Fatherhood

We have settled into a regular routine. Emma is settling in to work and I drop the kids at nursery in the morning and pick them up at lunch time. We are excited about being able to move into our house on May 1. While we enjoy the condo on the beach it will be nice to have more space and a fenced yard. Our container has also arrived so hopefully it will be through customs and we will be able to have our stuff shortly after we move in. We have been living out of our suitcases for close to three months now.

Last weekend we finally had a chance to do more exploring of our gorgeous island. On Sundays everything is closed here, all shops and even the large grocery stores. Only the restaurants are open. We drove east along the southern coast and found a beautiful tiny beach called Heritage Beach. We were the only ones there and the kids enjoyed playing in the sand and the shallow water. As Ellie has had some bad nappie rash she was running around naked. At one point I had to go to the bushes to pee and take in the beautiful view. Ellie wandered over to see what I was doing and while standing next to me enjoying the view she had a pee too! My little girl making her daddy proud!

The other day we had called Emma's sister Clare in the UK to wish her happy birthday. Alex has just started actually talking to people on the phone and enjoyed talking with his auntie Clare. Ellie had her chance but just likes to listen and smile at the phone. Just before hanging up Emma asked Alex is he wanted to say "Happy Birthday to Clare again"?. He gave his big smile and said yes. She handed him the phone and he said "Happy Birthday again." Daddy is so proud that Alex has inherited his sense of humour.

When I pick the kids up from nursery at lunch I usually pick Alex up first since his class is upstairs and then we go down to get Ellie. Alex usually has some piece of art he has created. As soon as Ellie sees Alex walk in her class she runs to him and they give each other a big hug. Ellie then takes Alex's project and starts admiring it. If Ellie has made one of her own Alex admires it and is always very impressed. They are very cute together and seem to have a sense of what the other wants and try to cheer the other up if one is sad or in trouble. When they fall out, Ellie has learned to bite and has given Alex some nice tattoos!

We spend the afternoons playing at the airport park, the beach, or the indoor kids play area. I am enjoying having this time with the kiddies. We are also planning a trip to Minneapolis to visit my sister Tamara and her family and my parents. Emma has a long weekend so we are adding a couple days. Cayman national elections are in May and it is a public holiday so we are taking advantage of being so close to the States to go see family and maybe a little shopping. Once we move into our new place we will have lots of space for visitors so come on down and see us.