The female perspective

Samoa was awesome and I feel like Don's blog, entertaining as it was, failed to capture the beauty and serenity of the place. So let me share with you my top moments and memories of the place we left only one short week ago.

Moment 1 - driving around Auckland, killing time the day before the flight, and having Aidan vomit unexpectedly all over himself and the back seat. I didn't foresee that possibility when planning the packing for this trip. Thank the lord the motel had a washer and dryer so that the child had a non-pukey outfit to wear on the plane

Moment 2 - enjoying drinks at 11:15 most mornings with my husband on the balcony of our room, overlooking the beautiful South Pacific waters with nary a kid in sight

Moment 3 - sailing in those same waters with Don who was able to recall his sailing skills from 15 odd years ago to pilot the resort's catamaran. It was surreal to had the wind whipping thru my hair and the warm salt water spraying up and the sun shining down on me while sailing with my sweetie. Simply awesome.

Moment 4 - enjoying a trip to the spa where we were wrapped up and rubbed down in the middle of a grove of trees with the wind blowing gently around us, birds chirruping and not a bug in sight. Never mind that those spa ladies saw bits of us that even our mothers haven't seen for a long time, too relaxed to be embarrassed about it!

Moment 5 - watching the kids literally inhale their McD's burgers back in Auckland after spending a week eating nothing but cheese pizza for lunch and supper (for Connor) and virtually nothing but breakfast (for Aidan). They said nothing had ever tasted so good!

Moment 6 - let's end as I started, with Aidan and his body functions. On the flight home Aidan was looking definitely peakish. He grabbed a barf bag and sat with his face over it for several minutes. Then he dropped it and said to me, with a beatific smile, 'I only needed to fart'. Then the nauseating smell hit. Nearly died laughing.

Hope everyone is well and enjoying their summer!

V