Florida, Day 4 Morning

Monday was another warm day so we knew that we would be spending the day at the beach and the pool.  And that is exactly what we did. :)

Tim and Cameron playing soccer on the beach.

Sweet Leah Bea

Cam had a BLAST playing soccer - he probably would have played for hours if Leah didn't get tired of being on the beach.

I took this picture of Cam but it turned out pretty cool by accident - check out his sunglasses reflection - Tim on one side and Leah on the other.

After we were done at the beach we headed up to the pool.

Above the water picture

Below the water picture

Above and below at the same time

More diving for hockey players

Trying to swim under the float

Checking out the pool light

Leah going for the ball - she did such an awesome job going under water for it!

Daddy and kiddos!

Leah did not want to be part of the underwater picture.

After swimming it was time to go back up to the condo for lunch and naps.  Cam took Leah's hand to show her some of the little lizards that run all over the place.

And then they kept holding hands the entire walk back.  It was so cute.

Cutest kids ever!

Cam checking out a banyan tree.  He was looking for the little lizards that live in there.  If you looked close, you could see a dozen camouflaged in the bark.

Today Tim took pictures of one of our favorite routines.  The condo has a key fob entry system and the kids took turns being the one to swipe the fob in order to open the door.

Then they also took turns pushing the elevator button - one pushed the button on the outside of the doors.

And the other pushed the button on the inside.  Leah wasn't quite tall enough to reach the 3 button so Cam had to help.

After lunch most days, Mama and Leah took a nap.  Cameron occasionally laid down for a bit and Tim mainly just read.  On this day Leah decided she didn't want to nap in her bed so she joined Mama for a "snoozer." (Leah would get upset if you said she had to take a nap, but if you said she had to take a snoozer, that was okay.  What a silly girl!)

More fun after naptime....

Florida, Day 3 Videos

Here are a few videos from swimming.

First up, Cameron diving down to get his hockey player in the shallow end of the pool:

And here are Daddy and Leah getting the hockey player:

In the later afternoon, Cameron was practicing his diving in the deep end.  Here he is doing a  standing up dive:

And finally, here is Cameron diving at the deep end and actually touching the bottom!  It is 9 feet deep and he dove all the way down and touched the bottom with his hand.  We were SO impressed!  He did it several times in a row.  Awesome job Cam!!

Florida, Day 3

On Sunday morning we started off the morning by heading out to breakfast at Milly's, a delicious breakfast place.  We made sure to get there early because the restaurant is always busy, especially after church.

Both kids loved it because they love breakfast food

Both Omi and Opa got Milly's specialty - giant apple stuffed baked pancakes.  It was so big!

After breakfast we went back to the condo and of course the kids wanted to go down for a swim.  Cameron was allowed to sit on the edge of the pool where it was shallow until someone could come in with him.

Cameron showing off his diving toy - one of his hockey players.  It sunk like a rock so that worked perfectly for his game.

Mama and Leah relaxing in the sun.

This picture of Leah cracks me up - I guess she was marching along the pool deck or something, but she just looks so darn cute.

Into the pool

Looking up and Leah from underwater

Underwater shot of blowing bubbles!

Adorably pudgy feet

Cam the fish

Waaaay down at the deep end hanging out.  I think Cameron really liked how much freedom we let him have in the pool and did a great job being careful while swimming and just walking around the pool deck.

Relaxing in the shallow end.

 I don't remember why Cameron was being a goof... probably because he is Cam.

Diving down to retrieve his hockey player.  This was repeated hundreds of times over the course of the week.

Splashing Daddy

Leah's turn to "dive" for the hockey guy.  Also a funny half-above, half-below the water picture.

Leah's diving was more like reaching, but she usually had dunk at least part of her head to grab the hockey player.

After swimming for a few hours, we headed back up to the condo so we could have a small lunch and Leah could take a nap.  Cameron decided that he didn't want to rest today so he and Daddy headed down to the beach.  Cam had lots of fun digging and playing.

He dug a long trench along the beach

And went running after the seagulls

Fly away birds!

More digging.  Tim was able to read his book because Cameron was happy as a clam to dig and play in the sand on his own.

Once Leah and I came down from napping, it was warm and sunny so we went swimming.  Here is a family picture, compliments of photographer Opa.

Playing water tag

Smiley happy boy who loves the water!

Another happy water baby!

Mama and Leah had lots of fun swimming together

Cool underwater shot of Mama and Leah swimming

Diving for the ball

Got it!

Leah on her noodle horse

Cam and Mama swimming way off in the deep end.

Another great day in Florida!  We have some awesome videos from today too, but I'll put those in a separate post.