Florida weekend

We hit the road after school, heading to Sandestin, where I had a continuing education course. The kids were so excited (not entirely realizing I would be working most of the time) and literally never stopped talking, singing, screaming, playing for the entire trip!  I've convinced the kids that when you become a Mommy you get eyes in the back of your head.  We've rationalized and tried this fact daily on the way to school and at home. Silas is still not convinced. He did ask me on the drive, "but Mommy, if you have eyes in the back of your head, why can't you drive with your head turned around?" This developed into a discussion about which eyes were purposed for which task… (yes, I did see you snatch the book from your sister, Silas). too funny.

We did decide to take a small detour on the way down for a landmark stop: Lambert's.  Bruce had never been there either…

The concept of throwing food… hmmm.  Of course, it was a hit.  The rolls are as big as their heads!  They only caught about 12 rolls (oops!); and Samuel decided to throw the fried okra everywhere… oops again.

While I was in class Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, Bruce was super Dad and had all three kiddos busy and having a blast around the resort!  They spent hours in the arcade:

Climbing wall:


And in the pool - it was FREEZING COLD!

Time with these is always such fun!  We tried a few new restaurants, loved them all. Samuel has pretty much started ordering for himself at restaurants "noodles"!  Most are kind and will make him a bowl of noodles with butter, his favorite.  Oh, and ketchup. (french fries are just a vessel and might be reused)

I had some free time Friday afternoon and took Silas and Avery to the beach while Samuel was napping.  Never a dull moment…

Be still my heart. When they decided to give walking in the water a try, they walked out together and automatically grabbed the other's hand. I wish you could hear them talking to each other, talking the other into trying new things.  ha!

The mermaid princess.

And her king:

Samuel and Bruce joined us later on for Samuel's first ever time on sand!  He had no problem and just dove right in. Apparently, I'm the only one in the family who doesn't love the sand between their toes, in their hair, inside their bathing suit, ears, I could go on.  haha.

It really was an absolutely beautiful weekend, not too hot, not too cold, not too crowded - perfect!

It'll make your heart smile.

It was a fun weekend, great getaway, and looooong drive. (We are thinking about driving to Disney late in the year… and this was half-way. Oh my, we'll handle that when we have to). On the way home, we stopped for a morning of goofy-golf.

Everybody loved playing and Bruce was the only one to keep score ;-) (naturally).  Samuel putted twice then decided the club was not needed. Why would anyone try to hit the ball when you can just walk up to the hole and drop it in?

Silas and Avery did great taking turns, and Avery exceeded the stroke limit on every hole (I may or may not have done the same).

We did make it home in one piece - and a few did nap on the way home.  Cannot believe there is only a week or two left of school!