Fall Fun

So, time to carve pumpkins and what does Thomas do? Eat pumpkin insides of course.

Future Parrothead?

Sorry, for the long time between posts.....

Anyhow, Thomas and I were jamming out to some Jimmy Buffett this afternoon when he decided to play some air drums. As you can see he is a bit camera shy, but likes his "Cuban Crime of Passion."

Strong Will or Bad Genes??

No pictures for this story, it was messy, literally. We are now home from our vacation and I am not working this summer so I decided that this summer Robert WILL try new foods. Last night I made chicken and Rice a Roni for dinner. I told Robert that he had to try 1 bite of rice then we could have whatever he wanted for dinner, this is going to be our new "rule." Of course, he says he will just not eat dinner so I make him sit at the table with the bowl or rice in front of him while Thomas and I ate (Lucas was in class.) After we were done eating I asked him again to just eat 1 bite but if he chose not to eat that 1 bite he would not have anything else until breakfast. The catch was that before he could have Lucky Charms, he would have to eat that 1 bite of rice. He informed me that he was never eating again.

So, this morning he once again refused to eat 1 bite of rice so I put the bowl away. I had a meeting at church early in the afternoon so I made lunches at 11. Well, of course my son still refused to eat so I told him he could go take a nap and then eat the bite of rice before we left the house. Robert woke up 30 minutes before we had to leave and sat and cried at the table until I finally put the rice in his mouth. (I swear it was no more than 15 grains of rice!) Did he chew it up and swallow it, NO! By the time we got to church he had had the rice in his mouth for 15 minutes without swallowing it. We walk in and I get to work on VBS stuff, Robert is playing with Thomas. I am thinking that I won and he swallowed it. About 30 minutes after we arrive at the church he walks up to me with drool hanging out of his mouth. I did feel a bit sorry for him as he has now had rice in his mouth for 45 minutes so I let him spit it out under the condition that he would have to have another bite at dinner. Can you believe this? I am laughing (and praying) as I type this just thinking about what he will be like at 15.

The sea was angry that day my friends, like an old man trying to return soup at a deli

While we didn't hit a couple hundred Titleists into the sea the waves were pretty rough today due to some storms and bad weather. Big waves aside we ventured out on the beach in the morning and evening. The boys of course had a great time and Robert even helped some folks from St. Louis build a sand castle. Tomorrow we return to Indy and Robert is pretty sad about it, he has asked why we don't live down here as he loves playing in the sand. Please pray for safe travels as we'll be leaving in the afternoon, driving all night, and plan to be home late morning on Saturday.

Florida Day 3

Another great day.... we started off gathering shells on the beach then Robert and Luke hit the pool while Thomas took a nap. Afterward we had an amazing lunch at Parrot Key and discovered that Thomas likes coconut shrimp, who knew? Looks like sushi is next. Robert would not try anything new of course, but what is new. After lunch we visited the Imaginarium (inside and air conditioned) and then took naps. Yet more food and then we were back at the beach where Robert decided to get out in the water with Luke, he did a great job and walked out all the way to his waist and allowed Luke to carry him out even further. Thomas ate sand, we have pics to prove it (see above). Yet another wonderful day in south Florida, but, as days down here are, they are all wonderful.

Florida - Day 2

What a day..... we hit the beach after breakfast and had a blast. Robert does not care for the water at all but loves the sand, he loves throwing it and digging, and building sand castles. Thomas on the other hand loves eating it, so we need to keep a sharp eye on him. We hit the pool, napped, then drove down to Bonita Springs/Beach. This evening we ate dinner at Ft. Myers Beach Times Square and had then stopped at an ice cream place where Robert had Superman ice cream - it was a flavor made for him. The pool and beach were visited again this evening.... simply amazing.



BTW, that's Michelle and Thomas waaaaaaay out there

Just arrived in Florida

Long day of travel today, 12 hours from South Carolina to Ft Myers Beach, Robert could not wait to get to the beach and he had a great time throwing stuff in the water and walking in the sand. All I had was my cell phone camera w/ poor resolution.... but wanted to share these.... better pics are sure to come in the next few days