Florida

Ten days on the beach in Florida- that's a vacation!! Due to the generosity of my grandparents we had a great place to stay in Cocoa Beach. We played on the beach and in the pool and did a one day visit to Disney. At night we tried some fun restaurants and hit the pier. Jimmy's mom joined us for part of the trip. I loved having no agenda!

Here's the trip top 8 in no particular order...

1) Disney...We debated about going with Samuel still being so young. He really did like it and we had a blast watching him... made up for the ridiculously expensive tickets! Samuel loved the shows, parades and seeing Mickey's house. Besides watching Samuel, my favorite part was the people watching. I loved watching the expressions on the faces of many of the fathers. They would either look like they were in pain or they were loving it- these macho looking guys sporting Mickey mouse apparel.
2) Seeing a fisherman catch 2 sting rays and baby hammerhead shark on the beach (the nice fishermen let Sam touch the shark before he released it!).
3) Samuel's first go-kart riding experience... he talked about it non-stop after, but looked scared to death during the ride!
4) Samuel learning how to "swim" and float on his back (with his life jacket).
5) Running on the beach!
6) Good time with Grandma Mary
7) Finding an amazing ice cream place (homemade chocolate peanut butter ice cream!!)
8) Resting- lots of good sleep and naps (which was good considering our new foster child placement... see next post!)