What Hank Does

All kids do it.  Things they know they shouldn't.  Things that make their parents say "No, no."  And when Hank does these things, like thow food on the floor or sit on the opened dishwasher door, he looks at you and laughs.  Other times, like when he wants to play Chutes N Ladders or goes too close to the fireplace, saying "No" hurts his feelings and he cries like, well, like a baby.

Hank LOVES the little desk in the office.  If it's quiet and you can't find him, he's probably at his desk.  And if he begins to cry, it's probably because he wants down.

 He's starting to put words together better too.  Besides 'mama' and 'dada' and 'ba' (which to him is 'ball', 'bye' and 'bottle' and anything he points to), he also says 'num num' (good food) and 'nigh nigh' (night night).  We went to some shops downtown and in every store he said 'hi'.  Such a polite young man.

And when I point the camera in his direction, he's also learned to smile and cheese it up.

Day 7 - Making our way back home

Day seven was a great day for relaxing.  I think Charity said she took 2 naps.  We were definitely returning well rested from this vacation.

With my camera battery drained, we were able to get one final picture.  Our last evening, pre-dinner espresso martini picture...

We awoke to a view of the Statue of Liberty and lower manhattan.  An amazing vacation.  But great to be home.

Day 6 - Final Hours in Bermuda

Friday morning we took off to the Southampton Fairmont.  Sven and Charity wanted to see the grounds since they were offered jobs (which they turned down over a year ago) working there.  Uh, hello?  You said no to Bermuda? We sure would visit them often if they moved there :)

Our ship next to the other cruise ship - View from Fairmont

Sven & Charity at the Fairmont

 

 

Bermuda Church Bay is the most popular small piece of beach on Bermuda's south shore . Its deep pink sands are a unique site that attracts the visitors, while a line of offshore reefs make this beach a remarkable swimming and snorkeling area . Even a variety of colorful coral makes up the reef which draws all kinds of marine life for visitors to view in the water . 

 

 

Church Bay - Aerial

Church Bay

 

Charity @ Church Bay

 

Matt's Swimming Hole

Church Bay has a reef close to shore which made it ideal for snorkeling

 

 

Looking for sea glass to take home to the kids

 Luckily Sven wanted to see one more beach.  My thought was that it didn't get any better.  I was wrong.  I think we all decided that Jobson's Cove was one of the best beaches we had seen. 

Jobson's Cove

 Jobsons Cove is a beautiful and secluded small beach surrounded by cliffs all around and is completely separated from the sea. The enormous rocks made of limestone and hardened volcanic lava along with the coral reefs keep the waves inside the Jobson's cove quite low. The water is extremely calm and shallow making this beach perfect for swimming and snorkeling. Charity witnessed first hand the sand producing skill of the parrot

Jobson's Cove - aerial

Parrotfish

Parrotfish use their beaks to nip pieces of large algae and to scrape algae and other encrusting organisms such as sponges from rocky bottoms. In the process they ingest large quantities of rock and coral, which is ground to a fine powder by highly specialized teeth in their throats. They then void the ground-up rock and coral, thus creating sand. A study in Bermuda estimated that parrotfish create a ton of sand per acre of coral reef per year. Those swimmers over coral reefs have discovered that when parrotfish feed, the noise of their teeth scraping rock is easily heard.

We ended our day with an amazing sushi and sake dinner topped off by the chocoholic buffet.  Then a cheesy 'Get Down Tonight' show.  But great encore with Sinan.