Day 2 and 3 in Pensacola!

Whew! we have been busy! Doing a lot of nothing really takes it out of you!
The boys are having a fabulous time and so are the adults.... we've eaten so much seafood we may sprout claws ourselves! Yesterday was my Mom's birthday so shout out to Barbara.... we went on a cruise that was supposed to take us to see dolphins... what it actually did was give us 2 hours to corral the boys on a hot boat while we "looked" for dolphins. We did end up seeing a few fins in the water but it was NOT what we were expecting. We also took a drive over to Pensacola Beach to check that out in the afternoon. Wouldn't you know it? as soon as we got over there, the sky opened up and it just poured for a couple of hours. Luckily we were able to find refuge in a really cool restaurant with all kinds of fun things for the boys to look at and fun things for Krystal and I to drink. Griffin had his first popcorn shrimp and loved it. Today the Daddys played golf and the Mommies and boys went to the beach. We saw Dolphins today and we didnt have to pay a dime to do it so that was cool. Carson found half a crab in the surf and the boys all enjoyed dissecting it and grossing each other out. We found lots of shells and brought back lots of sand in our swimsuits and other areas that were not intended to haul sand. In the afternoon we went back over to Pensacola Beach where the Dads went into the fairly large surf in search of the big shells and sand dollars. So far we are having a wonderful time. Here are a few more pics from the last 2 days!

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Parenting error #23,962

OK, with all the recent coverage about the untimely and tragic passing of Michael Jackson, I realized that my boys had no idea who he was. Although I did not agree with most of his "personal issues" I can admit that he was perhaps the greatest musical and video genius my generation will every know. That thought led me to show my boys what I described to them as the first and best long form music video that was ever created -- Thriller. I have seen this video roughly 1,000 times and my most recent viewing was maybe 15 years ago so I had forgotten some the nuances of the work. Specifically I forgot that if you are 5 and 7 and have never seen anything like that and then all of a sudden the guy turns into a scary warewolf before your eyes --- you might not think that your Mom is doing you much of a favor. Griffin literally jumped off the couch into my arms and Carson covered his eyes yelling "Mom that's mean! This is a scary movie -- why would you make us watch that?" We never got to the dancing zombies part. Apparently no one at my house is ready for the complete Michael Jackson crash course.

Lesson learned.

More pictures from day ONE...

The first day of vacation!!!!

We are having fun so far -- one day into our Florida adventure. So much fun in fact that all 3 boys on this trip fell asleep before we got to the restaurant tonight and all slept through dinner and were brought home and put to bed with no dinner and no tooth brushing. Don't judge us. They were all so tired and cranky that we figured they could miss a few calories and one brushing episode. I'm posting some pictures from today. Hopefully I will be able to do a little every day.

Day One: we were up at 630a, had breakfast, went to the beach here in Perdido Key, came back to the condo for lunch then out to the very cool pool at our resort for a couple of hours. then we took showers and headed to the dinner that wasn't at about 630p. All boys were asleep by 631p and are now sleeping soundly. I expect that they will all be awake and demanding a LARGE pancake breakfast by 6am.

Enjoy our pics from today - love you all!