Warning.
Nothing too exciting in this blog post. I just can’t let a Sunday evening go by without an update.

Plants.
So we live in a tropical climate. There are beautiful flowers all around us. Our landscaping is pretty low maintenance, which is fine, but is lacking some color. I remember the first time I saw the plant Birds of Paradise. I was in PLR and Lynnette’s husband sent her a bouquet for her birthday. It had a couple BOPs in it – such a cool plant. Many of the gardens around here have them. They almost seem like hostas back home. I had to have one. Jay and Sherry bought 3 plants and we finally found time to put them in the ground today.
I wanted them to be in the backyard, but we were going to have to dig up some grassy plants. No big deal….until Jay dug in and giant ants came out from everywhere. Ty wanted to help but freaked out when one went crawling inside his shirt. Ty and I left Jay to the backyard and we went to the from to clean out some bushes (and get away from the nasty ants). Two minutes later Jay wandered up, said he quit. There were too many ants, rocks, and the ground just wasn’t ideal.
So we ended up sort if sticking them in the front yard, bunched together. Not what I was envisioning, but not worth being ant dinner.

Robina.
After a quick shower Jay wanted to take me to the mall that he and Sherry found – Robina Town Center. Finally!! A great mall! It was really nice. I didn’t buy anything for myself, but Jay and Ty found a few things. Ty picked out a hat and some new flips.

Watching Ty walk in flip flops for the first time was pretty entertaining. It is a skill – I don’t think he was expecting it to be so hard.
Look closely at his hat. Jay was a proud dad. I just laughed. This will have to be a “night and weekend” hat. Probably not appropriate for school. But at least it doesn’t have a lame flat bill. 🙂

This is kind of random, but pretty slick. The parking garage at the mall told you how many spots were available on each of the levels as you drove in. And then each of the stalls had a red or green light above it, so you could look down the lane and see if there were any open green spots. Smart. We need this in the US.

Cyclones.
We may be on the other side of the world, but we were showing our support for the Cyclones back home. Go State!

Pool.
When we got home, Ty and I put together 2 puzzles we bought at the mall. I went for the 60 piece puzzle, and thought it might be a stretch. But my son is apparently a genius and knocked them both out pretty quickly with very little help. Impressed (and proud since I am a puzzle fan myself / can’t wait to do a 1000 piecer with him….).
Ty and I swam a bit, Lily played poolside, and Jay went to pick up groceries. Should be a relaxing rest of the night.

Sorry this was kind of a snoozer of a weekend. Have a great week!