(cheering)
- There's a cheering section. - First bike ride.
- [Kendra] She made it!
(bright music)
(calypso music)
- Gotta get the sunscreen on.
So today we're gonna go to El Morro,
which is in downtown San Juan.
It's the old fortress that is here.
- We've been here before but we've never gone inside.
So today we're gonna learn all about it.
(upbeat music)
- Monument to your left and the painting on this panel
commemorate their battle.
In a month long attack and siege,
Dutch forces tried to take San Juan and they nearly did.
- [Jeremy] Do you guys know what a siege is?
- No. - Like an attack.
- [Jeremy] It's where you don't let them go.
So they can't get food and water.
- So for a month long they were kind of stuck here.
- So what if I caused you
to not be able to get outta your bedroom for a month?
(happy music)
- [Jeremy] This iguana is climbing up the wall.
It's pretty cool.
- So this is old San Juan.
Over here.
Here's where the cruise ships come into port.
And up here is El Morro
and the walls that go around the city.
There's another fortress over here
called Castillo San Cristobal that's really similar.
There used to be a drawbridge but it's not there anymore.
It's just cool to even be somewhere
where there was a drawbridge.
(happy music)
- [Jeremy] We're in the fortress.
- Away from me.
- [Jeremy] We were worried that Janae would be bored.
- [Janae] Boo!
- [Jeremy] You chasing the birdies?
- Yes.
- [Jeremy] Is there an airplane?
- Did they have really fancy beds?
No, this is--
- [Caleb] Was that still their clothes?
- The just put it up there.
- [Papa] They put it up to give you--
- So here's where the soldiers slept.
And Laura, did you see what they used to wash their clothes?
- Uh huh, it's a washboard.
- It's a washboard.
Line up for inspection.
Line up in the morning.
- [Papa] Okay, line up for inspection.
- Line up for drills and inspection.
Ready, march. - Is everybody
ready for today? - Yes.
- Caleb, you need to tuck in your shirt.
(Kendra laughs)
- That's what they did out here.
They would wake up in the morning
and they would come line up.
Number six is the--
- What does the map say?
- [Jeremy] The map says you're here.
You're right here.
- They have to get through that and they were being shot at
for the whole entire time.
- Look at these tools.
These tools were used to build this mighty fortress.
Because the mortar group could not always see the target.
They were just launching 'em into the air.
Pff!
(Laura exclaims)
- Ready? - Guys, look at this.
- Papa? - Yeah.
- Do cannonballs have ammunition inside of them or was it--
- Some of them did.
They would ignite this, ignite the cannon,
and then when this landed it would blow up
and send nails and everything everywhere.
(happy music)
- So this is a huge cannon and these are the cannonballs.
What is that?
- [Laura] For water.
- Why would they have a trench for water?
(upbeat music)
- [Jeremy] She wants to climb the wall.
- She's trying to scale the fortress.
It's under attack.
Look, you can see the city.
- I'm as tall as this wall.
- [Papa] Gosh, this is really safe here.
- [Jeremy] Do you think this is the fortress stage?
(playful music)
- Pew.
- Fortress. - Time for a pretzel break.
(happy music)
- [Kendra] This is the lookout tower.
- [Caleb] If fire got in here--
- Oh it would blow up the whole fire.
It would be enough sparking to ignite this whole room.
This whole room probably had enough powder in it
to blow up this whole fortress.
- [Jeremy] Elise found the kitchen.
She might be a little underwhelmed.
- [Kendra] This casemate
served as one of El Morro's kitchens
during the 1700s.
- [Papa] Look at the fireplace.
- And do you remember where the smoke went upstairs?
(happy music)
- [Child] Pew, pew, pew.
- [Papa] Look how low this court is.
- [Kendra] So this is not air conditioning.
This is the ocean breeze.
- Why is it so windy at sea?
- 'Kay, that was a really good question.
Why is it always windy next to the ocean?
(jazzy music)
We are going down, down, down.
So this is the oldest part of the fortress, right here.
- Hello!
- And it echos in here. - Hello.
- So this section of the fortress is 481 years old.
If I did my math right.
Let's go.
Shall we call that a wrap?
- Yeah, for sure.
I think everyone's ready for lunch.
- Did you find some dirt?
Okay, so I asked my dad, who by the way knows everything,
and he totally knows why wind happens close to the ocean.
And it's because of temperature change
and because the land and the ocean
are different temperatures it causes movement of air
and that movement of air makes wind.
Janae was a trooper.
And now she has fruit snacks.
Life is good.
We're all hungry so we decided to eat out,
which is always a little bit of a gamble
because the kids are already tired.
So I really hope they behave well.
But there's two of our favorite restaurants
right next to each other
and not far from downtown San Juan.
So we're trying to decide which one to eat at.
Well we're eating at Stuffed Avocado
because it's just a counter service restaurant
so we'll be able to get our food faster.
I love Pure and Natural.
It's one of my favorite restaurants here.
The kids are behaving so well though.
I almost wanna hold my breath saying that.
They're doing so well.
They must be really tired.
They're just waiting for their food.
We ordered.
Do you want some rice?
What are you ordering?
- I'm gonna build my own thing using the eel sauce.
- Eel sauce-- - Which apparently
is just soy sauce and honey.
No eels.
(happy music)
- My mom really loves avocados.
So they very first time I came here I texted her.
I was like Mom, you have to come to the store with me.
So they take an avocado at the bottom
and then you build like this amazing salad
with proteins and rice on top of it.
So delicious.
- I think you know what this is.
- [Kendra] What is it?
- It's a cannon.
- [Kendra] You're drawing a picture of cannons?
Is that what we saw today?
- It's the one that has the little ball at the end.
- I've talked about dry moats and sieges.
- [Kendra] Sieges, awesome.
Oh my goodness.
Their bedrooms were so tiny.
There's the different kinds of cannons.
Different kinds of bombs.
- [Elise] That's the bad flag, I think.
- [Kendra] I'm gonna get him. (giggles)
- [Elise] Run!
'Cause that was gonna get him.
- [Kendra] This one's from Caleb.
- And just by adding the seven and the three
I knew the answer was a zero.
- So it's a letter and a word.
Like I love you, I dig, I went on a trip.
- So whenever Janae wakes up from a nap or in the morning
the very first thing she says to me is,
"Mom, is it my birthday yet?"
Are you excited for your birthday?
Yeah?
Birthday season is awesome.
But it is hard to watch everybody else's birthdays come by
and know that hers is close.
She's about a month away.
It's gonna be a long wait.
What are you wanting for your birthday?
- Gum. - Gum?
- What kind of gum?
- Pink. - Pink gum.
That's what's on her birthday wish list.
Janae's pretty excited to be trying out the balance bike.
What color's your bike?
- Pink.
- [Kendra] So she told me she wants to take it slow.
This is about what we're doing.
She's got her helmet on.
Her tennis shoes.
She's ready for the action.
Janae's really got quite a bit of stamina.
You're going over the rocks?
Good job.
Good job going-- - Is this how you do it?
- [Kendra] This is exactly how you do it.
- Do kids do this?
- [Kendra] Yeah, kids totally do this.
If you want to, you can balance your feet up here
and Mommy can push you.
Would you like to go faster?
- No, I wanna do it slow.
- [Kendra] You wanna do it slow?
All right.
We've made it one house down.
You got it girl, just keep going.
(playfully suspenseful music)
Okay, you put your feet up and Mommy will hold on.
Ready, put your feet up.
Vroom.
- [Papa] Oh that's such a big girl.
- I wanna do it slow.
That how I get there.
- [Kendra] All right, slow is how you get there.
That's a pretty deep thought for life, Janae.
- Yeah.
- [Kendra] Slow is how you get there.
(speaking in foreign language)
(bell dings)
How are you liking your new bell?
- Like it.
- [Kendra] And your basket.
- Has my snack in it.
- [Kendra] Yes!
Oh my goodness!
She's picking up the pace.
Yep, you push.
You push, 'kay now sit down and push and then glide.
Yep, go fast.
Go fast with those little legs.
- No! - Push.
- I just like to walk my bike.
- [Kendra] Okay, you can walk your bike.
That's cool.
Janae made it to the bike path.
She is still going strong.
She is determined she is riding her bike
all the way to the park.
- We're here.
- [Kendra] Did you make it to the park?
- Yeah.
I did.
Oh we rode so far.
- [Kendra] You did, you went so far.
- Coqui?
- [Kendra] Do you hear the coqui frogs?
- Yeah.
- [Kendra] That means it's getting to be nighttime.
What happens at nighttime?
- We go to bed.
- We do. (cheering)
- [Mugga] Good job, Janae.
- There's a cheering section. - Her first bike ride.
- [Kendra] She made it!
- [Papa] Did you ride your bike to the park?
- Yeah.
- Whoo! - You're married
when you're swinging exactly together.
- [Kendra] Look at her pumping those feet.
(Laura laughs)
This girl loves to swing.
- One!
Two!
Three Janae Nae.
- [Kendra] We're playing how many bean bags
can you toss in the wagon.
Janae is rocking it.
Oh that one was close.
That was close
Oh, missed it. - You get two more throws.
- [Kendra] Just by a little.
- Yay! - Whoo!
- You made it. - Yay!
- [Kendra] Oh so close!
- One!
Three, two in there?
Three in there.
- [Kendra] Well I'm trying to organize this cabinet.
- I made a little house for everyone.
- [Kendra] You're making a house for everyone?
- And I'm making a park where there's only grass.
An olden day parks.
- Beautiful. - Can I see?
Oh.
- The girls asked if they could paint and I said sure.
And I got out these things.
They're like glue sticks.
But they're paint and it's washable.
So it's easy peasy lemon squeezy.
My mom is the master organizer.
So I was showing her a closet that was driving me crazy
and we just decided to reorganize a few things.
You know, party hard tonight.
So Jeremy just grabbed the camera to go upload the footage
and I said wait, I've got one more thing I wanna say.
Today when we were at the fortress
what I really noticed about this massive structure
is how it was made from bricks, small bricks.
Tons and tons of small bricks.
And these bricks were handmade.
I mean this was made hundreds and hundreds of years ago.
And I was thinking about my goals.
Whether it's for our family, for my life, personally.
Sometimes these things can feel
massive and overwhelming and impossible.
But when you look at the way this fortress was constructed
it was constructed one tiny brick at a time.
And I think I just need to remember
the power of those simple things in my life.
Fortress doesn't get constructed overnight.
And neither do the changes that I'm trying to see
in my home and my family.
So anyway, little thoughts from Kendra to end your night.
Goodnight, J House out.
(upbeat music)
- [Jeremy] How pretty.