Second Week in Cuba

Our second week here with Matt was a lot like the first- lots of beach and pool going and just relaxing. We did, however, start the week off last Sunday by going out to the golf course with Matt for the last nine holes of an 18 hole round. He plays a 3 man scramble best ball, two team mumbo jumbo yada yada thing that I only partly understand, every Sunday with another group of guys who are deployed here. For fun, they play for $2 a hole and apparently the opposing team is happy on weeks Matt is not able to play. We had fun getting to meet everyone and ride around in the cart with Matt, but the mugginess and the bugginess made it a bit miserable towards the end and therefor we opted out this past Sunday.

We also met this guy out on the golf course:

Matt had the great idea to buy Hayden this cheap infatable ring for the pool. He can actually swim pretty decently by himself with it and it made time at the pool much more enjoyable.

In the middle of the week we met up with another family here with two young boys to play at the putt putt golf course they have here near the gym. I think the boys maybe played the first one or two holes and then ran around the rest of the time. At least they burned a lot of energy!

There is a lot of small, colorful pieces of glass on the beaches here that have been smoothed over by the waves so we have spent some time collecting some to bring home. I love this picture because it shows Hayden laying down on the beach waiting for the waves to come up underneath of him. He loves doing this- he just lays back, puts his arms behind his head and closes his eyes. The boy knows how to enjoy the beach!

Matt lost his sunglasses when we were in Miami so we were at the store on base looking for some and the woman behind the counter decided to let Hayden join in the fun.

They have several play grounds around the base and we went to one after dinner one evening, strictly to let hayden play and have fun, of course.

Have I mentioned Hayden has two giant kids for parents? Lets just say we all had a really good time.

Hayden is a pro at climbing by now and was able to climb this small rock wall with no help:

I have one question: Where were these things on play grounds when I was a kid?! You just swing back and forth until you get enough momentum going to spin all the way around.

Matt and I took our own turns trying it out and yes, it is as fun as it looks.

More time at the pool! Hayden has fun playing in the kiddie pool, which gives us a break from time to time.

On Sunday we had lunch at the Bayview Club again and Hayden had to go outside to say hello to one of his scaly friends.

We're enjoying our last week here and while we will be sad to leave Matt again we are looking forward to more time in Florida with family and to Matt coming home for good in a few weeks!