We met up at the airport, where our girls had some in-depth conversations (about the bar menu) with a robot outside of one of the restaurants while we waited for them to arrive.
The flights were thankfully uneventful, and the girls even saw it as a special treat to have their first-ever layover (more planes = more betterness, apparently). Since this was also more flight-time in a day than usual, I gave Josie some Dramamine for the first time. It worked like a charm, since she didn't throw up at all, and she even took a little nap (with her hands politely clasped on her lap).
Then we arrived in Jamaica. We did an all-inclusive resort for the first time ever too, which is a bit of a departure from our normal travel style, but our friends convinced us that it would be worth it to not have to worry about anything, especially with the kids being so little still. And although I did feel a little over-indulgent about the whole experience, it was really nice to not have to deal with getting in the car, deciding where to go, etc. Instead, we just sat around the various water features, had more juice and fruity drinks than normal, and enjoyed ourselves.
[Josie's out there somewhere]
[Our little corner of the waterpark]
[Looking the other direction - not too crowded! ;) ]
[Lunch overlooking the ocean]
[Audra loved these lamps in the hallway outside our rooms, and asked for a picture with each of them]
[Pool overlooking the ocean]
[Quality picture of 3/4 of the girls]
[That's a bit better ;) ]
This archway basically became our homebase at the waterpark. It was secluded enough that we could leave our stuff there all day without any problems as we came and went, but not too secluded since a bar was just to the left of the yellow tubes in the picture below, and the lazy river is to the right (I was standing on the bridge over where the water slides came out).
[After getting through some residual stress/grumpiness the first day, I was a much happier and more relaxed person again ;) ]
[I dunno]
We eventually ventured down to the beach, which the girls were happy about but the adults grumped about a bit, between the sand getting everywhere, the sun beating down seemingly so much more, and the seaweed and rocks in the water. But the girls had fun, and luckily it wasn't too far away from everything else, so we jumped around between the beach, pool, and waterpark throughout the day.
[Starfish!]
[I have no idea what Audra was staring at, but she was transfixed]
[Ryan needed some sun protection, so he borrowed my shirt and Josie's hat -
Josie found this hilarious]
[Audra building a sandcastle]
[Sun going down on another beautiful day]
Despite being out in the sun all day (and not really sleeping in), the girls were still doing well enough in the evenings that we were able to go to the after-dinner entertainment each night... although I guess they were properly motivated since they love seeing live music and magicians, and getting to run around like crazies :)
[Josie sassily explaining life]
[The girls had a front-row seat to the magic show...]
[...little did we know that that was so they would have a shorter path to get onstage ;) ]
[The girls with their tissue paper before the magician connected it all together within his mouth]
And after four days in the sun and warmth and water, it was time to head home. Audra kicked it off by falling in the suitcase, which she was not very happy about
We ate at a Cool Runnings-themed restaurant at the airport, where the kids gorged themselves on beige food and Audra insisted on using a fork and knife with her grilled cheese... naturally.
[Audra fake sleeping]
[I finally gave in and let the kids watch some movies on the flights - it's just too hard to entertain them when I'm trying to fight off getting sick myself. They have no complaints about this.]
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