Skinny Jeans

Last night we finally got a proper night out in Barbados.  There was no way I could leave without at least one night out at Blakey's and it looks like we will get two or more.  What is even better is that because of a weekend curfew, the DJ (who played at our wedding) came on form 5:30-8:30 which means we could go with Sebastian.  He was the heartthrob of the party with his new skinny jeans on (new form a friend of a friend here).

 A lovely night all done and dusted and home by 8:30, I am loving curfew!

Bye Bye BISP

Definitely not the way I wanted to end my time at the school or in Phuket but it came to end yesterday anyway.  We would usually have had several going away parties/dinners/goodbyes and instead had to make do with a few messages.  I know we are lucky in so many ways but I am still allowed to feel sad by this and well we are all devastated.  We will miss Thailand terribly, I will miss the school, our friends, baby club, the food and it is just such an awful ending to our time there.  I cannot even really think about it too much as I just feel overwhelmed and that it is not really true. 
We will go back for sure and I guess we must look forward to our new adventures.  

Final Week of Online Teaching

I cannot believe that I have been online teaching for nine weeks, it has actually just flown by.  I cannot say I enjoyed it very much but in some ways, I will be sad when it is over.  We spent the week going to the boardwalk and last night had a lovely dinner with Kailee in celebration of my last night online.

This week Sebastian also ditched the oatmeal or cereal breakfasts for a little bit more solid food.  Pictures one and two might help to explain why this move was made.

 We continued our daily walk on the boardwalk, my favourite spot in Barbados.

 Last night had a delicious supper on a new place on the boardwalk, it was super yummy.

But the best part is seeing this turtle laying her eggs on the way back to the car.  It was just fantastic.

OMG I am THAT Mum

On Monday we went to Cattlewash to see Kerri and Fabian.  They rented Cornwall house (where we stayed in May) to celebrate their daughter's 18th birthday. I just found the time to sit down and write a post about it and discovered that I am THAT Mum.  Looking through the photos I realised there was not one of the actual party or my actual friends.  In any other instance, I would take loads of me with everyone but not now, every photo was of Sebastian!  You cannot even tell there is a party going on!  To be fair he looked pretty cute but I just cannot believe it never occurred to me to take one other photo.  I am nipping this in the bud!

 Poor guy cannot go into the pool because of an ear infection.  

 He loved all the teenage girls (he is a bit scared of men, usually cries when he first meets one), he was hiding and watching them.  It was so sweet.

He loves his nanny, Kailee. She had a few days off at friends homes, well deserved but he missed her.
We had a great day.  I caught up with Janine and a few other people I was hoping to see, although you would not know it with these photos!

The Almost Normal Weekend

From next week things in Barbados will pretty much be open, there will be a few restrictions (like masks) but for all intents and purposes, it will be business as usual.  I intend to try and enjoy these weeks as I am not sure how long this can be sustained unless borders remain shut and I am not sure how that can happen for too much longer.

 

Saturday Sebastian woke up the grumpiest he has ever been.  I think he has just had enough of all his ear infections (ongoing for months) and then broke out in a rash as well .  We finally made it, hours late, to Vicki and Hottie for lunch.  But poor Sebastian could not go in the sea or the pool, torture. 

We got home and played Kahoot with Craig and Laila which was very nice.

 

Today, Sunday, I took Sebastian to Aunty Andy's for a bit.  He loves it there, horses, dogs, stairs, music, Granny Andy and loads of things to try and pull down.  

The best part of my weekend was the family walk on the boardwalk this evening, with a stop off for a much-needed glass of wine.  Now preparing to start my last weekend of work in Thailand, which I have very very mixed emotions about.

The Week

Week 8 of online teaching almost done.  I will not be sorry when it comes to a close next week.  I have loved having the extra days with Sebastian but really I am tired now.  I just put together some pictures of the week.

 Mexican Monday, look how cute Dad and Sebastian are!

Looking at the monkeys

 Look at this face! He was looking at Kailee with her ice cream, very jealous

 But then he remembered he could not eat it and cheered up. 

 

A visit with Granny Andy today which meant music time of course.

 Waving us off, think he would have been happy to stay and play music

 But his parents dragged him to the boardwalk for a Blakey's dinner.  Here he is waving at the waitress as he is pretty much a regular now.

Black Lives Matter

If you asked me what it took a few weeks ago to keep Covoid from being the headline of the news, I would have thought nothing except possibly the outbreak of World War 3.  I was wrong.  Now every day the headlines are all about the protests throughout the world triggered by the murder of George Floyd.  I am, of course, horrified that this happened but I am happy that the world has responded, loudly.  It is not the first time we have heard or seen accounts similar to this and I can only hope this has set off a course of protests that will help ensure it is the last.  The systematic racism that is endured by black people in the US and throughout the world is sickening.  I would never say that these murders shock me more as a mother, that would be insulting and unfair.  However, I can say as a mother and a wife, I cannot even imagine having the constant worry about the safety of my son or husband at the hands of the people meant to be protecting them solely because of the colour of their skin.  The safety conversations I will have with Sebastian as he becomes a young man will largely be about driving a car and not about how to navigate through life being targeted (and not only by police) because of his skin colour.  I cannot even imagine how frightening this must be. 
I hope to see this in the headlines for a long time to come and I hope that this time, finally, something changes.