Pics from FL - day at the mall...

As I look at these pictures, I realize - Jacob is wearing the - exact - same - sweatsuit everyday. I promise, he did get a shower & dressed differently every night for dinner... However, I did not want to believe the 10 day forecast, so my child had many more shorts than sweatsuits packed. Heck, he had more swimsuits than sweatsuits.


Mother Nature, she had plans for more sweatsuits than swimsuits. Hence, the same clothes...

In an effort to entertain the active almost 2 year old, we spent a morning playing in the kids area of the Naples Mall. We had eye-spied it our first trip there, when we went to walk it & kill time avoiding the cold that we hoped would soon depart. (by the way, it finally broke as we were loading the car for Ft. Lauderdale's airport)

Jacob was in love with the play area. He could touch things without hearing "No, Jacob!" He could run full speed, from one thing to the next... :) And best of all, it gave him a chance to really master the slide...

Here he is at the top of the slide. They hid it inside a tree that the older kids climbed all over, giving me a heart stoppage as J would jump off the slide at the bottom & turn to go to the stairs - right in the bigger kids direct line when jumping off the tree... Thankfully, there were no major collisions.

He really navigated getting in & out of the canoe rather well, for a first timer...

And when we got home, after a nice long nap, Grandpa took us on the beach for some more time to RUN! Jacob is getting really good at throwing the ball & fetching it. Catching it is something he still shies away from a bit, but that will come in time too...

As you can see, Grandpa had even pulled out a coat - and this was the warmest time of the day... Sigh... However, even at it coldest, it was still MUCH warmer than Chicagoland...