Saturday, June 16, 2012

FL Part II

On our first day in FL – we decided to head into town and stock up on groceries… we also hit up a fun fruit/veggie market….

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syd was so proud to shop for oranges…owen on the other hand didn’t do as well – he had his first fall at the market – and scraped his knees and elbow up pretty good!! 100_3236

Later in the day we decided to hit the pool!  100_3241 and we even saw some manatees in the bay!!! here’s one of their tails…100_3247

then it was back in the pool for some more fun! check out this beach baby :) DSCF6299

the kids LOVED the kiddie pool – it was the perfect size for them to be able to just do whatever they wanted in!  (including riding on papa’s back!) DSCF6302

all the KIDS looking for toys for the pool! DSCF6305

swimmin w papa!DSCF6306

Owen swimming w gma and grappyDSCF6307 Later on that night, the boys headed out fishing…. DSCF6321 DSCF6322 

so.so.sweet….DSCF6327

and syd even helped set the table that night! IMAG0820

then took a litle break afterward! IMG_0204

I’d say judging by the first day, FL was a hit! :)

Friday, June 15, 2012

FL Part I

I’m slightly obsessed with pictures, so our Florida trip was no exception to my paparazzi like tendencies….and thus…Florida will come to you in 7 (yes SEVEN) separate installments…

Part I – Our flight for Florida left the afternoon on Easter Sunday. 

I ended up taking the kids to the park before their naps to try to have them burn some energy off so they would sleep good and we could *hopefully* have a good flight!

Happy little guy walking over EVERY single stump at the playground! 

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LOVIN the tire swing…at one time all three of us were on it together…by far a Kole Kiddo favorite! IMAG0807

happy syd just runnin around! by the way it was FREEZING – and we could not have chosen a better time to get away and  into some sunshine and warmth!  IMAG0794

me and my babies on the dock checkin out the ducks and fishIMAG0789

waitin to for syd to wake up so we could leave and playing with his new remote control car in the empty living room (we decided to have our carpets cleaned while we were gone – lots of work to clear things out while trying to pack for a week away – but it was worth it!) DSCF6294

Chewing his gum on the plane! IMAG0813

happy girl on the plane!  both kids did AWESOME! i dont even think they knew they were on a plane – they played with toys, read books, played with stickers, colored and ate plenty of snacks and the flight was a SUCCESS!! IMAG0809

happy to be back on the ground – in FLORIDA! 100_3214

crazy kids (and a note: the conveyor belt was not moving…lol) 100_3218

grandma with the babies! 100_3224

the next leg of our journey was driving about 2 1/2 hours to Jensen Beach, where we would be staying.  we got to bed at about 10:30 that night, but both kids did surprisingly well!!

Stay tuned for more fun in the sun! :)

Thursday, May 24, 2012

SB2012 – the Kickoff!

 

Spring Break 2012 was an extended one for us this year…we planned a week long trip to Florida on the week following what is the ‘actual’ spring break for schools in our area. 

 

I had the Thursday and Friday of the week of Spring Break off of work and the kids daycare was closed, so we decided to hit up the zoo with some friends on Friday morning.

We went with Stephanie and Kylie.

The kids got to see all kinds of fun animals!

Owen even braved it out by touching a lizard! DSCF6248

Stare down: Komodo Dragon vs. Sydney (the diva won!)DSCF6250

Kylie and Owen checking out the fish…it was really hard to get them to slow down enough for a picture, they were just taking it all in! DSCF6252

Managed to get them to stand still and pose by the penguin statue, just couldn’t get them both looking in the same direction!  :)  DSCF6255

 

Definitely a fun trip to the zoo – the kids had a blast! We need to get back there sometime again soon!  It was pretty cold the morning we were there and not all of the animals were out yet, so I’m sure another trip is in order soon! :)

Later that night, we went downtown to visit up with Kate, Mike and Megan who were in town from Wisconsin! 

The kiddos haven’t seen each other in a while and it was fun to get them together now that they’re all walking and can interact with each other more independently!

The tulips were already out, so we took advantage of some fun photo ops! :)

love the look on Megan’s face here!

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Say cheese!  and Megan…move a little closer…DSCF6258

Not that close! DSCF6259

There! that’s perfect :) DSCF6263

these two were so so stinkin cute holding hands and walking down the sidewalk :)

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Mike and his diva train….DSCF6271

adorable. the three of them all held hands and owen lead the way…DSCF6272

Easter Sunday

A bit behind on my postings, seeing how it’s almost June! 

But here’s a snippet of Easter fun.  Since we left for Florida on Easter Sunday, we had our family celebration, including birthday festivities for Grappy, Dylan and me and the famous Easter egg hunt the weekend beforehand.

The Kiddos all lined up before heading out to search for some eggs!

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Papa and his princess picking up her first egg!

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kenz with her stash…100_3107

Dylan is running out of room in his Easter basket!100_3109

Syd caught on pretty quick!

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Owen was so proud :)

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checkin out their ‘jackpot’ - “J-Beans” (as syd calls them)

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the guys and great grandma VI – supervising from the deck :) 100_3108   

Our little fam…100_3114

The Solis fam100_3115

checkin out their treasures inside 100_3116

Kenz and Syd “cheesin” it up – syd is in “mid-cheese” 100_3119

Trying to get them to stand still for a pic wit Gran…they both have their mouth full of jelly beans!!

IMG_0188And now come the birthdays!  (grappy and I shared the princess cake with sprinkles! )100_3130

and dylan had a cool army cake! Te100_3134      

Great Gma VI and some of her Great Grand Kiddos :) IMG_0193