Bahamas Bound....

The day was quite seamless....returned the car, checked our bags onto Bahamas Air, grabbed a coffee and our electronics and we were all happy for the hour we had to wait.  I caught up with my sister on facetime while the other boys all played on their phones/tablets.

The flight was short (40 minutes)......

Waiting to go through Bahama customs......

The only snag was when the customs lady officer threatened to not let Elliot into the country unless he kissed her.....he almost lost his mind!!  I nicely told her that he barely kisses me....so then she turns her attention to my other sweet boy thinking she could get a little further with him?  He gave her a high 5...and she laughed and stamped his passport.   A taxi driver, a nice bohemian woman, scooped us up as soon as we stepped out and drove us to the resort.  Sunday everything is closed.....and my email wasn't working that had the code that had been emailed to me for the door to our unit!  After talking to a few of our new neighbors about wi-fi (they couldn't get on either, their codes were wrong)....I was able to figure it out and mooch off the neighboring resorts code for a few minutes while on the beach.  We let ourselves in and figured out our next steps.

Its a nice unit (thanks again Kelly)......and there wasn't a soul around anywhere.  A little un nerving....but we were starving by now and headed to a local restaurant.  We waited in that restaurant for our food for over an hour.  We ALL almost lost our minds!!  I haven't been that hungry in a long time and you forget what its like when you can barely no longer deal with yourself.  When the food did come, it was amazing (of course).....after lunch we walked across the stress to the local market (convenience store, where everything is 7$ and up).....there was really nothing to eat in there even though it said "now fresh fruit/veggies and meat available!!"....umm...nope.  It was 3:30 by now and she told us that the bigger supermarket was a 15 minute walk down the road and was closing at 4.  We raced outta there!!  We were almost there but had doubts at this one corner, so we flagged down a truck that happily opened their door to show us the glass bottles of beer in their crotches, gave us directions and good naturedly said we "better hurry, they are about to close".  We said thank you, and they showed off their skills by doing the biggest burnout out, kicking up stones and shells our way....they really were just happy guys.....but ummm....

We got to the market and it was like that game where you fly through the supermarket to see how much food you can get into your cart before your time is up!  Bread, milk, eggs, a roasted chicken, ketchup, potatos (should have re-thought the 5 pound bag, THAT was no fun to carry home!!), corn, juice, frozen strawberries for smoothies and bananas...oh, and mini-wheats (of course).

We all lugged it home, nice to work together.....kid swam and then we just crashed at the house. (its our "house" for the rest of the week).  Griswolds Christmas vacation was on tv, so we watched part of that before bed..tonight is the classic "A Christmas Story" my favorite!!  Ralphie!!!  

This was on Elliots bed.....thanks Flora.....he has been keeping elliot company....to feel like home.

So, it turns out that the window fully closed for mom and dad to come over.  They will be staying in Florida, which I think is for the best for them (not for us, I wanted to be with more family for christmas!!).....but their friends are here so we may spend some time with them, but perhaps we will just stick to ourselves.  Its a little un nerving being here...its only the first morning so change and the transition to a new place is sometimes challenging right?  But we are all unpacked, now I need to figure out meals for the week since restaurants are terribly expensive.  It is beautiful here, very windy......but here we go; third and final leg of the holiday!!