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The After Pictures
Upon opening the front door after being gone for a week and seeing this…
I actually love my house…for a little while! The floors are absolutely gorgeous and all the newly-painted rooms look amazing! The minor downsides are that everything echoes terribly and everything needs wiping down (there’s a layer of dust on everything). And we still have to move furniture back in…but not all of it because it has to be staged.
But it feels good to have it finally done!
And we let the kids burn off some energy:
The long wet road home.
Unfortunately the day got started a little earlier than planned since Katie was a hot mess and woke us up screaming for no good reason. (She had actually done it quite consistently throughout the week, but it never lasted more than 20-30 seconds—even though it happened about 3-4 times a night. But today it never stopped.) So we were ALL up and moving by 4:30 and packed and leaving by 5:45. Katie didn’t stop crying for about 30 minutes, but then when she did…she napped for over three hours! YAY! And Owen finally dozed off about 10am so we had a good hour of pure silence. 🙂
And it was a dreary, rainy day…ALL the way home. And we hit a traffic jam right after lunch—a semi had gone off the road. So our already 13-hour road trip got another hour added to it. 🙁
But, amazingly, both kids were REALLY VERY good. Katie had a few minor tantrums but milk and snacks took care of them. And the iPad got brought out a bit earlier in the trip than on the way down. She’s so cute, too—she will watch the whole movie (including credits) quietly, but AS SOON AS the movie stops, you hear “Mama!” 🙂
Owen dozed for another little bit about 7:30 but Katie never napped again. We rolled in at 8:30 on the dot…
Owenisms 40
Tom: Owen, do you want McDonalds for lunch?
Owen: YES! M is my favorite letter!
Tom: Owen, do you want some ice cream?
Owen: Yeah, baby!
Telling gramma stories while watching himself in the wall of mirrors (that was his most favorite thing to do all week):
Katie was climbing on Owen to get to the iPad.
Katie! Get off me! Go to grandma!
After running on the beach with daddy:
When I run too much my bones get tired.
On the way home wanting his head phones.
Where are my ear muffins?
Random fun on our last night
ATTACK!
They both like Legos and Owen is willing to share!
Getting ready to start loading the car!
Happy, relaxed family!
She wanted to try to poop so very badly…and she’s SO cute.
She loves shades.
Owen didn’t want to take a nap.
Goodbye cousin cuddle!
One last trip to the beach
It was super windy and you could see storm clouds rolling in…but the kids wanted to take just one more trip down to the water. It didn’t last too long as it started to rain…so this is them heading back home.
Beach Frisbee
Owen and Anna were bestest buddies!
Then Kathryn and Izzy were playing frisbee and Owen wanted to join! This is his catching stance.
His robot stance.
Look at that form!
Good catch!
Proof that his form actually works! He can throw pretty well!
I told him to write his name in the sand. You can see the normal-ish sized O right behind his feet…and then I told him he could do it a little bigger and so he’s drawing an O about three times his size (he’s finishing up the last of it). That’s as far as he got with his name before he lost interest. 🙂
Fudpucker’s
I stayed home so Katie could take a real nap (i.e. in total piece and quiet) while everyone else went to Fudpucker’s in Destin.
The food was taking longer than expected and the gator show was about to start, so they sent the kids off by themselves to the show.
Then it was back to sign their names—and add some drawings—to the wall…
And then Owen tried—and liked!—alligator!
But got pizza for his lunch!
And then it was time to feed the alligators!
And a few photo ops:
Then it was off to get ice cream!
And a gun that I’m sure he wanted but he did not come home with:
Tom said Owen had a great time! And Katie had her very best nap all week—just over three hours!
Windy Beach
It was too cold and windy but the kids still wanted to go to the beach and the guys wanted to try fishing one last time. We took pictures from the balcony. 🙂
Just hanging out
And Tom working on Gramma Jean’s computer that she hauled from Michigan so he could update it to Windows 7.
Storytime with Gramma
Legos with Anna
We brought a new Lego kit for Owen to build…and Anna was more than willing to help! They made a great team and did a good job. (The next night, Izzy helped and they did an amazing job!)
Owen said: “Wow! We have a lot of Legos going on here.”
Cousins at the beach!
I love this picture—it looks like David is the Godfather sending his minions off…
The wave snuck up on him!
Katie LOVED the sand…and was COVERED in it.
Anna and Owen in their hot tub!
Bubbles!
Testing out the non-heated pool. It was COLD but Owen stayed in for probably 15 minutes!
And one year ago…the same cousins on another beach.
Helping mom make guacamole
Gramma Jean’s Hair Salon
Gramma Jean has taken over Katie’s hair duties…and she just sits there patiently.
Bat at play and rest
Afternoon at the Zoo
Today we all went to the Gulf Breeze Zoo — it was Katie’s first zoo experience!
Stole the cup right out of his hand!
Owen can jump as far as a tree frog!
Who can jump farther?
Train ride!
Hugging the stuffed animals!
Owen picked a bat mask at the gift shop!
Katie’s turn at the beach!
Owen was out with daddy and grandpa, so we took Katie to the beach!
This is her saying “SNOW!” She kept saying snow snow snow—and we had to keep telling her it was sand. 🙂
Waving goodbye to the birds as they flew away!
Splashing in a little pool!
Chasing the birds!
Scouting out fishing locations
Grandpa David and Tom took Owen with them to scout out potential fishing locations…
Should have just given her a bath!
Someone had to get their feet washed before bed…which we learned is a bit difficult since she wants to splash and sit down for a real bath. You notice she has no pants on (since she sat down in the tub) and her shirt is a little wet. 🙂
Owen hits the beach!
We waited until Katie went down for her nap, then we took Owen down to the beach. It was a Red Flag day which meant dangerous surf conditions, but it was too cold to even get into the water anyway…but he still had fun!
The balcony keeps Katie at bay…for a while.
She wants to go outside so desperately…and letting her out on the balcony keeps the begging at bay for a little while.
Bedtime at the condo
Both kids got to bed late tonight due to the long day of travel plus a time zone change…
Going, going, gone…
We got on the road at 6:08am so I wasn’t surprised that Owen got a little tired after lunch…
Package from Papa and Grannie
I had a very attentive audience!
She grabbed a bag of cookies right away!
Then dug right in!
“Oooh!”
Katie is 20 months old!
Surviving having no furniture just fine.
