On July 2, Benjamin turned 2. Jonathan took the day off so that we could celebrate as a family.
We headed to Chick-fil-a for some lunch and the indoor playground. It was crazy busy that day.
After lunch we headed back home to open presents. Ben got a mini-room makeover so that we could squeeze the train table in.
After presents, we loaded up the car and headed to Longwood.
On Saturday, we celebrated with our Central Florida family and friends at my parents house.
A couple of weeks ago, we met up with one of Rosemary’s best friends from preschool for some splash park fun. It was sweltering and I about ran through the water fully clothed because it was so hot, but the kids had so much fun.
Jonathan took Rosemary on a date on Saturday to see Toy Story 3. Rosemary insisted on wearing her “Jessie pants” (which are now capris) from her Jessie costume from 2 years ago.
They had popcorn and then went to Chick-fil-a at the mall, per Rosemary’s request.
Both said it was a great movie. Rosemary keeps talking about it!
Last week was Vacation Bible School at Rosemary’s preschool.
Last night was Rosemary’s first ballet recital. We looked forward to it all week and had 2 rehearsals before the big night so it was a pretty busy week.
Rosemary was a Growling Bear.
We couldn’t take pictures during the recital so I took a bunch during the dress rehearsal.
The day of the recital
Janice and Richard met at our house and Richard watched Ben during the show. Rosemary wanted a pic with Ben before we left for the church.
Waiting for the recital to begin.
Afterwards, we picked up Rosemary and all gave her flowers. She really did like them, despite how it looks. :-)
We spent Memorial Day weekend in Melbourne for a beach weekend and to visit with Zach. Rosemary and Ben were very excited to see their uncle.
We stayed over at the beach and met up with Zach throughout the weekend. He was a great host and took us to some great local places to eat. When we first got there, we hit Five Guys (not local, but so good) for some burgers then headed to the beach for a bit. That night for dinner we went to a little hole in the wall place that served Hawaiian burritos. Sounds strange but they were so good.
Rosemary really enjoyed the fun bottled sodas.
The next morning we got up, had breakfast at the hotel then headed down to the beach for a long beach day.
The family…all sandy but having lots of fun.
That night we went to Bizzarro’s for pizza then the kids and I headed back the hotel while Jonathan and Zach saw a movie.
The next morning we spent a little more time on the beach then got packed up and ready to go. We met Zach at Mustard’s Last Stand, a hotdog restaurant that served all kinds of hotdogs. I was pretty boring and just got melted cheese, but Jonathan got one with jalapenos and Zach had one that was wrapped in bacon and a tortilla then deep fried and topped with chili and cheese. After that Zach took us to Cold Fusion for ice cream where we picked out our flavors and they made the ice cream right in front of us with liquid nitrogen. The kids loved it.
On our way home, we stopped in Groveland to visit a bit with Elizabeth, Ezekiel, and Ian. After dinner, we loaded up and headed home after a great weekend with family.
We celebrated Rosemary’s last week of school at a picnic.
She was so blessed to have such a great group of friends this year. We’ve already made plans to meet up with some of her friends throughout the summer.
