It took me quite a while to get back up to speed after our vacation, but now I can blog about it. We had such a great time! Kim, the lucky recepient of all her relatives, kindly let us stay at her house in Delray Beach, FL for part of our vacation. BIG NEWS: Olivia learned to swim on her own! Well, she could swim before, but she would never try it on her own. I always had to hang on to her swimsuit ruffles. She finally made up her mind to do it and wow - she jumps in (head underwater and all) and swims to the edge, steps or where ever. She even swims across the pool. She has turned a huge corner in her youngster life. Zach, on the other hand, has been swimming since last year. He's the opposite, he needs a bit more strenght, but he put his mind to it and practiced over and over this past summer until he did it. Very tenacious little guy. He even swims underwater. Of course, we'll have to refresh once summer comes around again, or maybe we'll just take a trip to visit Aunt Kim again and work on our skills during the long winter months :-) Yes, that is a picture of Zach asleep at the table while holding food to his mouth. They played hard at the beach!
We drove from Delray Beach to Duck Key, FL, which is halfway between Key Largo and Key West. It was a very cool resort with lots of kids friendly pools (and adult only pools). They had a saltwater lagoon, a kid pool with a pirate ship, with working water cannons and probably 4 more pools in the resort. Olivia made a shark tooth necklace and swam her heart out. Zach and Dave enjoyed the game room. Zach learned to play chess and checkers - somewhat! It was an interesting time teaching Olivia and Zach to play as opponents in a game of checkers. I eventually had to walk away - he he he. Dolphin girl (aka Olivia) took part in a dolphin experince where she was able to touch a dolphin, tell him to turn in circles, etc. Dave and Olivia went to this one on their own while Zach was 'supposed' to be napping.
But my favorite part.... was on the drive home we saw the space shuttle, Endeavor, launch on Friday evening. It was amazing - huge full moon with the glow of the space shuttle flying out of our atmosphere. That was memorable.
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