We have now been back from Florida for 2 months and I am just getting around to finishing the Florida blogging. The ironic thing is that I would have had time to blog on the road, and hence would have been all caught up, but I spent any free time reading. I read a couple of really good vacation reads and I was loving it. My plan was to get home and just frantically do the blog, but that obviously never happened.
At any rate, after the extended family left we had a full week left of just our little family. We did the indoor skydiving and Epcot, and then literally just vegged out at the hotel for the rest of the trip. Days of swimming in the pool and visiting the playgrounds. Enjoying the weather and relaxing. Unfortunately Paige had a lot of homework to do. Next year I will make it very clear to the teachers that she would like to complete a lot of it beforehand. Not only was she fully not in school mode, but the last thing I wanted to do was constantly have to remind her and force her to do school work. Added a negative element which was none too relaxing. It would be worth the headache to force her to do it before in order to avoid doing any of it there. Oh well.
I packed Henry only a few toys for the trip and I'm glad I didn't bring much more. He was too interested in exploring the hotel room and putting things in his mouth to bother with traditional baby toys. The girls hardly touched their toys either. I always remind them before cottage trips and Florida trips that they barely need anything, and then it is always proven to be true. It was nice though with fewer toys that we could pack both of their suitcases with toys and books on one side, and clothes on the other. We had one more person this year, and fewer suitcases. I think we packed well and I keep meaning to make a list for 2015 with notes about what to pack. The only bummer thing was that my one sweatshirt that I brought decided to randomly lose it's zipper pull and I couldn't do it up at all.
The girls really really enjoyed themselves this year. Of course there was the week with Lizzy which really was awesome, but also they were really playing well together. They also enjoyed having Henry in the pool and watching him have fun. Rose was that much older that she wasn't napping and could really run around and keep up. Of course this year was a little more difficult having a baby, but clearly we'd rather be in Florida than at home in the winter. We really had some super hot days this year and really lucked out. We cannot wait to go back next year. Of course we have summer coming up here and really we should be looking forward to that first, but it is so cold still it just seems like summer will never come.
Ahh Florida, only a 3 hour plane ride away. Love it.
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