Florida

The girls and I spent last week in Sarasota Florida with my Dad and Grandma. Ryan could not take the week off work, so it was just us girls. I was a little nervous about taking them all by myself, mainly because my children do not sleep well anywhere but their own bed. But temperatures in the 70's outweighed my fears. The flight is only 2 hours and they did very well (with the help of a dvd player). The weather was georgous all week except a couple of days was mid 60's. We took advantage of it and were outside the entire week. We went to the beach everyday and in spite of cold water temps, Abby jumped right in. Claire was content as usual to sit on the beach and play in the sand. Abby really got into collecting shells and we ended up with bags full (most stayed in Florida) We also went to an aquarium. They rescue injured sea animals and bring them back to make them better then release them. It was very cool and Claire and Abby still talk about it constantly. By far, the biggest hit was the gigantic sea turtles. It was so nice to simply be outside walking and get my daily dose of vitamin D!! Hopefully this will make the winter seem a little more tolerable and faster. Poor Ryan got a little stir crazy being by himself all week. Luckily he had work to keep him out of trouble. Don't worry, in spite of his boredom, you will not see any crazy videos pop up on the blog!