One thing I’ve always said about Caleb is he makes us laugh every day — sometimes intentionally, other times not. He has a favorite blanket that is made from a double layer of fleece, held together by knotted fringe all around the perimeter. Some of the fleece knots have worked their way loose and he has discovered he can climb inside and use it like a sleeping bag.
On this particular morning he climbed in, stuck his feet through two small spaces in the bottom hem, tied up the fringe around his shoulders and then walked around wearing his blanket. He thought he was hilarious until he wanted to get out and realized he had tied the knots too tight and was stuck inside.
I spent the next ten minutes alternating trying to pick the knots out of the fleece and doubled over with laughter. It didn’t help that Carter kept coming up with scenarios like, “You’ll have to go back to school wearing your blanket! It will be like a diaper and we’ll have to hose you off to get it clean!” Meanwhile Caleb was panicking that he’d never get free and I had to keep stopping to wipe the tears from my eyes so I could see the crazy tight knots. I guess we were funny enough that Calvin got out the camera to capture the moment.
Our holidays haven’t been anything exotic, but since Josh has had a few extra days off, we’ve tried to do some things around the island that we haven’t tried yet.
Like ice skating at the rink they have here. We had it all to ourselves. 3 BD (about $7.50) got us skates and some very bumpy ice.
It was a maze of grooves on top of other grooves and my skates skittered around on top of the ice instead of cutting in. It didn’t slow the boys down any though. They went flying around, trying to skate backward and knock each other over. Understatement of the day by Calvin after taking a tumble: “Ice is hard!”
Um, yeah. It’s cold too.
Local “Zamboni.” Guy with a push broom style blade and another dude with a shovel. No wonder it’s rough.
The best part about bumpy ice is that she could run around in her shoes and not slip.
I thought this sign was odd, but Josh said it’s probably cause they don’t want people sitting around taking pictures of girls skating. OK, that’s creepy.
But I wouldn’t blame them for wanting to take pictures of this girl skating.
