More Florida (again)

We had a nice little pool at our condo that was usually empty.  The kids both did well in the water and liked jumping in, having races, and just playing on the steps.

 We spent most of our evenings in the village at Big Olaf's ice cream.  Here's Benny playing peek-a-boo behind the pole!

 Getting ready for the beach....

More Florida Pictures

Taylor and Woody the sand sculpture!

A few days later he changed Woody into Buzz!

 Bird Man.....he LOVED the birds (or "eeeee's" as he called them)!

 Drew relaxing in his homemade beach chair in the sand!

 One day we went to a park with a splash pad to play and have lunch.

Florida!

Grandma Parker, Oma, the kids, and I just spent a week in Siesta Key, Fl.  We had great weather and a lot of fun.  Taylor and Ben absolutely loved playing on the beach!  Drew is still trying to see what's so fun about the beach....he wasn't too impressed.  I took tons of pictures so I'll keep adding more!

We were right beside a guy doing sand sculptures all week!

Aunt Dodie outfitted us with some great beach toys so Taylor and Ben stayed so busy digging, dumping, and making all sorts of things in the sand.

 We love the "toe wash".....

More pictures to come!

Drew - 6 months

Drew turned 6 months old last week while we were in Florida!!  He has started eating solid foods and really likes it.  He has liked everything we have tried except green beans! His sleeping is still all over the place and we seem to be having more bad nights than good, but we'll keep working on it.  He still rolls all over the place and anything he can get his hands on goes straight to his mouth.  In just the past couple of days he has been able to sit up better, but still topples over easily.  He's a pretty serious guy most of the time but likes to be tickled and sang to.....these things usually get us a smile! 

Taylor, Ben, and Drew all at 6 months of age......

Easter Weekend

We spent Saturday night and Sunday at Grandma and Grandpa Parker's house to celebrate Easter.  We went to the park Saturday evening.....the kids had a blast!

 We woke up Sunday morning at 7:30 and actually made it to 8:15 church!!!!

 After church the kids opened Easter baskets and hunted for eggs.

 

 This is the best I could do to get a picture of all three of them....

Drew's First Foods and Ben's New Ride

We've started feeding Drew rice cereal, oatmeal, carrots, and sweet potatoes.  So far he has really liked it all!!!  This is surprising because the other two (especially Ben) never really liked any of the cereals or veggies!

 He does a good job eating, however he tries his hardest to grab the spoon EVERY time you give him a bite!

 Just waiting patiently for my dinner!

 Ben got a new ride over the weekend!  Our neighbor boy has the same truck and Ben basically stalks him until he gets out so he can drive it.  I ended up finding the same truck on Craigslist just a few miles from our house so we went and got it.  He LOVES it!!! 

Crusin' for chicks?!?!?

Botanical Gardens

We went to the Botanical Gardens to check out the "Down on the Farm" exhibit.  The kids had a lot of fun and it was a nice change of pace for all of us!!!

 Taylor tried the big slide coming out of the barn.

 Baking pies,

 doing the laundry,

 and churning butter!!!

 We also walked (or ran) around and checked out the plants and fish.

 Back at the farm...

 Baby Drew...5 months

 Taylor....4 years

 Benny...19 months