Packing up the boat

Evan loading life jackets and oars into a canoe. Looks like he's going somewhere...nope. He loaded it and emptied it about 10 times while Al was waterskiing. Kept him busy.

Alison waterskis!

Alison coming in for a landing at FGCU sports clinic day. She's in the middle on the sit ski.

Mike knocks down bathroom

Yay, we have a new bathroom. The old one was AWFUL! The new one is all tiled up to the ceiling. Mike picked some old-ladyish type tile colors (as per) but it looks fine. MUCH better.

Fruit time!

Evan hasn't met a fruit he doesn't like. He has 5-6 daily I think.

Peek-a-Boo!

Evan plays in January. He's not this little baby anymore...got to get this blog caught up!

In the tunnel

The tunnel at Veteran's Park Playground in Naples.

Another playground!

Ev has played at just about every playground in SW Florida and NYC. It is really a playground kind of year. We even have playground clothes; long pants for hot slides, not tight and not loose shirts for comfort and safety. Next year it will be something else...

Visitors

GS, Uncle Bobby, Brad, Alison, and Mima visit.

The Snowman

Evan called him "Santa" We walked all over the neighborhood at Christmas time looking for " Santas"

Horses!

Al rides a pony on horse morning.

Playing Frisbee

Al and Ev play frisbee with Lydia on barbecue day. Very nice weather this time!

Sidewalk Chalk

the artist at work. Every barbecue day is sidewalk chalk day. Ev loves, loves, loves to draw. He'd rather draw than eat.

Evan at Boggy

Evan having a quiet moment at Boggy Creek.

Evan and friend playing house

This is a playhouse at Boggy Creek. Evan loves houses. We couldn't walk past it without him wanting to play in it. There's a plastic playhouse at Walmart that he goes nuts over...

Accessible Mini Golf

Alison in front of the new accessible miniature golf course at Boggy Creek. I didn't play but she did. It's pretty flat but interesting with the waterfalls and plants.

Evan and Al with their "buddy"

Every family at Boggy Creek is assigned a buddy for the weekend. He or she will go to activities with the camper and eat with the family. Of course Evan was being shy when he first met Lydia.

Dining Hall porch

Rockers on the porch at Boggy Creek. Evan sat in all of them.

Evan at Boggy Creek

Back to November. Evan had more fun at Boggy Creek this year. He got in the way in the gym a few times and got bonked with balls and scooterboards but no serious injury.

Hedge Maze

Evan in the hedge maze at Epcot. Guess what? It's raining today for the first time in months. We went to the mall. Got some new swim suits for EV.

Beatles Tribute

Ev and GS watch the Beatles Tribute band at the UK Pavilion in Epcot.

Went to a 7 hour board meeting today. Wasn't too bad...don't like to sit so much tho...

Mary Poppins comes to play

Evan found a Thomas table in the UK shops. He was playing alone until...Mary came around the corner and joined him. He had no clue who this was; just another Thomas fan to him.

World Showcase Players

Players at the UK Pavilion in Epcot. Al loves these guys. Silly, silly, silly!

Our air conditioner went out of order last nite. Finally got it fixed at 6:30pm tonite---of course it's90 degrees today.

Started work at the Y today- no probs. Not hard, not yet anyway...

"The" telephone booth

This is the telephone booth that I always have a picture taken in front of. The first one is from 1989. It's located outside of the pub in the British Pavilion at Epcot.

Train Village at Epcot

Evan still loves trains; he goes nuts if he can't touch them though. Fences are good ideas! We had Alison's 16th birthday party yesterday. Pool party with pizza, about 20 people. She had a great time. She liked her Broadway Cake.

Update

Yikes, haven't updated this blog for 2 months! Here is Al outside of the Universe of Energy- the only ride we went on at Epcot. It was full of loud dinosaurs and Evan had CONNIPTIONS! He screamed through the entire 20 minute ride. It kind of ruined the day. Don't go on this ride with sensitive little kids!

Al and Jess at Disney

Still unloading pictures from November. Had a nice b-day party yesterday at GS's. Mim and Brad came too. We had my request for dinner- homemade pizza. Mike and I went out last night to Joe's Crab shack. Best crab cakes I ever had!

In the tiki tiki tiki tiki tiki room...

Wow, haven't added to this blog for 2 months. I am LAZY! Here are Evan and GS at Disney. We went in November and stayed at the Holiday Inn Sun Spree. It was nice. Mima and Jess came too. The kids loved the pool and the poolside night movie. Ev didn't exactly love DisneyWorld. He was scared of everything and HATED the lines. And there were LONG lines. I won't go on veteran's day again...

Masquerade

The gang at the party in costume. Spaghetti was good, costumes were interesting.

Don't touch my candy

Alison, tired after a hard night of trick or treating, shows her loot.

Evan and I went with Brad and Mima to a train show. Ev liked it for a while, then got ver upset because he couldn't play with the trains.

Candy Man

Evan sorted the candy into bags; didn't have much interest in eating it, just playing with it.

Eat more chikin??

Ladies at the beef store dressed for Halloween.

Party

Evan at the UU church halloween party. He was a Thomas engineer. Alison worked in the haunted house- her job was to scare people coming out the exit.

Wilmaaaaaa!!!

Big Hurricane. Got a lot of it. Wind came in from the north, lost over 10 big trees including Royal Palm. No house or pool damage this time. Power out for 6 days! Ugh, at least the weather was nice--no higher than 75 on any of the 6 days.

Happy Halloween

We took Al & Ev to Bell Tower to trick or treat, and then around the neighborhood. There were very few houses giving out candy; the hurricane spooked them I guess. The church party was 2 nights ago. It was fun. Al worked in the haunted house and Evan went on the hayride in Don Maron's truck. He cried again. He loved trick or treating--held on to candy all evening

Y Challenge

Al and I are in the "Y Challenge" -- We have a pedometer and a cyclometer and we have to keep track of our miles, or fractions of. It took an hour to install hers on the wheelchair; it involves lining up magnets on the spokes and wire placement and programming the "computer." What a pain.

Evan has started "screeching" or banging his head when things don't go his way. Not a good thing. We are going to ignore it.

Ho Hum

You know it's a boring life when the most exciting thing you've said all day is "5 minutes till Lawrence Welk!"

Al and I went to the Y this morning. I really like that jumpy machine that moves your feet. I have no idea what it's called. It's some kind of cardio machine...

Tampa Day

We went to Shriner's yesterday. Al is good; everything went fine. We have to get some minor wc adjustments and deeper shoes for braces. We were waiting in the O&P waiting room when 5 of the TB Buccaneers came in and signed pennants for the kids. I forgot the players' names but this guy is not one of them. He's probably a star QB or something...

Watching "Bideos"

When Alison was 1 she watched Barney with this look, Ev is watching either the Wiggles or Thomas...

I took Evan to the Infant & Toddler Expo at Harborside. It was very dumb. I had to pay $3. admission just to walk around and look at people's advertising. There were supposed to be pony rides, games, and shows. They had a goat, a snake, a moonwalk, and 2 clowns. We left after 20 minutes.

Settings

I'm fooling around with different camera settings. This is the "portrait" setting. I don't know... I may try setting the stops myself next time...

Two Headed Kitten

The Honda van wouldn't start at Ev's playgroup today. It had to be towed to Firestone. It needs a new starter.

Evan went down the "big" slide at KJD park. This year he's more interested in climbing and sliding than eating the shredded tire pieces on the ground.

Kittens Everywhere

Free Kittens! Come and get them. Anyone who would like a cat, let me know. we have grey tabbies, solid greys with white faces and feet and black kittens. Males and females. email jcarville1@yahoo.com for more kitten pictures.

Day 4 of crappy weather

The rain and clouds are getting depressing. It's still too hot to really work outside and too yucky to swim. Alison is working on her Thespian project for "I Hate Hamlet." She has to design tickets, a program, poster, and press releases.

The cats are so messy. I have to redo their litter box every day, sweep their room and wash the floor. Evan's been crawling up onto the table and countertops and getting into trouble. He hasn't fallen yet.

Alarm Sabotage

Someone unplugged my alarm clock last night. I plugged it back it, reset it, and fell asleep. Well, not only did the monster unplug it but he turned the volume down to zero as well. So I woke up late -- didn't hear the alarm at all. Barely got up in time to get Al ready for school. Put my whole day off. I've felt crappy all morning and afternoon. Got a t-shirt for $1. at Lamb of God Thrift store. Cool.

Bad Mirror

I was at the Y this morning and the place was filled with "serious workout people." I was noticing that there weren't any "fattish" people in at that time of day when I suddenly caught sight of one walking in the side wall mirror. "Oh, here comes one," I thought. Then I stopped short, turned and really looked. AGGGGGHHHHH!! It was me! How depressing. I exercised the crap out of myself today, literally. At least Evan behaved and stayed in the child care for almost an hour...

A funny thing... Evan calls his potty the "bobby." He calls Melon "minnow" and balloons "balls." The new Super Target has these big red balloons at the front and he loves them.

No rain, low pool

The pool has a leak so when it doesn't rain we have to fill it with the hose. We've tried to fix these leaks so many times and then another one pops up. I've started watering the yard plants. Got a new sprinkler. It was $1.88. It cost less than the bag of candy I got at the same time...

Made it to church

The kids are doing a little better today. We made it to church and I got to do the sound. Yay! That was fun.

It's incredibly hot, in the 90's still and NO rain.

The 3 of us alone...

Mike's gone to NY. Just the 3 of us and we had a busy weekend planned. Unfortunately, both the kids got sick. So we're at home with fussing and coughing and wiping noses every two seconds... Fun. Don't know if we'll make it to church tomorrow...

Stars & Stripes Forever

Alison plays the piano at church on 9/11. There are 3 teen piano players and one guitar player. They all played on Sunday. Really nice kids!

Evan's Haircut

He doesn't look too happy but Evan got a haircut last week. He was good, didn't squiggle too much. He is into cars and garages this week. Also balls. Soccer balls mainly. His favorite video this week is Kidsongs "Let's Play Ball."

Crazy cats

Nadia loves boxes. You can hear her at night batting beer and coke boxes around the floor. The new cats are named Greg, Marcia, Peter, Jan, Bobby, and Cindy. Of course there were 3 boys and 3 girls so what else could we name them?

Sam

We're now running a zoo practically. We have 8 cats and the dog. They are all getting on fine which is a miracle. The small cats are separated into their own area of the house. It's going to cost quite a bit to fix all these cats...
Evan's cold is better. Al might have a bit of it now. She's been tired for a few days.

Busy days, busy nights

We went to Alison's Open House last night. What a hectic schedule. She has to travel about 1/4 mile between some of her classes. She flies. I could barely keep up... I don't know how she does it with a crowd of students on the paths and in the halls...

Ice Cream Face

His favorite part of dinner... He won't eat ice cream from a bowl, it has to be in a cone.

Evan shops!

They have a neat supermarket at the Imaginarium. Kids can use carts or baskets and shop and then go to the checkout and scan everything.

Alison played the piano at church today. "Stars and Stripes Forever."

Before Haircut

Evan really needed a haircut. I brought him to Bananas Salon yesterday and they did an excellent job. Evan was good until halfway thru, then he fussed and wiggled. They know how to handle toddlers there so I'd definitely go back... the haircut was only 16. I think walmart charges 11 or 12 for kids...