Monkeying Around

I finally hooked up the scanner, so here's the photo of me and the little resort monkey in Punta Cana. So cute!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY HONEY!

Today is Arron's birthday! Woooooooooooooo!

Our plans for a little night out on the town got shafted by the Navy (of course!) so instead he had himself a boy's day when he got back from a couple of days at sea yesterday. Beers, chips, F1 on the big TV, Kartbahn (go-carting), and video games. Good times. (I went shopping.)

For a giftie he ordered himself some sort of fancy guitar thingamajig. It's a port thingy to connect his guitar to his computer and it has all sorts of different settings so he can record music and be a rock star in the basement. He'll have to explain it. But that's what I got him. :)

There may be cake or something later today. If he's a good birthday boy.

:)

Tourists Can Finger Paint

OK, so when Lex told me to do the finger painting at our resort I thought maybe she was a little crazy. haha. I mean, finger painting isn't usually an adult activity. Maybe she'd been hanging out in the kids club while on her vacation last year. :)

But low and behold there it was on the daily activities sheet. Finger Painting!

I sort of forgot about it, but one day at poolside a large crowd was gathered so we checked out what it was...and sure enough it was the finger painting class. Of course I was too late for the free first class, so I ended up paying $10 to sit in on the second round (nice setup on their part....get everyone all interested then throw a price tag on it).

The teacher was a hilarious Mexican guy that spoke about a zillion languages. He was funny and completely trashed on everyone's artistic skills. "oh, that's terrible." "geeze lady, give me that." "holy crap, what are you doing?" Totally worth the $10 for the comedy alone. The fun painting was just a bonus. Of course, he touched up everyone's work so we didn't take home a totally amateur piece of trash.

Super cute bathroom art!

Fuzzy Pants

Mr. Stoopy has been feeling a little left out of the blog lately, so here's some current photos of my furry little man...

Punta Cana Vacation Recap - part 4

Obviously we had a great time! I guess I just wanted to comment on how impressed we were with the resort. I've never been to an all-inclusive before, and FH has been to a few but all were in Mexico at least 8-10 years ago. According to him, EdenH was considerably better than any he'd been to and much more reasonably priced. In 2000, he and a buddy stayed at a 2 star resort in Cancun that wasn't even on the beach....and they paid $500 more per person.

We read a lot of negative chatter on TripAdvisor about this resort (having said that it came highly recommended by the lovely Lex and our travel agent) but honestly can't figure out what people are whining about. Everyone we encountered was super friendly. The drinks flowed all day. The food was much better than expected (I reviewed the food on my other blog). They offered entertainment each night and activities every day. The room was nice. The pool was beautiful. The beach was literally a step away, clean, and free from local vendors, etc. There was construction next door (expanding the resort), but it never once bothered us. I think some people just go looking for things to bitch about.

I will say this....if you are 20-something and looking for a party spot, this probably isn't your place. Although we did meet a couple of college girls having a great time just sunning by the pool, and we did see a couple of dozen younger people they definitely were in the minority. Boys, this wouldn't be a place to go meet drunk girls. haha. More of a couples destination for sure. They did have a shuttle to a local disco each night though, so potentially you'd find a good party there. :)

Our second to last day the weather was absolutely perfect....clear blue skies, sunny, hot, with a beautiful breeze:

FH, of course, made buddies with the poolside bartenders. Alexis (left) is somewhat famous on TripAdvisor....we saw him the first day, and he was kind of cranky...but then he must have had his three days off because we he came back on Thursday he was a changed man! Raul (right) was there the entire time and was always full of smiles.

And on the last morning, I was sad to go home:

Is it next year yet? We're ready to go again!