Beach Time

My kids and their "Papoy," enjoying the beach

Like most kids, mine have very strong attachments to water. For three straight weeks already, you can find find them dip in the water with their "Papoy" (father).

Last weekend and the weekend before that, we were at Sandtrap. It's a sports bar and restaurant located in a secluded lot, going to Maria Luisa Village, at the back of the old Foodland supermarket in Banilad, Cebu City. 

It is owned by a foreigner and, of course, frequented by foreigners. Inside, there are two tennis lawns and a small swimming pool. Aside from swimming and playing tennis, you can play pool or billiards inside.

Even bouts of asthma can't stop my kids from dipping into the water, in utter violation of the doctor's advice of not going to the pool. Right. For this weekend, we did not go to the pool, but went to the beach instead.  No one is stopping my kids  and, of course, their consenting father of getting closer to the water. So, we went to Portofino in Mactan, Lapu-Lapu City, and despite the drizzle, my kids really enjoyed the day, swimming, testing their beach boards with their father.

Portofino Beach by the day

I know that these weekend getaways are just some of the things that my husband is doing to cope up with time lost without the kids. He had been assigned in Manila and had to go home only on weekends. It was a good thing, actually, being able to value time with kids. Just like what my friend, Gretchen Rubin, is saying: THE DAYS ARE LONG BUT THE YEARS ARE SHORT. Before we know it, kids will be grown-up and we can no longer bring back time, for them and for us.