Girls Week

Andy was in Milwaukee for a conference, and Ellie and I were at home.  I tried to think of a bunch of fun things we could do to fill the time while we waited for Andy to get home.

Andy flew out Tampa, and so after we dropped him off at the airport we headed to Clearwater beach and spent the afternoon there playing in the sand, and dodging waves.

Saying good-bye to Daddy

This girl loves the beach!

On Wednesday we tried to go on a hike to the Devils Millhopper, which is a huge sinkhole, now turned into state park, but before we made it down 3 flights of stairs, there was a huge tree blocking the way.  So we ended up walking on the trail at the top a few times, and then went and I had the picnic I packed.  We finished the day with playing at the park.

Thursday we went to Ellie's music class and I enjoyed my first adult interaction in 2 days, besides being on the phone with Andy.  After nap time we went to Rogers farm and picked delicious strawberries that we had for dessert.  Such a plus for living in Florida is all the strawberries in season so early.  I love it!

Friday we had playgroup and went to Dairy Queen for dessert after dinner.

Saturday we went to the park and we had such a funny experience.  Ellie was getting ready to go down the slide and she was counting down and all of sudden screamed bloody murder!  She ran straight to me and was freaking out and I looked up by the slide and there was a frog.  I couldn't believe she acted like that, especially since she loves the lizards that live on our back porch so much.  Crazy girl!

I decided that it would be nice to go out for dinner, so we went to Red Robin and the highlight of the dinner was Ellie getting a balloon at the end.

Andy's flight didn't get in until 10:45 that night, and Tampa is 2 hours away.  Ellie fell asleep on the way down but was wide awake when we got the airport. 

Waiting for Daddy

We were so excited to see Andy!  I'm so glad he's home and that we are all together again.