The Brown Brick Road

More vacay

July 11, 2012

Continuing on with the boring family vacation iphone photos…

Friday morning I went with Robert to play golf. He played while I mastered my cart driving skills and played Words on my iphone. I hadn’t planned on going with him so didn’t pack a collared shirt that fit…not that I even have one…so I wore one of Robert’s Lacoste shirts that had ample room for my growing belly. Oh yea, stylin’…

It was a great morning with enough breeze to not make things miserably hot…at least for the cart driver! I’m glad Robert got the chance to play!

That afternoon brought another bike ride. Happiness all around!

The next morning while Robert went to the doc in the box to get some medicine for his sinus infection, my mom and I pulled out this awesome battery powered mini Ferrari that she and my dad bought in the last year. I wasn’t sure if Maxwell was really big enough to actually drive it but…drive it he did! He would push his little foot down on that accelerator and GO! He wasn’t the best steerer and we had to come to his rescue more than a few times but, if we could just keep the wheel turned he would make one giant circle…just like going around a racetrack!

Maxwell Andretti! with his VERY serious race face on!

Two thumbs up!

We got a big laugh out it all and he thought it was pretty awesome!

Later that morning we set up the bouncy house…inside! SO much nicer than having to be outside in the heat and humidity! Maxwell obviously LOVED every second of it and bounced bounced bounced.

Robert and I even got in on a little of the fun!

After nap, it was raining so we went for a little treat. Maxwell had to taste my mint chocolate chip…

and Robert’s cookie dough…

before ultimately deciding that he did indeed like the cookies and cream I had gotten for him. Yummy and messy!

Sunday morning brought more swimming, biking and bouncing and by the time we were all packed up and ready to head to the airport, Maxwell looked like this…

He did ok on the flight home. We’re definitely better morning travelers than afternoon travelers. Missing that nap is just killer on him. But, we made it home and were so glad that we got to have SUCH a fun visit with GJ and Daddo! Wish we could do it every week!!

and just to end on a laugh…here’s one more of us in the awesome hats I mentioned yesterday! 🙂

ha! See you tomorrow!

Vacay

July 10, 2012

Robert, Maxwell and I took a little vacation last week to visit my parents in Naples, FL. It was a great escape – the beach, bike rides, ice cream and even a bouncy house! Maxwell loooooved getting to spend time with GJ and Daddo. Every morning when he would wake up, the first question out of his mouth was “Where Daddo?” and it would continue all day long! He loved to know where Daddo was…I’m sure that had nothing to do with the M&Ms that Daddo would slip him every time he saw him! 🙂

The only damper on the trip was the bits of sickness that spoiled some fun. Robert woke up with a sinus infection Saturday morning but he got a Zpack and was feeling better pretty quickly. Sickness also caused us to not get to see Keath, Jen, Delaney and Nate. boo! They were supposed to drive over Saturday to spend the night but Delaney was running a fever so no go. Don’t know when we’ll get to see them next and I hate that.

Other than that, we had a GREAT time! I took my camera down there with me and got it out the first day to snap some pics in the pool but that was it. The rest of the weekend was captured on my iphone and, I have to say, it was really kind of nice not dealing with the camera all week long! But, that means I’ve got a LOT of iphone pics to get through. I’ll try to cut them down to a reasonable amount but no promises.

Don’t you just love looking at other people’s vacation photos??! 🙂 On with the show…

Someone was dressed in his red, white and blue on the 4th ready to get to the airport!

I’ll do a full travel post later but we took a car seat for the plane this time and it was a fantastic decision. That along with my new ipad full of Grover movies and Maxwell was one happy camper!

When we got there, GJ had an awesome surprise for my hat-loving boy…a full selection of hero hats! Fireman, hard hat, police…everything a little boy could want! They were so funny to play with all weekend. Maxwell kept pulling the visor down on the police one so it covered his eyes and nose and then saying “Where’d I go?” funny boy.

The next morning we strapped Maxwell in for his first bike ride to the beach. He LOVED this bike seat. He kept saying “weeeee” as we were riding and was talking about riding the bikes all week long.

Doesn’t get much better!

This trip to the beach was much more successful than our last (and just as cute as our first!) Maxwell immediately walked to the water and wanted to get into the big “pool.” He was playing in the sand and just loving every second. Hooray!

I think that’s enough boring vacation photos for today. Don’t worry – more boring vacation photos to come tomorrow!! See you then!

Back to the grind

July 9, 2012

We’re back from a great little vacay in Naples, FL. Lots of pictures to come but not today. You know the drill, unpacking/laundry/catching up/work to be done.

There’s always time for snuggles with my best buddy though…