked like Indiana Jones in the Last Crusade movie. We told him that and he loved it. I saw him combing his hair over with his hands throughout the rest of the day so he could look like "Indy."

Mikey was watching a movie today and something crawled on his hand. He mindlessly started rolling it around in his hand, half figuring out what it was and half totally not paying attention until he looked down and SCREAMED!!! It was a big centipede/caterpillar thing that was probably 4” long and the width of a sharpie. He shook it off and screamed and cried for a good minute or two before calming down. Later he laughed about it but it really shook him up because Boon had told him that some caterpillars are poisonous. 

Mikey is a strong paddler.

Getting a bird's eye view. I wish we had a mask and snorkel!

Just a little minor surgery on Kira's foot to remove a shard of shell stuck in her foot. Ouch!

This is the life!

My awesome girls. Chatting while they made spaghetti dinner for the family. I kind of love how this house has a separate "cooking kitchen" (minus an actual oven, just a range, microwave and sink) to keep the heat separate from the rest of the house. It doesn't have any AC but it has windows on all sides to let the breeze in.