A Happy Saturday

Its always a blast visiting the Couch family down at the beach. This picture of Tucker pretty much sums it up of how much fun we had. He was filled with laughter and squeals of delight. It makes me smile thinking about it.

 Every day was picture perfect. We are so blessed. Caroline's Uncle Eddie taught her to search for sand dollars.

Lions and Tigers and Bears. Oh My!

We had a great outting at the Naples Zoo. http://www.napleszoo.com/. For the best deal out there in South Florida, for only $5.00 you get up close and personal with the giraffe and can feed them. C really enjoyed herself. When the giraffe's breath is blowing your hair, you know you are close, really close.

And we fed the birds...

 And we fed the fish and turtles...

And as C said, she "tamed a Turtle." We didnt know Turtles needed taming.

There were too many beautiful plants to photograph, but this one looked like a bird perched on Uncle Eddie's head. This is as close as Uncle Eddie will ever get to wearing a fascinator.  

 Little T had enough of the heat and animals so it was finally time to say goodbye.

 But as always the little man enjoyed exploring. Not one to hang out in the stroller. He was always off and exploring the "jungle" off the sidewalk.

Another great day in paradise.

Hoppin' Homosassa

Over Memorial Day we had a hoppin' good time down in Homosassa. My favorite is the fact that one minute you are snorkeling with manatees and 45 minutes later you are out in the gulf of Mexico.

The little gentlemen shared secrets of their future escapades as Captains of the Boat.

 Classic Florida.

 I cant imagine living in any other state except Florida.

 Our wonderful friends.

Another day on the water.

Out of countertops

Our little chef woke up this morning {at 7 a.m.} wanting to bake cookies --- well off we set to create our little treats for our friends. Six dozen cookies later, I think we have the master sous chef for applying icing here in our house and she's only 2 years old – and its only 9 a.m. Do you realize how many cookies this is – my kitchen is not big enough for this.

Time Flies When You Are Having Fun

Really, where does time go? We celebrated Tucker's 6-Month Birthday today. It seems like only yesterday that we were introducing him to Caroline. He is a gem of a child.

The six things we love about Tucker: 1) His sweet giggles that make anyone smile; 2) how much he adores his big sister and watches and smiles at her with amazement; 3) that he started sleeping through the night at 8 weeks and is such a wonderful sleeper {even when two new teeth popped in over the weekend – who knew}; 4) how he conveniently spits up on my "dry clean only" attire just as I'm about to walk out the door {I'm beyond counting on two hands the number of times this has happened – and you wonder why I'm always running 10 minutes late}; 5) he is the definition of a good baby; 6) he's the best little snuggler.

Halloween Costume – Take 1

Ruff, ruff. We got a little creative and deviated from our Halloween costume to have a special costume for the Halloween Celebration at Music Class. Tucker was the cutest little dog I've ever seen. By all his giggles, I think he thought so too {or maybe he was wondering what in the world I was doing going "ruff, ruff"}. Stay Tuned for the real Couch Halloween Costumes of 2010!

Forgive the image quality on this pic :)

Closets

Closets. Ever since I've been a little kid, I loved playing in my parent's closet – trying on all her shoes, the fabulous clothes, jewelry, my dad's belts, you name it. Its de ju vu when I watch Caroline doing the exact same thing that I have so many fond memories from the by gone days. This evening was especially entertaining as she paraded in-and-out of our closet wearing a variety of shoes – from the mile-high stilettos to my laid-back Bernandos. I wonder if years from now she will have the same fond memories of "playing in the closet" and if she'll come home from school one day and think – that closet wasn't really as big as I remember? By the way she already puts back all the shoes in their exact places and even lines them up in perfect straight lines, there is no doubt in my mind, her closet will be more organized than ours.