Puerto Rico Trip

Bob, Ryan, and I just returned from Spring Break in Puerto Rico. As you can see from the updated slideshow, we were not alone: we vacationed with my sister Connie, her twins Nathan and Gavin, her husband Mark, and my parents. And a good time was had by all. Everyone was well and there were no trips to the emergency room.

With the children napping a good portion of the day, we did not venture far from the town house very often. However, we did visit the Rio de Camuy Caverns and the Arecibo Observatory (everyone together); and my parents and my family visited El Morro on Old San Juan. The rest of the time was spent by the pool.

There were of course some funny happenings... I got Bob and myself lost on our way to the town house. We were going south when we were supposed to be going north. Connie and I were watching the kids by ourselves and not everything in the house survived. Bob went to take a shower, and a hour later all he had done was play poker on the IPod and eat an ice cream cone. Grandpa Ernie and Ryan watched copious quantities of the Backyardigans. We found a good bakery, and celebrated the twins' 1st birthday 3 times.

Ryan loved the twins so much that he followed them upstairs when it was their bedtime. They got along pretty well, with Ryan only taking away their toys a few times. Ryan wasn't jealous of me holding the twins like he was at Christmas. My dad was holding out hope that the twins would walk by their first birthday, just like Connie and I did, but it wasn't so. When I held them up to stand, they didn't put their legs down to bear weight. One day soon they will decide to walk, and then Connie and Mark will really be in trouble.