Today’s staycation featured a visit to Jamaica. I had to work again today, so my husband had the lead on this one. He showed the girls the pictures from our honeymoon in Ocho Rios. The girls loved all of the pictures of food. There’s never any doubt they’re related to me! Ha!
They then got to experience a Dunns River Falls climb, through this YouTube video: https://youtu.be/SaeeaA8UmMU. It totally reminded me of our own climb up the falls.
Next, my husband showed the girls this video (https://www.visitjamaica.com/listing/luminous-lagoon/457/ and https://youtu.be/sIMWQwWeeYY) of the Luminous Lagoon, which is one of my favorite stops in Jamaica. It was so neat to be out in a boat looking at this glowing water as we went around the area. This was Wormy’s favorite of the things we showed her.
My husband also taught the girls about Bob Marley, and played his music for them. We had toured Bob Marley’s house when we were on our honeymoon, and my husband has always been a big fan. He also showed them Google Earth views of the island, and they had fun ‘exploring’ the area.
Throughout the day, we dressed up in our swimsuits (had to have proper beach attire on). We were going to set up beach chairs on the living room floor and read, but since it was so nice out, the girls went out to play instead (with clothes on over their swimsuits…it wasn’t THAT warm out). We also decided to move the indoor picnic for lunch outside as well. Thank goodness for lovely weather! We also drew some friendly messages in sidewalk chalk at the bottom of our driveway to say hi to the neighbors. Wormy’s said “Love you,” and Squid’s said “Stupid coronavirus.” We also decorated in hearts to help those on the heart scavenger hunts.
I was going to teach them the art of haggling with some printed off Jamaican money images and some little toys, but since it was nice out, we’ll save that skill for another time. We went for a nice long 2-mile family walk through the neighborhood. Then we came back and watched “Cool Runnings.” By the time the movie was done, the jerk chicken I had marinated was ready to be cooked. I served it with peas and rice, and this great bottle of Welch’s non-alcoholic sparkling strawberry daiquiris. The girls were panting from the heat of the jerk sauce, but they admitted to liking it….after they had some cheesecake to cool their mouths.
Needless to say, both girls are very interested in going to Jamaica!
Car Full of Harmony 
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