Florida February

It has been mid 80s the past week or so and it’s been pretty fabulous!  We have zero complaints about the Florida winter, but talk to me again in a few months. I’m thinking the winter is worth the heat of summer though. The beautiful weather has meant lots of popsicles, beach visit, swimming(!!!), grilling out and outside play time.  The boys are having so much fun playing together and it is the best hearing them giggle with each other.  We have had birthday parties, play dates, Valentines fun, our first stomach bug experience as parents, etc. Here’s a little picture dump of our life lately, since I’ve managed to get behind again!

Manatee Viewing Center

Several weeks ago we went with Jimmy to run an errand for work and realized we were right by the Tampa Electric Manatee Viewing Area. Of course we had to make a pit stop!  There were soooo many manatees and it was very cool to see. The runoff from the plants makes warmer water, which is why they congregate there.

More Gasparilla Fun!

We spent the week in between Children’s Gasparilla and actual Gasparilla sporting all of our pirate gear and even had a special visit from real pirates at Charlie Banks’ school. So fun!  Gasparilla morning, Jimmy was invited to ride the pirate ship from downtown to the Yacht Club, where it picks up the krewe of pirates. We met him at the yacht club and had no clue what the expect. Whew!  There was definitely a learning curve to this whole Gasparilla thing and we will know a little more next year. The yacht club was literally insane with soooo many people that we really couldn’t even put the kids down. So, that was short lived, but seriously so fun to see. We then headed home to post up at our apartment for the rest of the day. Our apartment was right in the thick of all of the craziness so Jimmy and I grabbed some beverages and laughed all afternoon. We saw people sick, using the restroom, passed out on the ground, flashing, etc all from our porch!  I think my jaw was literally on the ground for most of the afternoon. It was quite the experience!