Part 3 - the waterpark

After a few busy days I am back with part 3. I apologize to my loyal followers for the delay. On Saturday Steve and I went bed and pillow shopping. We had finally had it with out bed. Our new one is AMAZING! So far. We got a free 50'' TV with it too! Hahaha. Sold it for $500 to a guy Steve works with. That will go to pay off the mattress. We also got a bed for Chelsea. No more crib in our house!! I'm not sure how I feel about this new chapter in life :( Anyhow, I only had to put her back in bed once last night so I think it'll go okay. She was quite put out at first that we were taking her crib apart. She's not one for change when it comes to the sleep department but I was sick of her yelling for me to come get her at 6 every morning. Now if I have the opportunity to sleep in I can!

Funny thing. Steve talked me in to these super expensive pillows. I was a bit skeptical of them. As if a pillow cn be worth THAT MUCH! But after 1 night of sleeping on it I was sold. For the first time in YEARS I woke up with no jaw pain or subsequent headache! Steve on the other hand said it's going to take some getting used to. He didn't like it! Hahahaha.

So back to our trip, we decided we should do something with the kids before we left them for a few days. We looked into the disneyland, busch gardens, seaworld type things and then found this hotel for a great price with this fun waterpark. The thought was that we could pay $500 or more for a day of disneyland where they are probably too small for all the rides anyhow, or we could do the hotel/waterpark for half that and have just as much fun. It turned out to be perfect. We were the only ones using the waterpark during the day, and the kids had a great time. Our hotel room had a bunk bed, pull out couch, 2 queen beds, and a full kitchen. Couldn't believe how cheap it was. We would definately stay there again. Here are our pictures.

Stay tuned for part 4 - Adult escape.

Tonight is halloween. I would like to be excited but I could very well do without it. I don't need all that sugar in the house!! I am happy to sit at home with the lights out and read a book. I suppose we will do a few houses though.

Part 2 - the beach

As a side note: my daughter's teachers think she is wonderful and doing just fine and get this....FOCUSED in class. HAHAHAHAhahaha. I had an LOL moment when she said that. Maybe that's why her head is in the clouds most of the time at home. Heehee.

So on Saturday, my daddy took us to the beach. It was another wonderful day. We had our first taste of alligator there!! The meat tasted slightly fishy and a bit tough. Not something I would order every day but hey! You have to try everything once right? Then dad made us the BEST fish and chips ever. Unfortunately I don't have a picture but it was super yummy.

Here are some photos.

The trip continues tonight with part 3 - waterpark

Florida trip part 1- Dinosaur world

Oh dear. Hard to get back to life in this BITTER COLD climate. I know I shouldn't whine since it really is beautiful for this time of year, but when you've been in a GORGEOUS climate for 2 weeks it's kinda hard to get back into the swing of things. Thank goodness the kids all went to bed early last night. They were all up without having to be awakened this morning and shipped off to school. With the exception of Hayley but I always have to wake her up :)

So would you like a little glimps into our wonderful holiday? Mom, dad and grandma all took great care of us in spite of mom's lack of an arm. Mom is having a hard time with her 'poof' getting just right. Seems none of us can get it perfect. We're not sure how she is going to survive going back to work and not having grandma there to do her hair!! Good luck mom!!

So things got off to a rocky start when Steve decided to play midnight hockey and broke a knuckle. He got home at 4:15 am, just in time to get all the kids up and off to the airport. He's lucky he made it home or we would've left without him!! I know....not real sympathetic am I?!

Anyhow, after a delicious lunch at Bob Evans (they have AMAZING pumkin bread) we headed to dinosaur world. It was a lovely hot day.

The kids got to sift in the sand and find fossils. They could keep any 3. My girls apparently like shark teeth!

then they got to get right in and dig!!

Okay so that is all for post #1. We had a super fun day and I think successfully wore everyone out. Now you will have to wait a few hours (like you will probably be in bed as it will be late) for the posting of part 2 - the beach, as I have to get supper ready and get to Hayley's parent/teacher interview. Yes we are back into it full swing.

Love Jen and family