Last night after posting, Ana and I walked down to say goodbye to Rick and Barbara before they left for Georgia. They really went out of their way to show us around the island and make us feel at home. We got to see the inside of their house last night- it was adorable. I think that it could very well be the description of my dream house when I was a child. Every room was brightly painted in different colors; pineapple yellow, exotic orange, lime green, lavender etc.. Each room had it's own charm with different sea shells, fish pillows, and other ocean themed accessories! They bid us farewell, but sent us home with a bag of stir-fry veggies and barbecue chicken they had left over from dinner. We made good use of both today- they were delicious! I wish them a safe trip home!
We started the day with a little bit of reading and some really ripe plantains. We're finally getting the hang of how to use the gas stove and how long we need to cook them on each side! They were so yummy...
Lessons went really well today! It's really encouraging when the kids tell us how excited they are about learning something new or at how much they enjoy looking at the shells and fish in the water. Ana and I made a point today to take the kids out in deeper water so that they could become more comfortable with the idea of not being able to touch the bottom. What's the point of knowing how to swim if you panic in deeper water? It took some of the swimmers a little while to warm up to the idea, but after some gentle encouragement and frequent reassurance, they were surprised to see that they can break their own personal barriers! Not every lesson is a piece of cake, but small breakthroughs here and there make it all worthwhile!
Although most of the kids can not really swim and are petrified to go over their head, they have no reservations about doing double front and back-flips off of the rocks or diving into shallow water. Eeeek!
Once the sun starts sinking in the sky, Ana and I have been getting ridiculously cold. This IS the Bahamas, isn't it? I feel like we've just become accustomed to it being so warm all day that by the time 4 o'clock rolls around, we're wishing we were dry and wearing sweatpants!
This evening after dinner, Ana decided she wanted to try and make peanut-butter oatmeal cookies. We didn't have all of the ingredients, so, we made things up as we went along. We then discovered that we don't know how to use the gas oven... SO, she tried to make a couple in the microwave and I tried my luck on the stove-top. In the microwave, the sugar crystallized and started burning. They were as hard as rocks! We ended up searing the rest of the cookies on the stove. They were dangerously delicious!
I think I like makeshift, stove-top cookies :)
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Hey Jess, Oma and Opa are here and just enjoyed reading your journal entries....then all of a sudden I saw your latest entry...be careful with the stove. Be sure the gas is off...be extra sure. Love you, Mom
Hi Jess~ Sounds like fun! What do you mean you don't know how to cook with gas?? do you need to light the pilot? If that's the case, you turn on the gas which makes a "hiss" sound and then you need to put a match to it. SCARY if you have never done it. Maybe get someone local who knows how to help you!! Very dangerous.... hope this helps, but be careful!! Like Mom says, be extra careful!! =) What did you do for the 4th?? Did you and Ana have your own little cellebration? We were thinking of you and were telling everyone what you were up to! I had a mango salsa this weekend. It was just a mango mixed with lime juice and cilantro... it was soooo good. I thought of you while enjoying it!! I was also told that you need to be really careful not to eat mango skin. It can cuase dysentery - an infection in the digestive system. Be careful with those mangos!! =) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dysentery
I love the "bat" entry. It sounded so nice to hear your voice! and also to take part in the experience. I saw some bats in VT!
Sorry for the long post.... I coudn't resist!! I can't wait to get you back home and hear all about your fun.... backyard party at my house!! Ian can cook the pizza!
:o) Love you! Rebecca
yessica!
you need to come here and teach one of my roomies how to swim. he's 34 and kenyan. and he can't float. please come help him. we can go out for ice cream afterwards :P
miss you!!!
iona
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