We're Moving!

Since we're no longer going to be the "Florida Gatchel's" you can now follow us at: http://maizeandbluegatchels.blogspot.com Hope to see you there!

Rain - Finally!

So glad to report that we finally got some rain today! There have been fires north of us (they actually shut down I-95 and US 1 they got so bad) and hopefully this diminishes the threat at least a little. We are still way behind on rainfall, but it's better than nothing. The kiddos acted like they hadn't ever seen rain before :)

He kept telling me the mulch was getting wet...

End of February Already?

I can't believe today is the last day of February? Where has this month gone?? Didn't I just say that about January? I'm so excited that my mom comes in Friday and that this time next week we'll be getting ready to leave for Ohio. How is that possible?

I ddin't take any pictures today but I think I forgot to post these that follow the other night. Hopefully tomorrow I'll do better :-p Until then...

Noah was reading Good Night Moon to Mikayla and All Star bear. It is too cute that he actually knows the majority of the book!

Mikayla post swiss cake roll :-p

CHOCOLATE!

Fun in the Sun!

Have I mentioned lately how blessed we are to live in Florida and be privy to the wonderful weather in February? My kiddos played in the pool and the sprinkler today, that's how nice it is here. We of course got lots of fun pictures we had to share. Can you tell they had a blast? Until tomorrow...

They are quite the twosome

Splish splash!

And then they got the lawn mower out!

Freaky Friday

Today has been weird... We did make it to the Inlet this morning but didn't end up staying as long as we had originally anticipated. While the website said there would be trails, we wrongly assumed that we would be able to pull the wagon on them. Oops... We did check out a couple of the peers and some of the other park area, but ended up heading back into town and having lunch at (Noah's favorite) Melbourne Beach Park. He has been obsessed with this lately and we're not sure why. Grant and I have only taken him there a couple of times, but he has been asking constantly for the last couple of weeks to go there all the time. We ended up having our picnic there and then the kiddos played for awhile.

On the way home we told Noah that if he took a good nap there would be a surprise for him when he got up. Yesterday, I got a free movie from Redbox via Facebook and we had gotten a movie for Noah to watch tonight as a treat. Somehow it seems every time we tell him he has to take a nap he does just the opposite. He and Mikayla got themselves into quite a bit of trouble for absolutely refusing to take a nap today. Two and a half hours later Grant and I finally realized it was a losing battle and got them up.

After much discussion we caved and decided he could watch the movie anyway. Bad idea. Because of the movie he refused to eat dinner. So instead he got a fast bath and bedtime at 7pm. The crummy behavior was quite a letdown after we had so much fun this morning at the park. Oddly enough, he was happy to go to bed and went of smiling and giggling. (Further frustrating his parents, I assure you) Not sure why he's in a funk but hopefully tomorrow will go better. Until then...

Mikayla riding the shark!

Ready for the weekend

I am so ready for the weekend, I feel like I have been going non-stop this week! I think we need a rainy day here soon, just so I feel like it's OK to slow down for a bit. That and maybe to eliminate a bit of the fire threat :-p Not much exciting to share from today, but a few pictures anyway. We weren't able to see the launch from here today due to clouds, so unfortunately no pictures of that. Grant's off tomorrow and we're taking the kiddos to the Sebastian Inlet State Park so hopefully we'll get some good pictures then. Until tomorrow...

I thought she was too cute this morning

Picnic!

Have to spend the beginning of this post bragging up my big boy - Noah went all day today without any accidents! Including nap time!!!! Yay! We were even out of the house this morning at the store and a trip to the park for a picnic (he used the big potty while we were out!) I am so proud of him :) As my mom said, it was like a light came on in him. I can actually tell that he gets it. It is ridiculously adorable to hear "Mama, may I go pee pee on the potty?" Can you tell that I'm one really thrilled Mama right now??? :-D

Otherwise, we had a fabulous time going to the park for a picnic today. The kids had a great time with lunch and then playing. As I've mentioned before, Mikayla thinks she's much bigger than she actually is and today was no exception. She's climbing up slides, crawling through tunnels and getting into everything! I have to say that she is so different from Noah. She is absolutely FEARLESS. Noah would have to be prodded into doing any of those things. Mikayla just goes after it. I think it is because she doesn't want to be left behind. She spends most of her time chasing after Noah which she seems perfectly content with at this point. It is so wonderful to see the way each of them is putting out their own personality.

Until tomorrow....

All of a sudden I hear "Mama, I was keeping my eyes peeled and I see a turtle!"

He did actually get brave enough to touch the turtle after I convinced him it was OK

Yummy lunch at the park

Mikayla, too!

Giving All Star Bear a ride on the swing

He told me he was being a frog

And she's off!