Happy 4th of July!

We had our first vacation as a family this weekend. We went to one of the neighboring islands called Yoron. It was a 2 1/2 hr ferry ride away. Doug has always said that he would divorce me if I even looked at another boat, not to mention get on one. I guess he's a bit touchy about being vomited on...or at least having to deal with a massively sea sick wife. Doesn't seem to make the adventure fun for either of us. Anyway, thanks to our friend Kaye who was able to prescribe me an anti-nausea med that's safe for the baby, were still married. Thanks Kaye!!!

"Mommy, where's the big boat?"

"There it is!"

There were no chairs, only mats and pleather covered rectangles that acted as pillows. I really liked lying down the whole time, but Doug would have preferred a chair. Mary was happy to have her DVD player. Doug took her up top a couple times to let her walk around and see the ocean.

What a pretty little island. It's tiny and quaint. The resort was nice, but not exactly what I had pictured in my mind as a "resort". The rooms were serviceable, but not plush by any account. Good thing we're not high maintenance. I did like how all the furniture was close to the floor. My feet touched the floor when I sat on the couch! Mary could just sit down on the bed without crawling up on it. I was just so relieved to have a refrigerator in the room and cartons of milk at the convenience store. I bought the store out of all the single serving cartons they had and she drank them all.

Mary LOVED the pool. They had a great kiddie pool that was knee deep and had a big umbrella for shade. The first day we were there, it was a gorgeous sunny day. Mary put her feet in the ocean and stood watching the waves for a bit before declaring that she was ready to go to the pool. She was able to entertain herself a loooong time splashing around. Hard to believe she used to hate getting water in her face. I guess those swim lessons paid off after all.

"Oooo, pretty. All done, Daddy"

"Pool time!"
My new favorite picture

Friday was rainy. I mean thunder and lightening rainy. Too bad. Luckily, we brought Mary's portable DVD player. That thing is worth it's weight in gold. We also made a quick trip to the souvenir store and bought a pack of balloons. That afternoon, our friends Kaye and Mel arrived, so we spent the day socializing and braved a trip to a Greek village nearby. We took a cab and as we were driving we suddenly noticed a large bush moving in front of us. Ok, it wasn't a real bush, but that truck was seriously loaded down. I guess the farmer didn't want to make 2 trips. It was a very cute tiny town and it pretty much drizzled/rained on us the whole time. Oh well, we had a great Greek salad and pizza.

Watching the rain

The moving bush

Saturday was our last day there and even though it was overcast, it wasn't raining, so we frolicked in the pool and beach. The sun was even able to poke through the clouds before we headed in for lunch. Mary couldn't get enough of Doug's squid and cabbage pasta. She loved it. We were all amazed. The squid was stuffed in her mouth as fast as he was putting it on her plate.

Another trip to the beach. This is as far as she would wade into the ocean.
"Yummy Squid!"

At 2pm, we set sail once again on the great big ferry. It was a nice 3 day trip. We were very happy to see that Mary could put herself to sleep in a hotel room without difficulty even if we were in the room with her. Now we can really start planning our trip to Tokyo in September.