On Saturday, after a full week of fun, we had to sadly say goodbye to Naples.

We loved on Daddo…

and slapped him five!

We attempted a picture with Susu…

unsuccessfully.

Then we loaded up and drove the 2.5 hours to Tampa to catch our direct flight.

I thought our flight was still on time until but after we got through security and to the gate, I found out we were delayed 2 hours like every single other flight out of that airport.  Some bad weather had messed everything up.  Thanks to the iPads and some snacks, we survived…

Maxwell even got to get a little magic coloring book that he thought was pretty neat.  He also got to get a bag of mini Chips Ahoy cookies that he ate for dinner instead of the peanut butter crackers I was hoping he would eat!

Finally, 3 hours after we were supposed to be home, we made it back to Birmingham that night.  Let me tell you, we were ALL beyond excited to see this guy!

We sure missed Robert!  As good as it is to be home, I’m already planning for our next trip to do this….

And, finally, that is all of the spring break recap.  Phew.

Hope you all have a GREAT weekend!

What? More spring break goodness? Oh yes. Why was it so fun? Well….

There were little cars to race (which Spencer did all. week. long)…

and big cars to race!

There was construction to investigate…

and even a mattress store to visit!  Hey, we can have fun anywhere!

There were hugs to be given…

sidewalks to be explored…

and cartoons to be watched.

There were naps to be taken…

and GJ’s famous CCCs to be eaten!

There was beaching to do…

and snorkeling too!

We floated…

we bounced…

we read…

and we checked out the Florida wildlife!

Can we pause to admire what great hair my boys have?!

The curls kills me.  Ok, pause over.

Overall we had a great time.  If you had fun in Naples, raise your hand!!

That’s what I thought!  🙂  Now, since we’re already to Thursday, I’m gonna go on and make a week of the Spring Break recap so check back tomorrow for the end of our exciting vacation photos!

When we finally made it to Naples Monday afternoon, both boys were happy campers!  Maxwell went straight to his firetrucks (no surprise)…

and Spencer went straight to cleaning out the kitchen cabinets!  (which was all fun and harmless until 3 days later when he pulled out a glass baking dish and it shattered all over his bare feet. good times).

The most fun surprise was this AWESOME fire station that GJ had made for the boys!  It was made of felt and went over a card table and was complete with letters in the mail box and apples that you could pick off the tree!  It was made by Etsy seller MissPrettyPretty and the boys thought it was the best fire station ever!

They were in and out of that thing all week long!

We quickly got into a nice routine that included afternoon walks around the neighborhood with the trike and beep-beep car…

and morning trips to the beach and pool!

This picture is almost too much for me to handle…

and this video? My heart can barely take it.  Beach Walk.

The boys had a blast in the sand…

and honestly loved the Gulf. Spencer was pretty brave in the water as long as he had a hold of a finger and Maxwell was wading out really far!  Super proud of him!

But, as much fun as the beach was, both boys were really more pool lovers!

Maxwell did spend some time in his floaties but, after we got him a pair of goggles the next day, he was swimming a ton with no floatie at all!  Go swimmer go! (which reminds me – Maxwell has been taking swim lessons for almost a year now and, for some reason, I still haven’t blogged about it.  Swim lessons blog to come!)

We made a trip to Target (of course) and Maxwell came home with a treat (of course). But, how can you say no to this?

Ha!  He went snorkeling every night in the “big bathtub” in my parent’s room…

Both boys loved that “big bathtub”, especially with the jets on to make bubbles!

The week was filled with plenty of other fun like checking out the cars…

getting new fire trucks (this kid’s not spoiled at all!)…

finally seeing Frozen and watching plenty of Disney Jr…

and loving on GJ!

I’ve got even more pictures tomorrow!  yahoo!  Isn’t looking at other people’s vacation pics the best?  And, why yes, I do try to dress the boys as twinkies as much as possible.  Thanks for noticing.  🙂

When we finally made it to Tampa, GJ was there waiting for us. Maxwell couldn’t run up to her fast enough!  We all piled in the car and started driving. Maxwell thought we were going to Naples but, about 2 hours later, he saw some giant Mickey ears and knew we were at Disney!  Even better, we were going to get to see Nate and Delaney!  fun!  Well, mostly fun – I honestly think Maxwell was a little disappointed we weren’t going to Naples.  🙂

Doesn’t he look excited…

But, when we got into the park (with only minutes remaining on our First Pass I might add!), Maxwell was super excited to see his cousins (and clearly I was too!)…

We quickly hopped in line for our first Fast Pass…

which was to see Mickey Mouse of course!  He actually talks now…fancy!

I just love being at Disney and so do these little cuties…

This one wasn’t so sure about being stuck in the stroller all day.  Poor guy!  I tried to let him out as much as possible but he’s fast and can get away quick!  He wore me out!

Still, we all had a blast riding our favorites in the Magic Kingdom.  We hit up Dumbo…

Buzz Lightyear…

Winnie the Pooh…

and ended the day with Small World which was a total flashback for me as I hadn’t been on that ride in probably 20 years.  I loved it and Maxwell did too! Poor Spencey was half asleep the whole ride.

By that point, it was around 6:00 and we had already had a very full day of travel and fun so we called it quits and headed back to the hotel.  Besides, Maxwell had already told GJ an hour earlier that he was ready to go to Naples now!  🙂  We had a restful (lie) night all sharing one hotel room…

and then had plans to swim the next morning before heading out.  The weather had other plans though but it all worked out fine.

After some Mickey waffles and fun around the hotel…

our tired little guys were happy to get in the car and head on out to GJ’s house!

Full Naples fun to come but for now I say…

ps – happy April Fool’s!  I got nothin for you this year but check out some of my best tricks in 2013 and 2011.