Stuck in the hotel

We are still here in Boca Raton. Apparently we will be here thru Thursday now. This is the only problem with traveling with him. He can't predict how long a fix or install is going to take. Mike didn't get done with work till 1am last night. He left for work early yesterday, only to start having truck problems. Thankfully he hadn't gotten to the freeway yet. He saw a GoodYear and pulled in. Our Water Pump went out. After getting quotes, he called our Durango Warranty Company and got $411. covered! Yeah!! That Warranty has SAVED us more than 5000 on the Durango! That was one of the best purchases financially that we have made. Today, he got to the site that he and 2 other coworkers are working on, AFTER going to another site to work first. He got there only to find out that they were just goofing off until he got there. Costing him 3+ hours of work. Which means, instead of being able to go do what we wanted to do today, go on a Safari or Airboat ride, the kids and I are stuck at the hotel. I have to say, I am not comfortable taking the kids out and about by myself. I don't have a car, and although there are shops nearby, I know the boys don't care to SHOP. They want to do something FUN! And shopping or window browsing at boutiques is not their ideas of FUN!! Yesterday we went to the pool. We were there for about 2 hours before they were done. I would of had pictures, but I was on the phone with Nancy. She has been a friend since 1989. We don't talk often, but when we do, we REALLY talk!! So since I was on the phone, I don't have pictures. Sorry boys... Today we switched rooms. Right across the hall from the other room. Why? Well, if you know Mike at all you already know why!! The other side has a better view. Seriously. Thats why. The room is the exact same. Or rather a mirror image of it. But the. view. is. different.

We now overlook the intercoast rather than the Ocean. (It is on the same side as the room we stayed in waiting for our last one) The other side had some construction going on so it wasn't as pretty as what the pictures showed on the website. Now we get to watch all the yachts go up and down the waterway.

I'm trying to talk the boys into going to the pool. But neither one wants to. Caleb is standing on the balcony watching the boats.

Zachary is lining up the dolls and whacking them with beaded necklaces. Oh, and Spongebob is on.

The moment Spongebob is over, we are OUT of HERE!!!! I don't care if they don't want to swim, they need sunshine!! I need sunshine!!!

Yeah!!! I talked them into going to the pool!!

Boca Raton

We are in Boca Raton now. It is so pretty here! We checked in at 2:30 however our room wasn't ready, so they put us in a regular room. It was a nice room we thought. Then we got our room. Wow! I don't know how Mikey does it, but this room is great! It is a 2 room suite. 2 queen size beds, full living room, dining room, 2 bathrooms, walk-in closets, refrigerator, and 2 balconies. We have been sitting out on the balcony watching the yachts go by. Each one we say, "thats the one I want."

It is between the intercoast and the ocean.

Here we are watching the bridge go up.

I think we have found our hotel to stay at when we come down. There is a state park 1 block over. The boys and I are going to walk there tomorrow while Mikey is working. His coworker brought his family as well, so we are planning on getting together with them for dinner tomorrow or Tuesday night. They have 2 boys, the youngest is about Zacharys age. Christina stayed home alone. She didn't want to spend her spring break away from her friends and boyfriend. We invited Robbie to come with us, but since it is Spring Break, he has to stay home and babysit his 6 year old sister, Brooke. (Her and Zachary play together very well, and are in the 1st grade together.)

There is a very fancy restaurant on the 11th floor and a cafe on the waters edge and next to the pool. That is where we had dinner. Crab cakes, and a blackened mahi mahi sandwich. Both of which were wonderful. The boys had a hamburger and Zachary devoured his and wanted a 2nd one. Caleb is a very very slow eater, so I cut his burger into 4ths and gave Zachary a quarter. They ate their fruit too.

After dinner we walked to the beach and Zachary found a coconut. I can't wait to chop it open and munch on it! This picture is from Mikes phone. For a very 'top of the line' phone, it takes crappy pictures. I cant get rid of Zacharys red eyes!

Dinner and a Frog

We are leaving tomorrow morning for Boca Raton. We will probably be there thru Wed. That is is our 8th wedding anniversary! 8 years!! Married to my best friend! Awww.

Since we will be gone over April 1st, I decided to do our April Fools Dinner tonight.

I made meatloaf and 'frosted' it with mashed potatoes.

I didn't let the kids see what I was making until after it was done.

We called the boys in, (Christina is at Robbies) and started singing Happy Birthday to Speedy. Our turtle.

The boys were like 'WHAT?? Cake for dinner?"

Then after they blew out the candles Zachary started smelling it.

"It doesn't SMELL like cake mommy. It LOOKS like it, but somethings wrong with it. It smells funny."

I cut into the 'double layer cake' and he really was like "EWWW, thats NOT cake Mommy." Caleb on the other hand was totally fooled. "Yummy!! Cake for dinner!! I cant wait to eat cake!"

I think Caleb ended up being the most disappointed that it wasn't cake.

However they loved the taste of it!!

I will post the recipe on my recipe blog. Very easy to make as well!

This comic from Family Circle is SOO our boys.

Billy is saying "I'm telling on you."

Then at the bottom it says "What was it you did again?" Mike and I laughed so hard at this because they are in the tattling stage. I think they "tattle' on each 1000 times a day. I am at the point where "unless you are bleeding, I don't care!!!" This grapefruit is off our Grapefruit Bush. I say Bush because it is only 5 feet tall and full of grapefruits. The grapefruits are huge, but sour. Maybe I need to take the fruit off before they get so big? I've never had a citrus plant before, so I need to find out how and when to harvest it. Right now we are sitting outside enjoying the beautiful weather. Its probably 75 degrees. Zachary is riding his bike and Caleb is rolling his golf balls down the little hill. I don't like Zachary riding in the street. I only want him on the sidewalk. Then a neighbor a few houses down pulled into her driveway. She parked her back tires ON the sidewalk. HELLO??? She has 12 feet from the front of her van to her garage. So I walked over there and asked her VERY NICELY to please move her van off the sidewalk so my children could continue to ride on the sidewalk and not in the street. Well, she moved it up alright. Can you tell how much? Her back end is still hanging out over the sidewalk. She totally has about 10 feet of space to pull forward. What is up with that? Why cant people get their cars back ends OFF the sidewalk so we can use the sidewalks for what they are meant for??

I told Mike that OH WELL if Zachary scratches her van while riding behind it, she has no one to blame but herself.

So I am sitting here typing this and the boys found a frog. They gave it to Mikey to hold and it jumped over to me. Of course I screamed. "AAAHHH get if off of me!!!"

He took it and put it back on his lap. Then it jumped on the computer!

It has spent the last 5 minutes trying to climb up the screen!!

We have it on video as well. How funny!!

Ok, its dark now, and time for the boys bath. We have a busy day tomorrow so hopefully they go to sleep early. Wait, no I take that back. We will keep them up a little later, so that hopefully they will nap on the way down to Boca Raton. We are going to get there before the race so we wont miss it! We have our priorities you know.