Friends

Day 4: Tuesday

Weather report: hot

Is it possible that we are the only people who come all the way to Florida and pick up a cold. Feeling quite grotty!

A trip to Walmart today. The boys bought a toy each. Bean choose lego and pumpkin chose an Angry Birds launcher. We bought Plum a t shirt with the American flag on it. We also stocked up on snacks and after sun and I bought some wool at bargain prices. So glad we have lots of room in our suitcases for the return journey as I'm sure these won't be our only purchases!

The afternoon saw us joining our friend's friends at their house. The children had a lovely time in the pool and Pumpkin, after a lot of concern that he might sink, was really proud of the fact that he hadn't sunk. (Did I mention we had an incident on Saturday when Pumpkin literally jumped in the deep end and sunk gracefully and calmly to the bottom of the pool? Thankfully we saw him only moments after he jumped in and our daddyR pulled him out and passed him to daddy who sorted him whilst he was coughing and spluttering. All was well and he got back in the pool, with daddy also, shortly after) We also ate and the kids played and we over cooked Bean again and he struggled with tiredness a little.

We left after 7pm and only Plum feel asleep in the car but then woke up when we got home. Daddy had to return the hire car this evening so left the mummies to put smalls to bed. Pumpkin went willingly first but Bean, who was very tired wanted to wait for daddy to return (this was going to take  an hour and half at least) but he managed an hour or so before he asked me to read him stories and ask daddy to come and say goodnight when he got home. He prayed for daddy when he went to bed which was precious. And it's also worth mentioning that we had several amazing moments with him during the day. He voluntarily helped clear the lunch table and gave us a whole discourse about not undoing his and Plum's seatbelt in the car because they are both important and we must look after each other.

Another beautiful day with friends :)