Arriving on Nassau, Bahamas!

The flight from Orlando to Nassau was one Elmo DVD and half a Baby Einstein DVD long.

We were on an older, 30-seater airplane. Dahlia was a model baby and reacted well to each and every one of my diversionary tactics, of which there are plenty. Allow me to list them in the event that you too are in this situation.

Diversions for an 18-month old

• DVD player
• Bottle of juice mixed with water with only 3 oz. total, to be refilled as slowly and infrequently as possible
• Slowly reviewing her books and pointing to every single thing one every single page
• Stickers- sticking them on her shoes and hands
• Peek-a-boo
• Saying "yuck" and making a face
• Touching/ lightly plugging her nose (sounds funny but it works)
• Reciting her books at home by memory: Wee Willy Winkie runs through the town, upstairs and downstairs in his nightgown. Tapping at the windows, peeking through the locks. Are the children all in bed? For now it's eight o'clock!
• Asking her where her hair, eyes, knees, feet, shoes etc. are
• This Little Piggy...

Upon landing, we walked across the tarmac, which made us feel like we were in The Thomas Crown Affair. B had arranged a ride to our hotel, so we were dragging D's heavy car seat behind us to what turned out to be a limo.

Behold, a car seat in a limo

I can hear you now, dear reader... but what were we to do? Refuse the ride?

A view from "the ride" to our hotel

Dahlia watching the fish (pronounced "shish") during dinner

We're all checked in now and comfortable in our room. B ran to the grocery store today and had the kind of coronary only he can have when he saw the grocery dollar total. I think everything costs 3x as much here since it's all shipped in.

We floated around in the huge, zero edge pool today and were the only ones there. We walked on the beach and sat in the warm water. Why does it smell like sulphur? I picked up a shell and the inhabitant poked me. I set it down again.

Tonight we had a low key, but delicious dinner with local specialities.

Vacation. Good.