Someone looks more excited than another

Saturday morning before the real crappy weather arrived, we nipped off to the Warwick playground.  The idea was to wear the little tyke out a bit; semi victory for us on that one.  What was really great though, and noticeable, was that there was hardly anyone else there.  So Seba had the whole place to himself, and other than a few face plants in the sand, he had a fabulous time.  Probably one of the less noticed playgrounds in Bermuda I think.

It's a Bermudian thing; putting mayonnaise on french fries.  Actually I think it is a Bermudian thing to put mayo on just about anything.  But something did catch my eyes in the store the other day - Hair Mayonnaise... organic too!  It was so weird that I had to capture the moment with my cell phone and share it with you all.  I am keeping an eye out for Hair Ketchup... 

Quickscat surface winds around Bermuda today...

Today will be the best day this week to be out in the Blokart.  With the forecast of winds westerly 40 to 50 knots, with occasional gusts to 70 knots in possible showers; well that would be the best forecast ever, if it was Saturday.  But alas, it is Friday and we must suffer through work with little chance of getting down to Clearwater.

Last weekend we did go out in some pretty rad conditions though, and the GPS gave us a max speed reading of 61.9kph - woohoo!  Who knows what we could hit on a day like today, considering it was only blowing 25-35kts last weekend.  

In any case, Bermuda is battening down the hatches today.

So Tuesday afternoons Sebastian cuts out of school early and we head to the Aquarium to hang at the North Rock exhibit with a few other "part time" parents... a few things I have noticed (after the first trip). 

First, there is really a lot of creatures in the tank!  There is everything from sharks, lobsters, eels, tuna fish, groupers, and all the other little reef fish too.  As seen above, Sebastian is tracking the lobster along the bottom of the tank.  Having been to the aquarium before and spent some time there, it really isn't apparent to you how much they have in that tank until you sit there for a while... then you start to really notice, and it is amazing.

Secondly the afternoon aquarium with kids in tow is really a female dominated sport.  Between the hours of 3-4pm I only saw one other guy there, and I don't think he was there with kids; I think he was a misguided tourist who was tricked by the latest tourism ad about how wonderful and warm Bermuda is in the winter...  Anyway, so there are not a lot of male testosterone floating around by the big fish tank, but I don't think Sebastian minds, and I don't mind too much.  As long as the mommies don't give me the weird "what is that guy doing here" look...

Thirdly, it is a good idea to bring a snack for Seba... the kid is an eating machine, and if there wasn't that 3 inch think glass between him and that lobster I swear he would grab it and eat it...

Last Friday night was the annual RBYC prizegiving, where the Privateers cleaned up.  Winning lots of trophies and apparently top IOD of the year - something we were not expecting by our calculations.  Thanks to Matthew and crew for an enjoyable year sailing - and thanks to Megan and Sebastian who allow me to enjoy my favorite pastime.  Here's to 2007!

At a loss of what to write about today, so I will just post this picture of Sebastian eating an apple...  he likes apples!

A surfing Santa Claus - only hours after the Tsunami...

Bermuda had it's first Tsunami "hoax" this past Saturday afternoon... We figure someone down at Sandy's Boat Club was so drunk that they mistook the receeding tide as some sort of sign of an approaching tidal wave... anyway - it was all a false alarm and we all got ready to head to the annual boat parade.  There were some good boats in this years parade, but sadly some others just looked like a bunch of drunkards driving around with a few lights strung up on their boats.  The food though at the club was great, and we had a perfect spot for the following fireworks.

Sunday saw us hang around the house putting together more closets before we went to Elizabeth's & Nassan's house to have a play date with Joshua.  They live on a hill (safe from Tsunami's!) and have a fabulous view of the south shore... WOW! 

So following that we hightailed it back home to meet the "rug" man to exchange our rug from last week, and we also bought another... so we are probably all rugged up for a while now. 

We then put on the Christmas music and decorated the Christmas tree - looks good - and Sebastian even got to hang a few ornaments. More photos in the gallery.

Let's get this one Daddy!

Well it was that time of year again last night - we got the call from Souza's to come and pickup our Christmas tree!  This year Seba and I went to pick it up as Megan was away.  But we did take pictures and play Christmas carols in the car there and back - God bless Raffi. ;-)  It was actually a very chilly evening - but Seba and I could still rock the shorts, which I think is kinda cool this time of year!

This year Seba said we should go all out and so we ended up buying a Fraiser Fur tree that was imported from North Carolina... (who would have thunk that Christmas trees are grown in North Carolina!)  Whenever I think of a Christmas tree I tend to think of snowy white north type conditions... apparently though the NC trees are more accustomed to the warmer climes, and thus will not loose their needles as readily. 

The larger living room / dining room warranted a "larger" tree this year, and this 9-10 footer should fit under the roof just fine.  Seba picked it out, and if mommy has a problem with the tree she can take it up with him... ;-)

Ho, Ho, H'oh my God, get me away from this scary guy!

Seems like Sebastian is still afraid of Santa Claus - we went to the RBYC childrens Christmas party were Santa showed up for a story and some presents.  Seba kept calling Santa Dada, until we approached him and got close... then he didn't want to have anything to do with the guy.

After that we headed to XL's childrens christmas party - the whole entry lobby had fun castles, and enough sugar to sink a battleship!  Needless to say Mommy & Daddy left with tummy aches.  Food coma's were close, but we made it to Dockyard to check out the "rug guy" and then to Jonah Jones' art show where we picked up a few Jona paintings... unfortunately we got there 2mins too late, and Jesse's mom had snatched up most of them - but the ones we got are still awesome - Jonah showing his skills painting fitted dinghies.  Mostly of Contest, the one he sails on with me.

Busy week ahead with Megan at the GDP and Seba and I hanging out getting up to no good.