I remembered something from our trip out here that I had wanted to blog!

The first gas station that we stopped in this side of the Florida border had a surprising amount of Florida paraphernalia. On the way to use the bathroom, the girls were awed by the dangling dolphin shell windchimes, the animal 'statues' made from seashells, and best of all - the alligator heads. Rows of them. I personally can't understand why anyone would say "Yeah! I always wanted an alligator head in my house! Let's get one!" But then, to take it one step further, they also offered you the 'alligator foot on a stick'!!! Now you, too, could purchase a dowel rod with an alligator foot glued to the end. Aside from being gross, this struck me as funny, because, as any teacher knows, having a pointer in your classroom to point out letters or words is part of the trade. I could just picture that SOMEWHERE in this world SOMEONE would look at that stick and think "OooOOooh... that'd be GREAT for my classroom! The kids would LOVE it!".
Somewhere. Anyway. It'd be good at threatening the children, if nothing else... "Be good, or I'll get out the alligator foot pointer..."
Amazing what's for sale out there.

Let the spoiling begin...

My parents, grandpa and I took the girls to one of the community pools this morning. No one who lives around here seems to use them!! So, after an hour and a half, the kids are sad to hear a car drive up, knowing that they suddenly will have to share. (Did I mention being spoiled??) But no, instead my aunt and uncle walk in and throw a GIGANTIC blow up Shamu in the water with the girls. One of those toys I wouldn't pick up for my kids in a million years.

Then, grandma went grocery shopping, and returned, having bought the kids their favorite chocolate bars. Not just ONE - she bought them each a multipack!!!!

The retraining is going to be difficult when we arrive home...

We went to a blueberry farm today to pick berries... (many yummy foods in our future...)
We went with a friend and her three kids, so seven of us total in all.
She drove - and on the way home someone merged without looking, so she had to swerve quickly into the next lane to avoid being hit.
Four voices in the back yelled "Woah!!"
One little voice yelled "WEEE! THAT was FUN!!"

Can you guess who THAT voice belonged to?