Day 8 - Sitting on the dock of the bay

Last night there was a crazy thunderstorm and it shook the cabana with every thunderous clap. I grabbed Tegan and moved her into the bed I was sleeping in. I thought she would wake from all the commotion. The rain was incredibly loud as it pelted the roof of the cabana for a good 2-3 hours. However, Tegan had no recollection of the storm when we woke up in the morning.

I spent a good portion of the day sitting out of the sun and in close proximity to the wifi router so I could update the blog. Correen sat in the hammock enjoying the shade while the kids played on the dock in front of the Cabana. Tegan was under the assumption that there were fishing rods included with the house, but checking with Jenny (the person we rented from), there were none. Jenny suggested to her to try a string and bottle as it is what the local kids use. Eventually I set up Tegan with some heavy thread and she found a stick to attach it to. When her friend Kayla returned from school at noon, she produced a rusty hook that excited Tegan to no end. She was sure to land many fish now; an opinion shared only by her.

She did manage to catch one little fish with a dough ball made from flour and water. She then used the little fish she caught as bait. She told me later that the bait had fallen off and that she also managed to snare her hook onto something and the whole fishing exhibition came to a halt.

There were now a half dozen or more local kids running around our dock fishing, playing tag and Elliot was introduced to the Panamanian version of Monopoly. Elliot played well with the 3-4 boys, however he chose a couple of Spanish words as his favorites and used these as a response to anything he was asked.

We used some of the groceries we picked up the day before for our dinner. We had pork chops, mashed potatoes with carrots and creamed corn. Elliot is all carnivore these days and is eating nothing but meat... and cereal.

The kids watched a little TV before bed; the typical kids shows found in Canada are all dubbed in Spanish here. I started popping some popcorn for Tegan and Elliot. We had no microwave so I had to pop it the old fashioned way with a medium sized aluminum pot and using a glass lid with a hole in the top where a handle was once fixed. This was creative popcorn popping. I even had to empty the cooking pot twice as the pot was of inadequate size for the amount of popcorn I was popping. In the end there were two full bowls of popcorn with melted butter and a sprinkle of salt to enjoy before bed.