Beach Trip

We went to Clearwater Beach today with Nicholas, Trisha, and Christopher. I can't believe the amount of crap that has to be lugged down the beach to keep all of us happy for a few hours. Since my back has been in bad shape, Trisha took the brunt of the load.

Uncle Tim works summers at the beach when school is out and thank God for that. He got his boss to load all of us up (except Trisha who had to push a stroller through the sand) in the all-terain golf cart and drove us down the beach to the perfect spot under a cabana and next to Uncle Tims guard tower. The boys got to climb up on the tower with Tim and then on his break, he took them out on the surfboard. Sebastien thought he was very cool riding the waves and wiping out. He actually had some good balance when he stood. Little Christopher had a ball in the water and just hanging out on the blanket. We would have stayed all day except for my last minute doctor appointment.

Joe and I just got back from vacation for a week........we really missed Sebastien! Grammy stayed with Bash while we were gone and everything went great. They did lots of activities....the movies (Surfs Up), gymboree, swimming with Nicholas and Hannah, and they even weeded the flower beds and planted lots of beautiful flowers in pots for our patio. Sebastien taught Grammy how to cast a fishing pole. He is getting really good at casting. Not sure if we would do a whole week next year....we just missed him too much!

Sunday was Father's Day and another wonderful day. Joe and Bash caught a pretty big large mouth Bass in the lake in the backyard. They also caught a small snake on our patio. The boys went to see Fantastic Four 2 at the movies and Grammy and I cooked up dinner. Uncle Tim joined us after work and we all had a nice Father's dinner together. We almost had a visit from Galactica..........

ORLANDO TRIP, 6/2007

Well........we are all a bit tired but the trip to Orlando was awesome. Sebastien was tall enough on this trip to Disney to go on a lot more rides than before. Joe and Bash started off the fun by going on The Thunder Mountain Railroad Roller Coaster at Disney. It was Sebastien's first time on a "big kid" roller coaster and while he looked scared, he said it was so much fun! Because he could make the height restrictions this time , we all went on Splash Mountain and got pretty wet. We have now graduated to the big time rides so Fantasy Land with Dumbo and Peter Pan were not as exciting but the tradition of all those rides are something you can not miss out on.

Our hotel was beautiful, Portifino Resort in Universal Studios, and Bash loved having his own room with T.V. and we loved not having to sleep with him jumping all over us! The best thing about the hotel is that you can use your room key at Islands of Adventure and Univesal Studios to get to the front of the line. We never had to wait. The resort had a wonderful pool with a beach, lagoon and a cool water slide. Bash had a blast at the pool except he didn't like having to wear a life jacket, which was mandatory, on the slide.

I think what Joe and I will remember most was Sebastien's stunned look when he got to eat breakfast with Spiderman. Our child will talk to anyone he meets but he was so nervous around Spiderman he couldn't say to much. Spiderman signed his hat and took pics with Bash and talked to him for awhile. Sebastien did shoot a web at him. We had the most fun at Islands of Adventure. Sebastien was able to ride some pretty big rides there also.....Jurassic Park Flume ride, the water raft ride, and a rollercoaster along with a lot others. The best part was Marvel Island...that is where the Spiderman ride is and Joe and Bash went on it twice. We were actually the first people on the ride for the day. At one point, the Marvel super heroes made an entrance to the area and bash got to meet with Captain America, Wolverine, aand Cyclops! It made his day.

All in all it was a fantastic weekend. We did Disney, Islands of Adventure, Universal, and back to Islands of Adventure in two days. We were really lucky that a Tropical Storm was coming through Florida because it wasn't hot and not really crowded. After we get some rest, we can't wait to go back.

I made a mistake when adding pics so there are two of Joe and Bash getting off the roller coaster.......