Florida Vacation- the Journey Down

Well, we finally made it home.  I must say that although we had the BEST time, I'm so happy to be home.  I missed my bed, and got super tired of hotel rooms and gas station bathrooms.  We left last Wednesday July 3rd and drove from Ohio to Charlotte, North Carolina.  We stayed in a hotel room for the night to gather up the energy for the looooong ten and a half hour trek the next day. 

So here is how we sleep three to a bed:  two at the top and one at the bottom.  I don't know what we are going to do when they get older!

So I really hate hotel rooms and try to touch as little as possible.  In particular I HATE the floor.  So Dawson decided to eat his pancakes on the floor.  He really does have an immune system of steel.

Looking cool in his sunnies, ready for the Florida sun!

The next day we drove for ten and a half hours, from Charlotte to Miami.  While it was a long day, with lots and lots of bathroom stops, we made it.  I have to brag, the kids are becoming much better travelers than when they were younger.  Given plenty of snacks and movies we cruised through the trip pretty well.  Much different from past trips!  On the way down it was July 4th and we got to see so many fireworks!  It helped break up the trip and added a fun element of excitement as we were nearing the very end of the trip.

The next day we spent relaxing with our cousins

and playing in their pool.

cousin Riley is our favorite baby-sitter!

We also fed some weird durkeys

We checked out the dock near their clubhouse, the kids were so scared of it because it was floating!

Here's what I learned:  

If you give Dawson a snap pea he will pull out each little pea and shoot them at his daddy during the drive.

Don't give the kids crayons that will get left in the car and then be heated to oblivion in the Florida sun.  They WILL melt.

LOTS more pictures to come!