Careful he bites

Florida!

Beach day!

Hermit crabs and Sand Castles

All of the shells at this beach are inhabited by hermit crabs. I thought I had finally found one that was empty and carried it around a while. I set it beside me in the sand and low and behold, it started crawling off! Rachel and I followed a hermit crab in the water a little ways, just to see where it was going. This has been such a fun vacation!! We haven't spent nearly enough time at the beach of course. Mostly because we have to keep up on homeschool too. But i would say that this trip has been educational for everyone as well. We've been able to see dinosaur tracks, sharks, hermit crabs, fish, squirrels. We've learned a little about plants, oceans, RVs, public showers, and building sand castles. We've also made some friends (something we've been sorely lacking) and visited new states that we hadn't ever been to before. I would love to just be able to travel everywhere all the time and see different things. I know we won't be able to do this forever, but I'm sure going to take advantage of it while I can!!

Elijah

I think my little Elijah boy had been playing too hard and not getting enough rest because today he came down with a cold. He decided he was done with naps about a month ago, and has exchanged them for an earlier bed time usually around 6 o'clock. While we've been in Florida, we've been spending almost all our time outside, which this kid loves, but I think it's been taking it's toll. Today is the second day this week that Elijah has gotten extremely badly in the afternoon and I've had to lay him down and MAKE him take a nap. If you have a two year old, you know it isn't easy to make them do anything they don't want to do! Once I finally get him to lay down though, he falls asleep within minutes. 3:30 is really an awful time for a nap, but sometimes it just needs to happen. I love my tired little two year old! And I especially love when he falls asleep with his cute little arms around my neck.