So I knew this would happen.

I would start this blog and then never get around to updating it. At the beginning of May, we went to Florida. It was such a great trip. We found a great deal on airfare and were able to fly, which saved us a total of 2 days and the kids loved it! They were amazingly well behaved on the flight there and almost as good on the way home (just a little less excited and a little more overtired).

We went to Magic Kingdom at Disney World for one day and we all had a blast. It was a long but magical day. We were at the park for almost 12 hours and Toby only napped for a short time in my arms but the kids were so busy they didn’t have time to get crabby. We met Mickey, Minnie, Peter Pan, Cinderella (Lucy’s favorite), Sleeping Beauty and Belle. Caleb loved the Toy Story ride which we had to ride twice.

We spent the next week on Sanibel Island in my Grandmother’s condo. Andy and I honeymooned there and this is our 3^rd trip there with the kids. It is great to be able to bring my kids there as I spent most of our family vacations there as a child.

The kids all started off timid at the beach and the pool, but were fearless by the end of the week. On our first visit to the beach any time we put Toby down he started walking back to the condo. The last day he was walking into the ocean solo and refusing to let anyone even hold his hand. Both Lucy and Caleb learned to trust their inner tubes and were swimming all around the pool.

Caleb practiced going underwater and was able to stay under for 20 seconds.

Lucy loved jumping in and screaming “UNDERWATER” and then going under. The last full day we were there she even doggie paddled all by herself!

They loved the pool best, but built sand castles and found lots of great sea shells at the beach.

The first day we were there a starfish even washed up right to us! Behind the condo is a lagoon and we saw an alligator we named Ally nearly every day while we were eating breakfast. We saw him lurking, yawning and swimming really fast.

We came back to Mundelein and 30 degree cooler weather, but it has started to warm up here again and it is starting to feel like summer here too.