Florida 2014

It was one of the best Florida weeks I can remember. The weather was great and the kids are really getting to an age where we can enjoy everything.

Florida Memories:

• Wesley happily crawling around with a lot of personality. His crawl has swagger.
• Wesley eating sand and getting face fulls of sand and not being bothered by it.
• Evie swam all the time. She would spend all afternoon in the pool
• 2 Manatees parked in front of our dock all day one day. Saw them many times over the course of 4 hours.
• Jack motoring around the pool with his life jacket on. Will typically playing by the side or needing to be held in the pool.
• Jack turning into a fish. On Thursday he swam for about 2.5 hours straight. Typical Jack he was in and out of the pool a million times but swimming for large portions of it. Of course he never stopped giving his commentary.
• Evie’s birthday celebration on 4/10 (Thurs) included cake and presents.  Evie received an Elsa dress that Erin made and “Frozen” DVD.
• A lady gave us a kite the last evening at the beach. Evie let go once and I had to sprint down the beach to save it. Evie let go a second time and some girls were in the right spot to save it. Both boys flew it for a while but I tied it around their waist.
• Perfect sunsets on Thursday and Friday.
• Jumping waves in the ocean.
• Taking the kids out in to the serf and going up and down with the waves.

Disney

We had an absolutely fantastic day at Magic Kingdom last week.  It was a marathon as we left our condo before 6:00 am and returned home at 2:00 am.  The park was mobbed but we managed to keep our wait times under 45 minutes for every ride.  The kids had a great day but were so tired by 10:30 that they basically passed out in our arms and in the stroller. 

I didn't tell Evie what space mountain really was before we went on the ride because I didn't want her to back out.  She did well but didn't want to go on it again.

 The Barnstormer roller coaster was a favorite. The boys could ride it and wanted to do it again all day but we never got back to it.