at the end of february, we got the unforgettable treat of not just going to florida in the dead of the minnesota winter, but going with some of our favorite people in the world, the s family! here we are en route to tampa:
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| little guy did well - he only got fussy when he was way overtired, and only for a bit before falling asleep |
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| like father, like daughter, both reading away |
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| welcome to our rental house, 'casa verde', elevator included! |
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| meeting our favorite miss L! |
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| I'm not sure how we got them to go to sleep that first night, but here they are the next morning, coloring away |
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| the guys took the big kids to the pool - seen here from our balcony - while L and I went shopping for our week's supplies |
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| walking to the beach down the street |
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| this picture just makes me happy, in so many ways =) |
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| we hadn't intended to play in the water, since it wasn't really warm enough, but we should have figured there was no way the kids would stay dry =p |
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| someone built an amazing castle, complete with a dragon if you look carefully! |
since we had a lot of wet kids, we headed back to clean up before dinner. it had gotten a bit late, and the first few places we tried didn't have space for us, so our first island dining experience was a little tex-mex place. bedtime for all!
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| starting off the day right =p |
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| ready for the pool again, armed with flotation devices for our non-swimming kids. I was impressed by n & n's skills! |
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| and back to the beach, with picnic lunches. this was the pick day of the week - sunny and 80! |
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| buddies |
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| they managed to dig quite a deep hole |
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| he can still nap in the bjorn =) |
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| some post-swimming artwork |
we stayed in that night, made ribs and mashed potatoes, and sent the guys out for ice cream after kiddo bedtime =) what could be better?
