N is definitely taking after me. She brought her camera with her and was taking photos of C at the airport. Then there's me taking a photo of her taking a photo of him.
Kids were pretty good on the flight. C slept most of the way, N was fine until the last 30 minutes when she decided she was ready to get off the plane and I was just about ready to ask the flight attendant if it would be okay to let her go play outside for a while. At least our kids weren't the ones a few row back screeching and squealing for most of the flight.
Our villa is pretty cool. Swimming pool off the lounge, ocean views (we're one row back from the beach- willl share photo tomorrow as it won't upload for some reason) and then this cool pillow menu we had upon arrival in our room. 6 choices from the usual kind and then one which had cherry stones and another with horse hair! The cherry stone one was kinda cool and I nearly requested it but then thought I might wake up with stone marks in my face or something so I've stuck with the boring standard pillow.
We spent time at the villa in the morning and then went down to the beach in the afternoon. We have a cool cabana with sun loungers reserved for us. I think if you're not in a villa you have to fight for a sunchair on the non private beach or at one of the main pools. SO glad we don't have to deal with that as we'd never get a sun chair if it means getting up at 7am to secure one. C isn't a huge fan of going in the water so he played with his toys in the sand, digging tunnels and getting covered in sand. About 30 minutes of that and he was done and wanted to come to the room and get cleaned up. N on the other hand spent probably 5 hours in the water today. By the end her lips were a dark blue as I think she was a tad cold. She was covered in sand and didn't care at all. She already has tan lines while C is a bit red especially in the cheeks despite the amount of SPF50 suncream all over him.
N is so excited to spend all day in the water again tomorrow. She loves the beach and the water. Makes me wish we lived in LA where she could spend all her spare time swimming and playing on the beach. I miss the nice sand out there. It's not too bad here but it's still just not the same. Better than last year in Tenerife where it was really gritty. Maybe one of these years we'll take the kids to LA. Only problem is, Mommy might not get on the plane back to London. Can you really blame me?
Good to know you are having such a great time! Your villa sounds dreamy. :)
Posted by: Paula - Buenos Aires | August 23, 2011 at 06:09 PM