BabyJ's 5th Birthday

BabyJ enjoyed a wonderful start to her day with CubJ presenting her with his self made birthday card, a beach Barbie and some additional clothes for beach Bab's. He was very proud of having managed to convince her that he was buying the gifts as a present for one of his classmates! Beach Barbie was a great hit and enjoyed playing at the beach with us. I am pleased to report that sand washes out of Barbie’s hair quite nicely, and she is a proficient snorkeler.

BabyJ enjoyed a special Birthday Girl button that DaddyJ had found for her. She wore it proudly all day, in fact she would have enjoyed wearing it all vacation if she could have! The first place that she proudly enjoyed displaying her button was at breakfast. After her breakfast of berries, rum cake, banana bread and pancakes (it’s only one day!) we headed off to the Turtle Farm http://www.boatswainsbeach.ky/conservation/history.cfm







The Cayman Island Turtle Farm is dedicated to raising turtles for the purposes of protecting existing turtle populations in wild. Many of the wild turtles are hunted for the flesh, which is commonly eaten in the Caribbean and Asia. Some of the farm turtles are raised for consumption; some are successfully released into the wild and the rest are used for educational purposes.




Despite at least one visit each trip, we continue to learn and enjoy our time there each year. If you ever get the chance, we highly recommend a visit to the Turtle Farm.



On our way back from visiting the turtles we made a stop in Hell, Cayman Islands! How many five year olds can say that they went to Hell and back on their 5th birthday? For a very religiously grounded island, it continues to amuse us that there is a place called Hell in one of the most heavenly places we have been.

"Hell, Grand Cayman is a group of short, black, limestone formations in the northwest Grand Cayman town of West Bay. It is roughly the size of half a soccer field. People are not allowed in amongst the limestone formations but two viewing platforms exist for tourists. There are numerous versions of how Hell received its name, but they are generally variations on "a local official exclaimed, 'This is what Hell must look like.'"


Upon our return to the hotel, BabyJ was greeted with a well organised (DaddyJ extraordinaire!) surprise of a birthday cake decorated with a Snowman (shocking!) and balloons!

After some birthday cake and opening the rest of her presents we headed to the beach! To cap off the day we headed out for her choice of a birthday dinner. That included a grilled cheese sandwich and ice cream, capping off her image of the prefect birthday in Grand Cayman.