Back from the beach...and really wishing we were still there. We spent the week at Hollywood Beach in Florida. To make things easier, we rented a condo right on the beach. The weather was typical Florida weather for this time of year...sunny in the morning, partly cloudy and scattered showers in the afternoon and it was really HOT and humid. In short, it was GREAT!!!
The condo was awesome. It felt like home. Having a fully equipped kitchen at the condo and eating in was so helpful...and made our vacation so much more fun. Eating out with the kids always entails lots of preparation and planning (coloring books, stickers, games) in order to keep them busy while WAITING to be seated, WAITING to order, WAITING for the food, WAITING for the bill....all that WAITING is really hard on my jitterbugs of 3 and 5 years old. We did manage to eat out more than ounce though. One night, we took them to the Rain*forest Café. We were lucky to get a table beside the monkeys!!! That kept them busy for the whole meal.
At the beach, Liam spent his whole days looking for seashells and fish. Although he said he wasn't afraid of the fish...he would spend lots of time on Steve's back when hunting for them ;0)
He also made a friend.
Noah also liked searching for seashells, but unlike Liam's shells Noah's were funky looking.
(Debby, does this look familiar...he's exactly like you!!!)
He would also spend a lot of time in the water and under the umbrella in the shade with Mommy. But taking pictures with our camera was his favorite thing to do. Here are a few of his pics (keep in mind that he's only 3 years old).
This one is my favorite. You can see his reflection on my glasses.
It was my 35th birthday on our last day. Steve and the kids made me leave the condo at 7 in the morning and baked a chocolate cake for me. How cool is that!!! As I was walking back, there was a full rainbow over the condo complex!!! It was a great day.
Getting away for a week was good for my addiction to adoption blogs. However, I couldn't help but wonder how many more vacations we will take before Mia is finally with us. I can't even count the times I wished she was with us on the beach.
