He also got soccer goals, so the boys tried it out. Of course Alexander doesn't understand the rules, so when we had just one ball, and Glenn got to it first, Alexander just took Glenn down. So, for the meantime, we used two balls. But we have signed him up for U4 soccer this fall (they play games and a 16 minute game with not too many rules). That should be funny to watch.
We spent the last week in Orlando. Bob's parents got a condo for the week, and we stayed with them and Bob's Uncle Jack. We had a lot of fun! We spent a lot of time at the pool (especially Alexander, who has become quite the little fish). We went to Downtown Disney one day. First stop was the Lego store. I got the boys to stay still long enough for this picture with Buzz from Toy Story:
We must have passed this next sculpture of Buzz and Woody at least four times, and every time we did, it was like the first time Alexander saw it. He would shout out, "Buzz and Woody!"
As we were leaving, Glenn wanted a picture in front of the waterfall and dinosaur behind the T-Rex restaurant:
For Poppy's Father's Day/Birthday present, the boys got him a Melissa & Doug bird house that they were supposed to help put together with Poppy, and then he brought it home. But I didn't realize it used real screws-a hurricane can't take this bird house apart!!! But they handed things to him and Alexander helped him screw it together:
Then Glenn painted the bird house with Poppy's direction:
Alexander had to add his colorful touches, too:
We made use of our one day passes that last the year (for FL residents) to Busch Gardens in Tampa yet again! We went with Bob's parents, Bob's Uncle Jack, and my parents. Bob and I got to go on some big people rides while the grandparents watched the boys. Alexander finally took a picture with Big Bird (AKA Yellow Baby- the stuffed animal version that he sleeps with) all by himself:
We saw some animals:
We also went in the tree tops in a crazy maze like play scape. I think I was too tall, but we still had fun:
Of course we HAD to go on the train around the park. It really is relaxing! Oh, and they all persuaded me to buy the hat:
It was HOT!!!
We got some ice cream:
We had a wonderful dinner overlooking the Busch Gardens Savannah. We could see many of the animals from our table.
We brought the boys back to the Sesame Street on Safari area one last time, and this was their last ditch effort at having fun before we had to leave:
The boys and I got a chance to see our friends again that recently moved to just north of Tampa:
I love this one:
Bob's parents and uncle came home to our house last night for one last night with us and left this morning.
The boys and I had a busy day of appointments today. Alexander had his first full dental cleaning this morning. I was nervous, thinking he wouldn't let them touch him. But he was perfect. He did exactly what he was supposed to do. Here he is after his cleaning, waiting for the dentist to come in, watching Cars:
I was so proud of him, and Glenn said over and over how well Alexander was doing and how proud he was of him. So, the hygienist gave Glenn a token for the toy tower, too, for being such a supportive brother.
Then Glenn was off to the ophthalmologist this afternoon. He has to have his eyes checked every year to make sure he doesn't have any tumors on his optic nerves (which is a slight possibility due to his NF1, but gets lower and lower risk every year). His eyes are very healthy, however he needs glasses. I noticed he had trouble reading the letters at the beginning of the exam, and I didn't know if it was because he couldn't see them or because he wasn't really paying attention. But they have that automatic machine that checks your prescription, and sure enough, it's changed quite a bit. It's nothing like my prescription, but he does need glasses for school and doing his homework, although he can wear them all the time if he chooses. So, we are on the hunt for glasses. At first he said he didn't want to wear glasses. But once I mentioned that his friend Sarah wears them, he was excited.
Alexander was happy to be sleeping in his own bed tonight:
And Glenn couldn't fall asleep because he had been sleeping with someone for the past week. So, he asked to go sleep with Alexander even though he was already asleep:
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