He: Xbox audio guy.
She: Madame Librarian.
Z: Good little man.
O: Good littler man.
L: Good littlest lady.
Thursday, August 23, 2012
Landing Pattern
Home! Florida was a good time all around, but it feels very good to be back in our own house, with everyone sleeping in their own beds last night. The rest of our trip was packed with activities interspersed with attempts at naps and meals that were generally at least partially successful. The boys continued to have a great time with nanny and poppy, both playing with cars and enjoying their excellent collection of chocolates, while talking to and about their great-grandparents.
We had another morning visit to the beach, and then reintroduced O to milkshakes at our favorite Florida ice cream shop, where he got one about as tall as he was (in addition to his favorite, french fries). In the opposite corner of the restaurant they were organizing some kind of extravagant dessert layout for a photo shoot, which had the grownups guessing whether some food TV show or publication was visiting.
Yesterday was our last day in Florida. After a lovely continental breakfast at the hotel (Z was packing away the fresh bananas and prepackaged one-serving Cheerios boxes), checking out of the hotel and visiting family once more, we took the boys over to Festival to browse the flea market wares -- the boys ended up getting a trio of shiny metallic dreidels from mima that were (mostly) well shared.
We still had a few hours before our evening flight back and wanted to ensure the boys had some good energy burning opportunities for the day, so we drove back down into Miami to check out the "MiChiMu". It didn't disappoint, with opportunities for climbing, art (the boys both made pictures of unicorns), remote controlled miniature boat driving (a favorite from my youth at amusement parks), playacting, a place to go "fishing" for magnetic fish, an entire Olympic-themed sporting area, and how about some actual life-sized vehicles as well? Needless to say, the boys had a blast; an excellent final activity in Florida before heading to the airport.
It's left as an exercise for the reader to determine whether we actually tired them out at all; here was O at the airport:
For the flight home, we thankfully all had seats together, and the boys again did quite well (even passing their cars back and forth between the seats). After our post-midnight landing, a quick luggage grab, and one more ride on the "space shuttle bus", we were at last homeward bound in the blue car. A goodnight to mima at her house, and we all conked out pretty quickly -- here's hoping the jet lag doesn't last long! Full visit pictures can be found here.
Home! Florida was a good time all around, but it feels very good to be back in our own house, with everyone sleeping in their own beds last night. The rest of our trip was packed with activities interspersed with attempts at naps and meals that were generally at least partially successful. The boys continued to have a great time with nanny and poppy, both playing with cars and enjoying their excellent collection of chocolates, while talking to and about their great-grandparents.
We had another morning visit to the beach, and then reintroduced O to milkshakes at our favorite Florida ice cream shop, where he got one about as tall as he was (in addition to his favorite, french fries). In the opposite corner of the restaurant they were organizing some kind of extravagant dessert layout for a photo shoot, which had the grownups guessing whether some food TV show or publication was visiting.
Yesterday was our last day in Florida. After a lovely continental breakfast at the hotel (Z was packing away the fresh bananas and prepackaged one-serving Cheerios boxes), checking out of the hotel and visiting family once more, we took the boys over to Festival to browse the flea market wares -- the boys ended up getting a trio of shiny metallic dreidels from mima that were (mostly) well shared.
We still had a few hours before our evening flight back and wanted to ensure the boys had some good energy burning opportunities for the day, so we drove back down into Miami to check out the "MiChiMu". It didn't disappoint, with opportunities for climbing, art (the boys both made pictures of unicorns), remote controlled miniature boat driving (a favorite from my youth at amusement parks), playacting, a place to go "fishing" for magnetic fish, an entire Olympic-themed sporting area, and how about some actual life-sized vehicles as well? Needless to say, the boys had a blast; an excellent final activity in Florida before heading to the airport.
It's left as an exercise for the reader to determine whether we actually tired them out at all; here was O at the airport:
For the flight home, we thankfully all had seats together, and the boys again did quite well (even passing their cars back and forth between the seats). After our post-midnight landing, a quick luggage grab, and one more ride on the "space shuttle bus", we were at last homeward bound in the blue car. A goodnight to mima at her house, and we all conked out pretty quickly -- here's hoping the jet lag doesn't last long! Full visit pictures can be found here.
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