WARNING!! Those of you up North who are snowbound and freezing may want to avoid this post all together!
We spent a fantastic day at Clearwater Beach with our great friends Nicole, Antonio, and Shane. The kids had so much fun chasing each other on the playground and watching the exciting shows at Pier 60. Isabella was thrilled to "babysit" Shane, while the boys were so cool playing football, hide and seek, and working hard to look just plain awesome for the chicks...
Dinner was at Crabby Bills across the street, where Nicole and I had a hard time trying to keep the older kids from feeding Shane random weird things like lemons and hotsauce, and Izzy thought it was great fun to give him a tomato slice to use as a hat. (Sorry, no pics of that-I really need a new camera!)
They didn't want to leave and Antonio tried really hard to bring Nate home with him. It is so great to watch the boys interact...they have so much in common and I know are becoming great friends. It was such a fun day enjoying the beautiful weather and the ocean-maybe even worth the parking ticket that greeted us as we returned to our car.
***Don't forget to pause the music at the bottom of the page before watching the video! Enjoy!
Saturday, January 31, 2009
Great Fun! Great Friends!
Sunday, January 18, 2009
An Exciting Day!
Last weekend we spent a great day in Tampa! We began at the Forum getting to see the Ringling Bros. Circus. I was so excited because it was actually my first circus ever! We were a bit disappointed to find out that our seats were about 600 miles in the air, but hey, nothing like looking DOWN on the high wire acts!! The expereience was great though, and it was just the beginning of our day...
We then shot over to Channelside and looked at the huge cruise ship waiting to depart and even got to see Jenny who was just showing up to work on her dinner cruise ship. We then decided to take advantage of the fun around us and have some dinner and fun at Splitsville. I bowled a crappy game and only beat Isabella by like two points (not great for my competetive ego). Nate also got a reality check that he is not quite the kingpin that he is on the Wii in real life! Daddy took home the trophy, but it was fun for everyone and the sushi was terrific. Check out the video of our day (but don't forget to pause the music at the bottom of the page first!!)
Saturday, January 3, 2009
A Nature Walk
We decided to enjoy the fantastic weather and the beauty around us with a day at Honeymoon Island. We live just a couple of minutes away, so it was easy to escape from real life, take a breath after the holidays and enjoy Florida and each other.
We began our adventure with a picnic by the ocean-great food (bologna of course), sun on our face, and an 80 year old stalker who insisted on telling us stories about the bench that he donated and how it was in the movie "The Punisher" with John Travolta. Actually a very sweet man (who I'm pretty sure just wanted Isabella off of his bench..)
We then took a hiking trail that led us ultimately to two bald eagles' nests. We didn't get to see the eagles but had a great time looking at the mulitude of osprey and hunting for gopher tortoises. The walk was about two miles total, and by the end both kids had to pee and Isabella was sooooo done walking.
After the hike, we couldn't leave without taking advantage of the playground (energy automatically restored). It was a great start to my New Year's Resolution...to spend more time outdoors enjoying the beautiful weather and ocean that we are surrounded by...
Here's a video of our adventure-no need to turn down the music (I didn't add any to the video).
