On Saturday we headed down to the Palm Harbor YMCA. They have a great pool with slides, sprayers and huge dumping buckets. We love our Y's pool but we're up for a change of scenery. Poor Ashley was having a terrible day with her allergies. She didn't even swim, which is very unlike her. Instead she opted for lounging in the shade. The boys on the other hand had a blast swimming around and diving down for their toys.
Ty is such a fish. He's never even had swimming lessons.
Drew is a great little diver. It helps that he naturally sinks!
After a stop by Bruisters for ice cream on the way home Ashley started feeling better. Who knew that ice cream is good for allergy relief. The kids decided to have a water balloon fight in the backyard. This is one of their favorite things to do. In part because 1/2 of the balloons usually explode in my face while I'm trying to fill them!
Sunday was a day of cleaning the house and just taking it easy. I was also able to get out in my vegetable garden and replant my veggies. Only the lettuce and rosemary survived all the freezing nights. We planted carrots, zucchini, red onion, beans and watermelon. Ty loves to work in the garden. The other kids are only interested when the plants start producing!
Clearwater Beach
Ty is such a fish. He's never even had swimming lessons.
Ty blooper of the day-When walking through the ladies locker room to get to the pool there were a few older ladies changing. Why they can't use the changing rooms is beyond me. Anyway, as soon as we turned the corner one of the older ladies was in the middle of the locker room and she took the top of her bathing suit down. Drew's eyes were as big as saucers and he made a b-line for the door. Ty stood there with a totally disgusted look on his face and exclaimed " Oh my god lady! You got really old tits!" She didn't seem phased by his outburst and I hurried the boys along all the while doing my best not to burst out laughing. You never know what that kid is going to say.
Drew is a great little diver. It helps that he naturally sinks!
After a stop by Bruisters for ice cream on the way home Ashley started feeling better. Who knew that ice cream is good for allergy relief. The kids decided to have a water balloon fight in the backyard. This is one of their favorite things to do. In part because 1/2 of the balloons usually explode in my face while I'm trying to fill them!
Sunday was a day of cleaning the house and just taking it easy. I was also able to get out in my vegetable garden and replant my veggies. Only the lettuce and rosemary survived all the freezing nights. We planted carrots, zucchini, red onion, beans and watermelon. Ty loves to work in the garden. The other kids are only interested when the plants start producing!
Clearwater Beach
I know all my friends and family up North would probably agree that it was a long, cold winter. However, they may not agree on my opinion of "cold". If I can't wear flip flops, it's cold! Thankfully the cold weather seems to be behind us (at least for us Floridians) and we're officially back in our flip flops heading to the beach and/or pool.
Last weekend we went down to Clearwater beach with our friends the Savages and the Appells. It was a beautiful day. The water was a bit chilly but that didn't deter the kids. They swam the whole day. The beach was loaded with spring breakers. Before heading home we took the kids to a pizza place across the street. Surprisingly, the pizza was amazing! Restaurants on the beach in clearwater can be hit or miss. This was definitely a hit!
I think it turned out pretty good considering I was very rushed in baking and icing it.
Hannah, Ty and I. That's a close up!
