Saturday, December 22, 2012

Our visit with Grammie

     Gramme gets the tour around the grounds. He had a great time showing her everything.... even the slime. Just what every boy needs.  





Hanging out with Gramme at the zoo. Checking out the otters, and the meerkats, and also wondering what Gramme could have bought for him.





This is a picture of Luke handing Gramme a balloon. He had her blow this up over and over so he could watch it buzz around the room. Oh, and the fart noise it makes is also very funny.
Yaaaay!!!!! At long last,after many weeks of waiting Halloween was finally here. So we went trick-or-treating at the aquarium. We were excited he got in the costume, as you see he is a dragon.
                                                                             Ahhhh..candy anyone?



                                                                Ohhh yaaa, candy :)
Even when there is candy involved there is always time to stop and check out the fish.


                                         A very happy Luke, with his papa and Gramme

                                   Even dragons like to slide, and catch the occasional wave.
 
Everyone who comes to Florida must go to the beach. So we took Gramme to one of our favorites, Anna Maria island. Even on a cool windy day the beach is a favorite place to be. I left all these pictures big, because they are great!

                                               Hiding from the wind behind the dunes.




                                                    




 Enjoying the day with family. I know there are a lot of these, but I took a lot and didn't want to leave any of them out







                                                Time for a little picnic. Yum......sand :)




                                                  Joel with his mom, enjoying the view.



 I have no idea how I was able to get this video to work, but enjoy. It's Luke at the aquarium sliding. I will try to post more videos if I can.
                           And now, its time for more trick-or-treating at the children's museum

                                   Luke looking at himself in the Mosaic outside the museum.

 Luke, taking a well deserved candy break. Trick-or-treating is hard work when your a dragon

                                                              Luke the dancing dragon
                                                          And Luke the cooking dragon
                                                           Luke, the veterinarian dragon
                                                              

                                                           This dragon wears many hats

                               After a hard day at play it's time to let loose with a beach party to celebrate his award for.....cough....cough...... best costume!!!
 Luke and Gramme feeding the koi in the Sunken Gardens, botanical gardens in St. Pete. Look close and you can see the koi in all the pictures






Just a few of the many, many beautiful flowers and trees they grow here.

                                                                   More koi to feed


 There was a children's museum next door to the botanical gardens, so of course we had to stop in and check it out.
                                                               Luke, the news man
                                         Luke the fire fighter, and the cashier, engineer,and....

                                           Dairy cow farmer. So many jobs to choose from, so little time.



 Building a forest at Lettuce Lake State park.