just a few more vacation pics

You can see the rest of them here.

glad to be home.....

.... but I sure do miss this.

the view from our balcony

local children's science center

We took a side trip to the local science center. We get in free with our membership to another ASTC museum, which is such a great deal. It was a nice "vacation" from our daily trip to the pool and beach.
They had a fun bubble making room, a few little animals (including cockroaches---GROSS!), and some great electricity-type exhibits.
It wasn't as little-kid-friendly as our kid's museum at home, so we only spent about an hour there. Ruby's favorite thing was the coin-drop at the entrance-- she kept running back over there every chance she got!

some things we're enjoying on our vacation

:boggle:

:playing outside:

:playing on the beach:

:relaxing on the balcony, overlooking the ocean:

It's 940 miles to Florida

Here we are, ready for the drive!

Indiana is a loooooong state to drive through. We cheered when we got to Kentucky.

We had an insane amount of cords/technology in the front seat with us-- MP3 players, chargers, phones, GPS......

I was really ready to start taking pictures NOT out of the car window.

We were excited to watch the temperature creep higher and higher-- until it hit 93, then we were complaining about how hot it was.

b l o o m

one of our magnolia trees last week

Trip to Potawatomi Zoo

It was a little too cold out for most of the animals, so it was a short trip. It was perfect, though, for the first trip of the season.

What!? A new post!?

I know that I've been a blog-slacker lately. My only reason for it is that my camera has been in the car for the past month, and I haven't wanted to walk outside and get it to load any pictures onto the computer. That, and nothing picture-worthy has been happening lately. At least nothing exciting enough to lug my camera around with a clingy 18-month old in the other arm.
So, here are some pictures from Easter morning. I wish that I had better pictures of the kids in their Easter outfits. I also wish that I had pictures of them with their Easter baskets. But again, I haven't really been taking many pictures lately. I can't even remember too many details from Easter. But I know that the kids had a lot of fun, and of course looked very cute. More updating to come, p r o m i s e......