Monday - Wednesday Mar 14-16

March 13 SUNDAY

Everybody get their clocks set this weekend? 

 We invited Stephane and Angelica for supper. Just before they came over Ross [Nauticuss] stopped to talk, so we asked him to dinner as well. We watched Jim and Cheryl heading over to Stephane's boat, and we were parked right beside them [Amazing Grace] so we told them to come too. Luckily I had made 8 burgers and Stephane brought more than enough buns. It was a little crowded but we managed.

MONDAY March 14

Today 40 boats are leaving for the Long Island Regatta, including Nauticuss and Amazing Grace. They will all be gone for about 10 days. C-Soul and Pearl will still be here.

At 7:20 am Stephane and Angelica came by to pick up Quentin. They went to "kill lobster". This will be another first for Quentin.

He didn't get much chance to do anything more than watch. He said he had a pain in his sinuses when he went underwater, so he couldn't go down with Stephane. They caught 3 lobster and a grouper and were back within an hour.

We got ready for town and I went looking for the "Pre-Schoolers" while Rick went to the meat market. Quentin sat at Red Boone on his tablet. He showed up later at the school to see what I needed. Apparently Rick went off to do something?

It was a little harrowing to see that many under-fives in one place. This activity was tied in with Commonwealth Day, and the whole school system participated. Kids form every school came to town, and had displays and marched, with a band. Then the pre-schoolers went off to the GT Primary school and I have no idea where the others went, except that they were back by 1:30 pm

My session lasted about 1 ½ hours. The kids were divided into groups and there was a bouncy castle, a face painting station and mine. So I had about 15 at a time. I had purchased some cheap painting sets from the grocery store and cut up a sponge to use as brushes. But the only paper I had was computer paper, which does not do well under water.  This was not my best idea! Mostly we ended up with soggy papers and paint all over their hands and shirts.  I hope the mothers will forgive me [or the teachers].

C-Soul is leaving tomorrow so we went over for a visit after supper.  They are going to head to Florida slooooowly, but I doubt that we will catch up.

TUESDAY

Wow!  Two weeks off for Easter!!Thursday is a sports day; Friday is report card day so "...most students won't show up" and then 2 weeks for Easter break. I don't go back until April 4. YAY!

The Commonwealth Day was a great Day!   "My School GT Primary took 1st place in the displays. Canada won!  Thanks to the boaters who donated and lent stuff to the kids! Singing Frog had some plastic lifelike animals... wolf, bear, moose and deer. Deja Vue gave them a flag and a $5.00 bill. We gave them the full range of coins. Someone else gave maple syrup and honey. 

We went snorkel

ing with the marine biologist in the afternoon. She showed us lots of different corals and animals in the coral heads. The water was a bit cloudy but we could see everything.

Last night there was a beach wedding at Chat n' Chill. The tables were dressed and there as an altar and an arbour. After dinner there was a DJ and we danced on the back deck of the boat. The boat next to us hollered over at one point, "Get a room!"  Quentin was at a movie night on Singing Frog. He came home at 11:30

Ttyl.