One day we went to the Sanibel Lighthouse. We saw dolphins hunting fish, running them in to shore, close enough for those in the water to touch, and Theo and Daddy saw a tortoise by the lighthouse outbuildings. They brought us all back to see it and it had moved, so we got to see it charge Beckett on his way back to his home. We were amazed that B was calm and relaxed as the tortoise charged him!
Monday, March 21, 2016
Sunday, March 20, 2016
Saturday, March 19, 2016
First Time Swimming
This was taken on day two. I went out to the pool with Reed after the boys had already been swimming with Grandma Joanie, and saw them swimming, unassisted, from the steps to Grandma Joanie's waiting arms. My eyes watered, not believing what I was seeing. I could not have imagined what the rest of the vacation would bring, as their swimming ability continued to grow.
Friday, March 18, 2016
Sanibel trip!
We got back yesterday from another wonderful vacation in Sanibel with Grandpa Stu and Grandma Joanie. Many photos and videos will follow as we sort through and post, but I wanted to start with some lowlights:
1) Theo was sick the entire vacation. He would not have gone to school a single day we were gone because he was too sick. First he had the remnants of an ear infection, then he had the flu and a fever for nine days straight, and in the midst of that, he got croup (RSV). He had antibiotics, more Advil and Tylenol than he has ever had, and then four doses of steroids to open his airway to help him breathe. He muscled through lots of fun in the pool, on the beach, and on the bike, but he also had lots of sad, sicky time in bed.
2) Beckett didn't know what to do with himself being the only big kid most of the time while Theo was sick in bed. He seemed kind of happy about it, but also kind of out of sorts.
And some highlights:
1) Reed started crawling
2) Beckett and Theo started swimming
3) Perfect weather every day--sunny, warm, with a breeze most days and warm nights
My best memory of the trip will be Jeff watching the boys navigating around the pool with noodles on the first day of our trip, Wednesday, and saying that he wished we could be down in Florida for a month so that they could learn to swim. Then Friday, we watched the boys swim a couple of yards by themselves. Within another day or two, they were swimming across the narrow end of the pool, unassisted!
1) Theo was sick the entire vacation. He would not have gone to school a single day we were gone because he was too sick. First he had the remnants of an ear infection, then he had the flu and a fever for nine days straight, and in the midst of that, he got croup (RSV). He had antibiotics, more Advil and Tylenol than he has ever had, and then four doses of steroids to open his airway to help him breathe. He muscled through lots of fun in the pool, on the beach, and on the bike, but he also had lots of sad, sicky time in bed.
2) Beckett didn't know what to do with himself being the only big kid most of the time while Theo was sick in bed. He seemed kind of happy about it, but also kind of out of sorts.
And some highlights:
1) Reed started crawling
2) Beckett and Theo started swimming
3) Perfect weather every day--sunny, warm, with a breeze most days and warm nights
My best memory of the trip will be Jeff watching the boys navigating around the pool with noodles on the first day of our trip, Wednesday, and saying that he wished we could be down in Florida for a month so that they could learn to swim. Then Friday, we watched the boys swim a couple of yards by themselves. Within another day or two, they were swimming across the narrow end of the pool, unassisted!
Sunday, March 6, 2016
Thursday, March 3, 2016
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