Dec 26th at the beach

The benefits of living on a Caribbean island....



playing at home

thanks GG and Grandpa Rhodes!

I think I'll go boogie bording.

surfer dude

love my beach toys

a coconut!

hanging with Mommy at Maracas

in the ocean with Daddy

Merry Christmas!

We had such a nice Christmas with our little family. Lobster and pieroghy for Christmas Eve, and lots of presents Christmas morning.





lobster

Christmas Eve dinner

lobster legs! (needless to say, we have lots of leftovers! time for eggs and lobster and lobster bisque!)

Nicholas at church on Christmas Eve

night time stories before bed on Christmas

and Nicholas' Advent Calendar

mommy and Nicholas in our Christmas pajamas

Christmas morning!

Nicholas played with his first present most of the morning

he liked his shape sorter too

Thanks Uncle Tom and Aunt Sam and cousins Ted and David!

Moe had fun with the wrapping paper too

and got kitty toys

Christmas lunch-- pastells, which are a traditional Trini Christmas food, and sorrel, a traditional drink

For Christmas dinner we had bodi (Trini green beans), ham, and mashed potatoes

and strawberry rhubarb pie for dessert!

More pics to come.... We spent the day after Christmas at the beach!

Merry Christmas Eve!

It's pouring down rain, but we are cozy at home and all ready for Christmas. I'm sure we'll be taking many more pictures tonight and tomorrow but here's what we've been up to since we got back from our R&R trip:


these two lobsters were swimming in the ocean last night.... going to be on our plates next to some pieroghies for Christmas Eve dinner!

Christmas decorations from Germany

We got this one in Rotenburg.

Do you recognize Santa? Nicholas did! At the embassy kids' Christmas party

family pic!

Nicholas getting his gift from Santa

Christmas doggy (the DCM's dog, don't worry, Moe cat has not been replaced)

see--he still has his stocking

more Christmas deco-- the stockings are stuffed!

Our Christmas tree, decorated and lit, with lots of presents

Santa will have some yummy cookies to munch on at the Machak house!

beautiful rainbow we saw while out for a swim at our neighbor's apartment

Nicholas walking around at Christy's boss's house at a good bye party for one of our colleagues, with his buddy Janice

Santa's little helper

the stocking cap lasted about 5 seconds... we'll try again tomorrow

this one didn't fare much better

tree decorating day

no pine tree allergies this year, although we did miss going to pick one out ourselves

...and we are encouraging him to talk?