Oy, it's now the end of January and I still haven't caught up on pictures from our trip over the holidays! Time is flying! Here are some highlight pics from some of our family outings in FL. Grandma & Grandpa treated everyone to a trip to the zoo for zoolights (round 2 for us!) and a trip to the "gulfarium." And one weeknight the local mall has free carousel rides so of course we HAD to take our three little carousel lovers there!
It was "snowing" in Florida! Isaiah & Abigail were big fans of the bubble snow!
This picture would suggest Ellie was a fan...that would be a lie!
like real snow...bubble snow soaks your clothes
For a tiny little zoo, the Gulf Breeze zoo sure did a great job with zoolights. There were TONS of light displays. The kiddos asked if there was a carousel since they remembered riding the one at the Brookfield Zoo. We prepared them that there wasn't, but then saw this while we were waiting for the zoo train! If it's a carousel, they love it, no matter how tiny it is!
thankfully my Auntie Ann had quarters!
zoo train...
Ellie was so excited to sit with Auntie Kate on the train!
"Oh look...it's rudolph!" (aka a reindeer with a laser pointer induced red nose!
Couldn't see many animals since it was dark, but the petting zoo/animal feeding part was the exception and was a big hit!
"you want some food, goat?!"
Ellie had her tongue out in every one of these pics!
Grandma, keeper of the food, was a popular person!
Avery was a little obsessed with the goats but particularly this one!
The next day we went to the gulfarium where we got to check out lots of sea creatures!
holding a seastar with Mama
turtles!
checking out the penguins with Grandma
watching the dolphin show
Hooray for free carousel rides! Only problem is the adults can only do so many rides before we need a break!
waiting is soooo hard!
the triplets aren't the only ones who like carousels!
Isaiah loved that pig, which of course, he named Sally!
cheese!
after the carousel Grandma treated them to DQ!
this guy knows how to do it!
"I have some of yours Grandma?!"
we had to do one more ride after ice cream!
love that pure joy!
peekaboo!
:"I see you Mommy!"
We also tried to get a family photo taken, but at the last minute the photographer canceled so we tried some ourselves...we didn't get much, but these pics of the kiddos with their grandparents are decent!
and this one is just funny! The attempt to get a shot of them all holding hands was hilarious!
We did find a photographer to take some shots of the whole family on our last day...which of course was cold & rainy! Haven't seen those yet so not sure if she got anything or not...it's a lot of people & a lot of little ones!
Today is our first real snow here in PA so it's been nice to scroll through all our beach pictures tonight! I'm going to sum up our time in Florida with lots of pics by theme. Here are the beach highlights! You will notice that there are a LOT of pictures of Isaiah...that is because he was by far the biggest fan of the beach, though Avery wasn't far behind. Ellie on the other hand, was less than enthusiastic about the beach, okay, it was more like pulling teeth. Here you go...
happy boy on his first outing to the beach
a boy and his grandpa
they were a little wary of the waves at first so I was trying to be
REALLY enthusiastic! =)
that fear didn't last long! "Grandma, run with me!"
Grandpa built a sand snowman!
Meet Sandy
Isaiah just LOVED the waves. He always wanted a hand held because he was still a little nervous, but he was soooo excited! It was adorable.
"OH it's a BIG one!"
He just couldn't get enough
I had fun playing with the camera on the beach too.
mama & Isaiah
this is my favorite of my artsy shots =)
It was great to get to meet our new little niece, Kyria on this trip too! Don't worry, you'll get to see lots more pictures of her because the kiddos were obsessed with "Baby Kyria!"
fun little family shot of my sister Kate, Kyria, Abigail & Claude
This was still that first day. He got soaked
and then decided to play in the sand!
so then this happened!
It was a little warmer the next day and we knew getting wet was an eventuality so we put their suits on ...
there were quite a few of these blue jellyfish that day
As you left the beach there was a shower and that was one of Isaiah's favorite parts of the trip. He could've played there for an hour I think...
just loved this pose...
"okay I spray YOU Mommy?!"
Then we finally got a legitimately nice day. Sunny and 70 in December...yes please! As you can see, this helped Ellie get into the beach frame of mind...
love this pic! If you only saw this and the one above you'd think
Ellie loved the beach! But the video below paints a different picture...
In reality she booked it out of there as soon
as possible most of the time!
waving goodbye to Avery & Isaiah
not the greatest family shot, but it was the best of the bunch!
Avery liked running in the waves too!
And we had fun playing in the sand too...
Where are our legs?!
happy boy playing in the sand with Grandma
There was a guy near us with a boogie board and Avery really wanted to try it so we asked to borrow it for a few minutes. Then Isaiah had to try it too. It was all going really well...and then the big wave came!
These next few pics are from our last day in Florida. It was a pretty chilly, windy day, but we couldn't not go to the beach one more time...
My happy flappy boy
(he was literally jumping and flapping his arms
in sheer excitement!)
one last change to run in and away from the waves
love this pic of the peanut!
We really need to figure out how to get these guys back to Hawaii sometime in the next year or so. It was fun to have them at the beach...I'd just prefer to be in a suit and soaking up the sun myself too!
and this one is just funny! The attempt to get a shot of them all holding hands was hilarious!
We did find a photographer to take some shots of the whole family on our last day...which of course was cold & rainy! Haven't seen those yet so not sure if she got anything or not...it's a lot of people & a lot of little ones!
