Skip to main content

Fun In The Sun

Cheryl and I took a few days off this past weekend to visit with her parents down in Florida. We left early Thursday morning and Zoe was very well behaved on the flight. As soon as we got there we did some swimming, which was a constant every day. On Friday we packed into the car and went to the zoo. Zoe seemed to enjoy hanging out with the animals and she took some time to feed a giraffe. Unfortunately I didn't wait to pose properly, so the pictures of that aren't very good.



She also took two rides on the carousel.  Once on a stationary animal and then again on one that moved. I couldn't tell if she liked one more than the other, but once it got going, she seemed more happy than scared.



It was so hot out that as we were leaving, since we had a change of clothes for her, Cheryl took her for a dip in the fountain. It's hard to say which one of them enjoyed it more.



As I said, we went to the pool every day. The weather was great and as long as you stayed in the water, the love bugs wouldn't bother you. Zoe thoroughly enjoyed playing with her sand toys in the water.



Cheryl picked up some sidewalk chalk one day and we had a great time drawing on the driveway. Unfortunately, not all of the chalk made it to the cement.



It was a great time. Hopefully by the next visit Zoe will have some water wings and be kicking herself around the pool instead of climbing her father. You can see all of these and more in Zoe's set on Flickr.

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Meet the Flintstones?!?

Cheryl wanted me to share the following with everyone. These are her words, not mine. Frankly, I know I'm the lucky one. So obviously the blog is Michael's thing, which is great really because if it were up to me it would have started and ended with 99 days left! But I wanted to make a post so I could thank Michael for everything he has done for me throughout this pregnancy and most of all during delivery. There is no question that being with Michael is the smartest thing I've ever done and Zoe is lucky to call him Dad. The reason we had a planned c-section was that Zoe was 'unstable lie'. In the 4 weeks before she was due she was breech, head down, breech, and then head down again. As it was explained to us, this is pretty rare. They expected that even if she was in the right position when I went into labor, she would turn during contractions creating a dangerous situation for all of us. The day of surgery I was still pretty calm. Once I was prepp...
4 comments
Read more

Florida or Bust

Last week we all flew down to Florida to visit with Nana and Poppy. We didn't take off until Zoe had a nice helping of scrambled eggs from the airport. She loves scrambled eggs! This wasn't Zoe's first flight and she was a dream. She slept for more than half of the flight there. Once we were down there,we did our best to take advantage of the weather. Back in Philadelphia the high was in the mid-40's and it was going to snow, but in Hudson it was in the 70's. We took plenty of walks in the neighborhood. Zoe was also enjoying Nana's large tub. She really loves the water. During our visit we took an outing to Weeki Wachee Springs State Park . I found this place online because they have a live mermaid show. Along with that there were peacocks, an animal show and a river boat ride. Zoe seemed to enjoy it all. There is a heated pool in Nana and Poppy's community, which I was anxious to take Zoe to. She's never really been in a pool bef...
Post a Comment
Read more

Race Street Pier

I heard from a colleague last week that just north of Penns Landing the city had opened up Race Street Pier. It is a really nice two level pier with a number of benches, some stadium style seating near the water and a little grassy area that will be perfect for a future picnic. Since the weather was really nice on Sunday, we decided to take a trip down there and check it out. We didn't stick around long, but we had a great time. Don't forget, you can check out Zoe's set on Flickr to see these and all other pictures. As I count down the days until Zoe and I get to spend two weeks at home, and we get constant phone calls from mom to make sure we're all right, I'm really looking forward to Cheryl's first Mother's Day. She said all she needs is a simple breakfast and to sleep in. I'll work with Zoe and see if we can't make it a little more special.
1 comment
Read more