We took our annual trip to Siesta Key, FL a few weeks ago. We were all looking forward to it and had had a countdown with the kids for weeks prior to the trip. We woke the kids up at 4:30 on a Friday morning and headed to the airport for our early flight. The kids were so excited….
We flew into Tampa and had an hour drive to the condo. Connor (in his mad voice) told us he wasn't tired and he wasn't going to sleep. Two seconds later this happened…..
The kids absolutely loved playing at the beach and could have spent all day there.
Connor made this his seat….
The kids took a short nap on the beach one of the days we were there.
We went to the drum ceremony on Sunday evening at sunset. The kids were so excited about this and danced the night away.
Dancing...
We went to St. Armand's Circle on Tuesday evening for dinner, shopping, and ice cream.
We also spent a lot of time at the pool during the week! The kids loved swimming in the pool and hot tub. Elli did well practicing swimming without her floaties on and even learned how to do a flip off the side of the pool.
Scott, Dad & Connor went to a baseball game (well….it got rained out) one day, so we decided to do a 'girls' day with Elli. She received her first manicure, went shopping, and we had lunch.
On one of the rainy days, we took the kids to the mall and let them ride around in the train…..
Our last day on the beach, Dad finally remembered to bring the kites (the kids had been wanting to fly kites all week). They each took turns….Elli held the kite for all of 5 minutes.
And Connor held it for about a minute…..they were then ready to go play in the sand! So much for the kites :)
The kids were waiting to eat dinner at one of Scott's favorite places, The Hub!
Connor was mesmerized by the guitar player at The Hub!
Swinging at the beach….
Our last day in Florida, we decided to let the kiddos skip their nap, so they'd have more time to swim. We decided to eat an early dinner and then planned on leaving for the airport from dinner.
The kids were entertained with Papa and Daddy's glasses at dinner….
Our flight ended up getting delayed at least 2 hours and we didn't get home until 2 am. The kids insisted on holding hands while walking through the airport (so cute). They did great the whole way home….especially considering they hadn't had a nap!
Connor pretending that he was sleeping on the plane :) He actually did fall asleep a few minutes after this!
We had such a great week! Scott and I even got to go on two dates! I was sure we would have come to a decision on baby names during our date. I took so many videos that I need to post on here sometime! In the middle of the week, we went to Disney for the day, which I'll do a separate post about due to all the pictures. We didn't have the best weather, but it didn't bother the kids at all. They loved being at the beach and swimming in the pool. Elli said multiple times "I wish I could live here" (ha- we're all a little sick of the Ohio weather). Thanks for a great week, Mom and Dad.
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