Beach Vacations!

We have been fortunate to enjoy a few beach vacations with Skyler this summer. He is a true Florida boy and loves to build castles and ride the waves.

Jacksonville Beach -
We were very lucky to catch up with Uncle Eric and Shea while we were in Jacksonville. Skyler enjoyed playing soccer with him on the beach and playing with his cell phone.

Skyler loves to build castles with us. Mostly he enjoys the tearing down of our castles, but that's what being 3 is all about, right?! Bren and I competed for the best castle. Unfortunately Skyler voted Brendan the winner because of his bridge ... I think stairs are way more architecturally significant, but that may just be the loser speaking in me :)

Daddy's Castle -

Mommy's Castle -








Fort Myers Beach -
We stayed at a beautiful beachfront hotel in Fort Myers for a few days as well. The views were beautiful and the beach was awesome! We were lucky to be able to snag Brendan away from his work for a few hours to play on the beach. Skyler loved playing soccer and shuffleboard with Brendan. During each of our beach trips this summer I tried to find a sand dollar to bring home and put in Skyler's room as a souvenir (finding a sand dollar has been a desire of mine since I was a little child, but since I hate the murky ocean water, I have never had success). Well, the amazing Brendan found two sand dollars without even breaking a sweat :) While Brendan was working, Skyler and I made tents in the room, went on an adventure walk, played on the playground and even made a trip to the ice cream store ... I'm not sure if the ice cream was for him or Addy, but no matter :)

Road Trip and McDonalds

So we had a trip the other day where we headed to the East Coast of Florida to see our friends Jessica and KC (who Brendan is also working with). My job was to get packed, pick up Skyler from school, and meet Brendan at work by 3pm so we could beat the traffic. Well while I was packing I tripped over a stool in the closet and hurt my leg pretty bad ... fortunately I was able to contort myself so that the baby didn't get squashed on my way down. This of course set the trip back, causing us to get on the road right during 5 o'clock traffic.

As soon as we got on the interstate, Skyler saw the sign for McDonalds. He screamed from the back seat that he was "so very hungry and wanted a Happy Meal (which sounds more like Hackey Meal when he says it)." We told him that we needed to get out of the traffic and then we would stop. The brilliant child that he is came up with his next line ... "I need to go potty!" Which he commenced shouting over and over again. We told him we would get off at the next exit so he could go potty which brought on Skyler's next sentence, "I need to go potty and I need a Hackey Meal."

Of course when we get to McDonalds he can all of a sudden hold his urgent need to go potty until after he gets his Happy Meal. Oh to be played by our three year old! This little girl has no idea what she is in for with a brother like Skyler :)