Mothers Day on the Island

For Mother's Day the boys made cards and helped me select a bouquet of colorful flowers from the garden. We made her a nice big breakfast (veggie omelet with toasted cinnamon bread from the Baker) and the boys gave her the cards.

Wake up call!

Cards and breakfast for Mom

Garden flowers

Liam caught a "Mother's Day" anole for his Mama

Then we headed downtown to watch the finish of the big kayak race. It was a very windy day--about 20-25 knots--and the kayakers were running a couple of hours late. We visited a couple of galleries, but mostly just sat on the beach and enjoyed the sun while the boys played in the sand.

Enjoying a cold fizzy on the beach

Huge waves were booming against the reef, and even inside the reef the waves were quite impressive. As we sat on the beach enjoying the sunshine and watching the boys play in the sand, I saw a skiff towing all of the Optis that had been sailed north the day before. Then, I saw a sailboat! It was making close to hull speed under storm jib alone. My first thought was "Who are those maniacs?!" so I took a picture and zoomed way in, and sure enough, it was our friends Sirwin and Lucy! (Well done guys, and sorry for thinking you were maniacs.)

Optis getting towed south

Sirwin, Lucy, and Gabby sailing south (maniacs, I tell you!)

Eventually we were too hungry to wait any longer, so we got a table at Caliente, a Mexi-Belizean restaurant we've been wanting to try for some time. We had a great view of the ocean from our table and were able to run out to the beach to watch the finish as it happened.

The winners cross the finish line

Kayaks on the beach after the conclusion of the race

The food was delicious, and it turned out the restaurant is owned by a parent from the Island Academy. Her daughter is not in either of our boys' classes, so we had not had many opportunities to talk to her, but she was super friendly and very chatty.

Waiting for lunch

A boy and his Mama

We rode our bikes home in mid-afternoon with full bellies and big smiles.