The two crazy ones

This final week away brought our last group of new visitors including our "baby" girl Catherine and her crazy cousin Kelly with her parents.  Since mom is away visiting elsewhere for about five days - it's just been the six of us roaming the house, the beach, the pool and the unforgettable Miromar outdoor shopping complex.  

There really is nothing like two winter weary teenagers to spice up the dynamics of our home away from home!  They just biked off to get the coveted henna tattoo this morning and Kelly has graciously allowed me to use some of her pictures for this blog post.

With the assistance of some poor passerby on the beach - they took a series of action photos in the setting sun.  

Would you believe they've even managed to finagle me into making a trip to the local thrift store for some juicy finds? 

Oh, the beautiful bells of St.Peter's are tolling again as I write this!

(There's also someone around here who practices the bagpipes at random times thru-out the day.  I enjoyed listening to him tho' it helps that he was obviously an accomplished musician. Memories of my kids in their 1rst year on string instruments rise unbidden to mind :)

Such are the inner courts of the Miromar Outdoor Shopping complex.  One cannot really believe the magnitude of it's size or variety of venue's -- suffice to say that you cannot possibly see it all in a day.  Did someone say there was a recession here in the USA?  

Where?  

The poolwater was so dismally neglected that the maintenance people didn't even have to add their weekly chemicals.  That all changed when Catherine and Kelly arrived.  

Within the first half hour I had to gently remind them to respect the fact that perhaps our neighbours weren't quite as thrilled to see them unwind as we were. 

They have the tower room at the front of the house with the spiral staircase.  Squeals of delight alerted me to the idea that they kinda liked their private little perch.

A lot of sand toys and beach paraphernalia finally saw the light of day.  Who says there's an age limit for that past-time?  The attention this little sand kingdom attracted suggests otherwise.  

We have certainly been blessed with premium beach walking weather but I don't see anyone swimming in the ocean yet.  I suppose that starts in March - we are just at the start of the busiest vacationing season.