Florida, Day 5: Sunny Day and a Beautiful Sunset

Today was back to good weather - not as warm, but the sun was shining so bright and warm. We went down to the pool before lunch and Cameron had a great time swimming in the pool and playing on the edge. He swam with Tim for about an hour and a half, even though the tempertaure was only 60, and by the end his little lips were blue and he was shivering. He did not want to get out, but eventually we made him.

The master mixologist - Cam can sit for hours by the edge of the pool playing with his beach toys. He pours water from one thing to another, makes the shovels into various things (hockey players, snowplows, spoons) and just has a great time.

In the morning, Leah was sleepy and cranky but wouldn't fall asleep. Tim did laps around the pool trying to get her to sleep. It didn't work - every time she almost fell asleep, Cameron would shout and she would wake up and look for her big brother.

Yummmm, shovels taste good!

Playing with Daddy

Finally, late in the afternoon, Leah conked out. This was after Tim took her on two laps around the condo complex, then Omi took her on laps around the pool. Neither thing worked, so I told them just to park her for a little bit and let her sit. Sure enough, she fell asleep after about a minute. I think there was too much to look at during her walks, so she couldn't bring herself to sleep! Nosy little monkey!

After we were done swimming for the afternoon, we went down to the beach for sunset. Leah was interested in the sand but very tentative. She kept reaching out and touching it, then backing away from it. She never really did much more than fling a handful of it.

Trying to get a good picture of both kiddos.

This is a cute one of Leah but not so much of Cam. It is much harder getting two kids to look and smile at the same time!

Cameron squeezed Leah while we were trying to get a picture and she was pretty outraged by it!

Our sweet boy playing in the sand

Leah bear

Mama and Leah going to check out the ocean

Mama and her Leah girl!

Cam brought his buckets down to where we were, set them up and hopped up. He was pretty proud of himself.

Mama and the kiddos

A family picture! We took a few of these and this one was the best. Again, its tough to get everyone looking at the camera at the same time!

A few years back, I took a picture of Tim throwing Cameron in the air, and Tim just loves it. He has been trying to recreate the picture every year since, to no avail. I think these came out pretty darn good though, I love the sillohette look.

Cam was tentative at first, but then after the first throw he was loving it.

It looks like Cam is hoping on one foot in the air!

Daddy and Cameron, checking out the sunset.