Cruise Photos Take 2

More cruise photos.

Here's Kit having fun at the beach. The water was so clear that it was so easy to see all the fish and crabs. John found tons of conch shells.

Then we went to the butterfly farm in St Thomas and we all enjoyed it so much. We learned tons of interesting facts about them. Pssst....Don't tell Kit but We are going to get her a Live Butterfly Pavillion for Christmas. She is going to love it!

While on vacation, we make sure we get plenty of exercise so the buffets don't go to our waistline.

Back in Florida, we went to Billie Swamp Safari that is owned by the Seminole Indians. We took a tour of their 2,200 acre reservation on a swamp buggy and saw tons of real wildlife. So many animals. There were egrets, water buffalo, pigs.... uh and yea, ALLIGATORS! We plan on going back someday and spending more time there. We had a blast. Well maybe not Brother... But he sure did look like a redneck with his arm hanging over the side of the buggy.

Kit being a pill in the gift shop.

Awwwwh, on our way home...finally... It is always so good to be home after a long vacation.

Cruise Photos Take 1

This was the best photographer ever! And not just for us, he was amazing with the other cruisers too. And he was so good you don't even want to ask what we had to pay for the 4 photos we chose to keep. They will be framed and hung up - no doubt. Enjoy.

Got Milk?

Just a quick post to document this day. Carson is weaned. He had boobie milk only this morning and the rest of the day he has been drinking cow's milk. I tried giving him formula yesterday but he let me know under no circumstances was he going to drink that! I tried cow's milk with a little (okay, more than a little...) chocolate syrup and he loved it. Held the bottle all by himself. Now every time I give him the bottle I put less and less syrup in it. I just wanted him to take it. He seems to really like it and not even miss the boobie. Katlynn was that way too. When the time came, she never looked back.

So I'll wipe a tear away from my smiling face as my little boy is growing up.

P.S. He has gotten in his 4th tooth also.

Happy Halloween!

Again for this year's Halloween, we were on a cruise. The whole family went as someone from Peter Pan since Katlynn was dying to be Tinker Bell. She also wanted to be Ariel but had a hard time figuring out how I would make a King Triton, Ursula, and Flounder costume with not much time. So I settled on Peter Pan.

Carson's costume is the only one that I made. I sewed the top and hat (no pattern either!) using felt fabric that I bought on the cheap. He wore some brown pants and some way too big brown leather booties that he already had. I stuck a feather in his hat and called him macaroni.... No just kidding, but I did pull the feather out of a floral arrangement of mine, borrowed some Velcro from my mom, had some elastic leftover from another project and used a brown scarf that I had for his belt and TA-DA! His costume cost a total of $2.48! I was pretty happy about that, can you tell? Ha.
Anyways...We won FIRST prize for the costume contest on the whole ship. We were thrilled! They were selling a dvd of the video footage from Halloween night but there was no sound, just stupid music and they wanted $39.95 for it. Uh, no. So you guys just get to see the pics but I think they are pretty darn cute! (And for those who are unfamiliar with Peter Pan, John is Captain Hook and I am Tiger Lilly.)

Happy Belated Halloween!