Wow--what a trip!! We had a wonderful week on Captiva Island, Florida!Here are a few highlights of our trip. I have so many pictures, so I will post some more later this week. One of the MAJOR highlights was that Jackson caught his 100th fish!! This was something he had been working on with my dad for about 2 years. On the last night, the owner of the restuarant we were at made a presentation to Jackson with a trophy with a fish on top. The whole restaurant clapped for him and he hid behind me until the fuss calmed down. Then, he proudly held it on his head (see pic.) and walked around the restuarant showing people. He can hardly wait to take it to school for show and tell. Now, since Papa (my dad) helped Jackson catch his first 100, he will now start to work with Drew who, at press time, has 10 fish :)
Another day, we did took kayaks thru the mangrove jungle where we saw jellyfish, crabs, lots of fish, racoons, and many beautiful birds. The boys loved that!
And, of course, the beach!! We had a beautiful beach next to our house and the boys couldn't get enough of it. They really got into digging holes and making sandcastles this year.
On a low note, Drew and I brought sickness to the trip. We came with little colds that turned into major bronchial issues and then pink eye for both of us! By the end of the week, we went to the island doctor and everyone got a round of antibiotics--my dad included. I hear my mom isn't feeling so hot now either......sorry!
All in all, it was a great trip and we are so blessed to be able to see the boys experience so many interesting and new things. They are great travelers and we were all sad to leave......we can't wait for next year!
Wow--what a trip!! We had a wonderful week on Captiva Island, Florida!Here are a few highlights of our trip. I have so many pictures, so I will post some more later this week. One of the MAJOR highlights was that Jackson caught his 100th fish!! This was something he had been working on with my dad for about 2 years. On the last night, the owner of the restuarant we were at made a presentation to Jackson with a trophy with a fish on top. The whole restaurant clapped for him and he hid behind me until the fuss calmed down. Then, he proudly held it on his head (see pic.) and walked around the restuarant showing people. He can hardly wait to take it to school for show and tell. Now, since Papa (my dad) helped Jackson catch his first 100, he will now start to work with Drew who, at press time, has 10 fish :)
Another day, we did took kayaks thru the mangrove jungle where we saw jellyfish, crabs, lots of fish, racoons, and many beautiful birds. The boys loved that!
And, of course, the beach!! We had a beautiful beach next to our house and the boys couldn't get enough of it. They really got into digging holes and making sandcastles this year.
On a low note, Drew and I brought sickness to the trip. We came with little colds that turned into major bronchial issues and then pink eye for both of us! By the end of the week, we went to the island doctor and everyone got a round of antibiotics--my dad included. I hear my mom isn't feeling so hot now either......sorry!
All in all, it was a great trip and we are so blessed to be able to see the boys experience so many interesting and new things. They are great travelers and we were all sad to leave......we can't wait for next year!
3 comments:
Jackson-Congratulations on the 100th fish!! You are now 24 fish ahead of Papa!!
I loved this post, Angie. Congrats to Jackson on 100!!
A Mangrove jungle???? What is that?!?!? Sounds awesome! I have never been to a jungle! Jackson, how did you catch 100 fish in two years? That is amazing. How many different kinds did you catch? Did you eat any of them? Sorry to hear that Angie and Drew were a bit under the weather. Drew, looks like building sandcastles is really helping your physique! Jason, did you go fishing or build any sandcastles?
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