Florida: Futon Diving ~= Napping

The Fougeres came by for a beach day and brought lots of stuff for us to use including a giant tent and, most importantly, a wagon which served as our kid transport for the week. Michel showed off his baby whisperer talents and managed to get Emma to sleep in the middle of a beach party but lost some points later on when his game of moat monster with the older kids escalated to the point where she woke up prematurely. Many attempts were made back at the house to get everybody to sleep. Michel was sent upstairs to manage the situation and when things didn’t quite seem calmed down we went to investigate and found that he had shirked his duties and was busy organizing a game which consisted of leaping off the coffee table onto the futon. We rearranged Ellie’s room for Devin and left Michel to do his magic. I later checked again and found Michel asleep on the futon while Devin explored the second floor unhindered. Eventually we gave up and headed to a carnival on the Treasure Island beach. A brief spurt of rain had basically cleared the place out and we more or less had all the rides to ourselves. Ellie was below the minimum height for all but one of the rides but Phoebe was able to get on all that she could.

Above: There is zero chance that as the operator of that ride I would be sober. Below: Seeing Ellie with Phoebe was quite entertaining until my mind fast forwarded to 14 years from now when they are driving my GTI around town. Double Trouble.