Out of their Minds Design

Florida Playdate!

I got in contact with my roommate from college, Dave Ingram, while I was down in Florida. His wife said we should meet at a nearby park on the 23rd, so we pulled the kids out of their box, and headed over there. See this image larger.

The park was brilliant, with a ton of equipment, a fence to keep all the kids penned in, and a fake-grass covered, soft rubbery surface for would-be skydivers. Here Ian and Nina sample a race car. See this image larger.

Nina takes the wheel! See this image larger.

One of many slides! Some little girl gave Nina potato chips out of nowhere, was kind of funny and weird.

A nice train…

Nina waves to her adoring public. See this image larger.

These guys had fun, and they did not stop.

This is the beautiful family that we came to visit, my college roommate Dave Ingram, Jennifer, their daughter Hannah, and Bear the dog. In a different image, I joked about the dog not looking at the camera, so Hannah straightened him out on this one. hehe! See this image larger.

Hannah was at the age where she was AMAZING with kids. Nina took to her immediately.

Old chums. See this image larger.

We had to drop by Target on the way home, but Grandma Sue also mentioned wanting to take the kids to the beach. To be quick I asked Melissa to run inside by herself, while the rest of us waited with anticipation to get to the beach… As soon as Melissa left the car, they zonked out from exhaustion. The park took a lot out of them! See this image larger.

But the kids did wake back up, and we did make it to the beach by sundown. And what a cool sight welcomed us!

My beauties! See this image larger.

What a wonderful family I have! See this image larger.

This shot by Grandma!

A beautiful shot of Grandma Sue and the kids! See this image larger.

Daddy joins in while Mommy snaps away! See this image larger.

The kids on the beach! See this image larger.

Another shot. See this image larger.

Grandma got the best shot of the kids walking together though… nice one! See this image larger.

Eventually Ian ran on ahead, like a 4 year old is want to do. See this image larger.

Nina spontaneously broke into T’ai Chi, having been told by her former sansei that it is particularly affective in a peaceful location like the beach. (I’m kidding.)

Our little cutie, trucking right along! See this image larger.

We had a relaxing final night at Grandma Sue’s. Thanks for your hospitality and generosity!

Quality Time with Grandma Sue and Aunt Annie!

The next day was the 22nd, and Aunt Annie came over to Grandma Sue’s! See this image larger.

And guess what, kids? More Christmas!

Ian got this cool plane!

Nina got a pillow shaped like Brobee from Yo Gabba Gabba!

She loves Yo Gabba Gabba, but she calls the show Foofa, because of a character named that on the show. She loved the toy, thank you Aunt Annie!

And Ian loved flying around with his too!

*Yo Gabba Gabba MUSIC?!? AWESOME!*

Then we went over to the Bubba Gump Shrimp restaurant for lunch! See this image larger.

Can you find Ian? See this image larger.

Back at the house, Nina invited Brobee to the tea party, and he showed up without an RSVP. The nerve!

Thanks for driving over to Grandma Sue’s Aunt Annie! We all loved seeing you again!

Casey kitty’s poker face. Is he happy? Sad? Mad?

Quality Time with Grandma Sue and the Eaves!

Forgot a couple shots from the 20th, camera put them out of order :-\ Anyway, here’s a lovely shot of Grandma Sue, Ian and Nina at the Christmas Lightwalk thingy. We had a lot of fun, and I even saw something that we pretty much assume will be everywhere next year. (They were a string of long pieces that contained a series of lights in a column, that lit top to bottom one after the other, made it look like the tree was raining light… gorgeous!) See this image larger.

We ate dinner at a great place that Grandma Sue suggested, and the waiter was so nice he gave Ian some free ice cream! I think the kid might have even deserved it! 😉 Nina got a little taste too!

On the 21st we went to a cool restaurant that overlooks an airport, Ian was thoroughly entertained by the helicopters taking off!

That night, Uncle Gordon, Aunt Leslie, and Aunt Tara all came over to hang with the crazy kids! See this image larger.

Look at those matching smiles! See this image larger.

The kids gravitate to Uncle Gordon and Aunt Leslie a lot… Ian recently said he’d like to go visit “The aunt that lives in the building way up in the sky” on our next visit to Florida. Can do, kiddo! See this image larger.