Girls trip to Florida

I’m finally back to blogging, after a wonderful week in Florida visiting Lesley & Giovanni.  Here are some of the highlights from the trip.

Here is Bailey on her first flight.

Giovanni missed Bailey!  He wouldn’t let her hand go on the drive home.

The next morning, we quickly got in the pool.  Man, do I miss having a pool.

Imagine our surprise when Giovanni points to the corner of the screen and yells, Iguana!  Yep, an iguana has decided to spend it’s days in the screened in pool.

You know me and spiders.  I am facinated by them.  I was so happy to see what we, as kids, called crab spiders. Tell me these aren’t cool.

Then, we headed to the beach.

 

That night, we went to the local Elks lodge to play BINGO.  I said to our table, “I just need an I-19.” Within a few seconds the caller said, “I-19″ and our table errupted in screams! Here I am with my winning ticket and my $50.

The next evening we took the kids to Clematis by Night, a really cool thing they do on Clematis St. in West Palm Beach.  There is a live band, food vendors and fountains.

That night, I hear all this noise in the kitchen- I thought it was Lesley.  Nope, it was Howie, the dog getting into trouble.  Yep, that’s a garbage can lid around his neck.

The next day we send Giovanni to daycare and we walked around Delray Beach. Here are some pics of Bailey in front of some cool trees.

 

That night, we went to sit by the water, play in a park and eat at my favorite pub.

Here is Bay being silly with her yummy pub food.

Bailey & Giovanni had to pose in front of the funny statue in the pub.

Next was the fabulous Lion Country Safari.  It was hot, but it was fun!

First, you go on a drive through safari.  We saw all kinds of animals, from elephants, to ostriches, zebra and monkeys.  Then, you walk through a zoo like area and then a small water world.

Our favorite thing was to feed the giraffes and the birds.

Bailey also enjoyed playing with Matilda the snake at Lesley’s house.

Back to the beach it is.  There were sea turtle nests everywhere.  They were huge areas with signs posted warning you not to disturb them.  Very cool stuff.

There’s nothing like a sunset at the beach.

Our last night there, we went and had dinner at Lesley’s parents house.  First, we had to drive by the house I grew up in.  It was strange because they had made the whole left side of the lot into a nursery, so it looked so small.

Bailey’s looking for tadpoles in the pond.

Lesley, Giovanni & Annie in the pool.

We had a fabulous time!