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Hanging in Daytona Beach, Florida

Nana and Granddad arrived at our house in Atlanta on Tuesday night and the boys have been having a blast with them ever since. Nana's iPod Touch has become Jack's favorite toy since there's a game on it that he can play. Now whenever we need a few minutes to relax, he gets to play it and it keeps him quiet. Uh oh, he's already taking after Daddy with the computer games! I shouldn't be surprised, they are two peas in a pod, those too.



Jack started a new tradition with Nana and Granddad -- board games after dinner! I love that it gives me some time to clean the kitchen and get things organized for the next day. We tried putting Ethan in the keeping room to play on his own but he didn't want any part of that. He instantly made a beeline to the dining room to be a part of the games too!


Saturday we drove down to Daytona Beach, FL and today we enjoyed our first full day here. With Hurricane Ida making its way up the Gulf of Mexico we've been experiencing a lot of wind but at least it's been nice and warm (upper 70s/low 80s). We spent the morning in the pool and I couldn't drag the boys out! While we made our way down to the beach first thing, it was just to look at the waves. Hopefully tomorrow we can spend some time in the water and making sand castles.





The boys have been enjoying playing on the porch outside the back of the room, which overlooks the pool. Ethan, especially, has been having fun climbing up and down the step, playing with his reflection in the glass door and watching Jack run around him. It's pretty easy to keep these two occupied!


We're hoping to make it down to the Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canveral one of these days. Since we saw the shuttle take off last year while we were here, this seems the perfect trip to go check out all things space!

I'll try and keep this blog updated frequently but all this warm weather has been making me extra sleepy!

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