Heeeere Come the Gators!

Blayne has officially been introduced to the world of the Gators. The Orange and Blue game, the annual spring scrimmage, was a few weeks ago and I decided to take Blayne. He'd been asking to go to a Gator game forever, I found free tix, we had to get out of the house anyways (cause Sean would be sleeping all day) and I thought it was high time he got to go see the most awesome team in the world play football. And we had such a fun day!! We got up early and got moving (and despite the awesome traffic on the FL Turnpike) made it to Gville and headed to the stadium. I probably should have prepared Blayne for how big it was going to be. I think he was a little overwhelmed. There were over 50,000 people there though so it's understandable. Here's his first look...
This is what he was staring at
I wish I could've been in his head to hear what he was thinking about all this. I think he thought he might actually get to get on the field and play some football! He ended up loving it though, he did the Gator chomp and sang the songs and ate hot dogs and drank Gatorade (of course!). The only disappointment was that Al the Alligator did not come say hi to him.
Me and my boy cheering on the teamBeautiful day for football!Future Gator
After the game we went to the Butterfly Rainforest for a bit then walked around the campus by the Bat House and Lake Alice. We even got to see an alligator. It was a perfect day!
I love hanging out with him!And this is approximately 5 min after we got in the car to head home. =)

A Day on Lake June

So one of Sean's friend's friend's parents (didja get that??) have a house on Lake June and they invited us down for the day on Saturday. We had such an awesome time!! Sean got to hang out with his buddy Mark who he hadn't seen for like 2 years and we got to meet his adorable little girl Madison who is 3. And I realized something that day too - my son is completely fearless when it comes to the water. I mean fearless. He will jump in pretty much any body of water without a thought for his own safety. Lakes, pools, bathtubs... he ain't skeered of any of 'em. He was jumping off the dock before I could get floaties on him. Luckily it wasn't deep. And then once he had the floaties on there was no stopping him! He even went tubing!! It was so cute. Sean went for the first time too which was so much funnier than I thought it would be. =) Hearing him scream from the middle of the lake before flying off the tube was definitely a highlight of my day. Tim (the boat driver) took it easy when Blayne was on there though. And he was just chillin - not a care in the world. Him and Madison had a good time playing in the lake finding lots of shells (aka mussles) and we all went to a playground too. It was such a great day!! Here are some pics...
Isn't she just the cutest thing?!?Sean on the tube! Too bad you can't hear him... =)
The start of the (first) wipeout
There's Sean AND Blayne
What'd I tell you? He was totally chillin'.Playing with DaddySwinging with MommyThe happy family!Say it with me... "Awwwwwww!"
The boys and their kiddies

Fun Stuff

So Blayne and I have been having a blast since we moved down here! Here are a few of the things we've done...

We went to Henscratch Winery to feed the chickens and pick some strawberries. We ended up having to pick tomatoes and peppers instead cause the strawberries got messed up by the cold snap (and by cold snap I mean a few nights of 40ish degree weather) but that was fine cause I made some salsa with my fresh veggies which turned out to be really stinking good. =) But I digress... here are some pics!

Picking tomatoes... and then throwing them at the chickens. In his defense, I think he was trying to feed the chickens.Seriously, look at this guy!! His "hair" is ridiculous. All the other chickens probably make fun of him. Or her. That 'do is out of control.

We also went out to the Hammock one day with Kerri and Brody (Blayne calls him Bro-day with a HUGE southern accent!) and then went on the catwalk. It was the first time in a long time that I have actually seen any animals out there - have a look!

Blayne on the playgroundCrikey, he's a monster!! Easily 8 ft. Blayne likes this pic because the gator has a leaf on it's nose and that just cracks him up.
Kurckles too!! Well just the one turtle actually but there was another one swimming around in the water close by.
And this beast - we were leaving, driving down the main road and he just ran across the road right in front of the truck in front of me! And then stopped and just hung out in the bushes. Yeesh. I was glad to be surrounded by two tons of steel - imagine riding your bike past that thing! I thought about stopping to tell the rangers that there was a gator just off the road but then imagined the looks on their faces... "Oh reeeeeaaaaaaallly. An alligator huh? In the swamp?? Unheard of. We'll get right on that." so I just drove on home instead. =)