Today we headed to Captiva Island to tour another outdoor adventure, but it was under construction until October. Instead we went to the Shell Museum and learned about different species that have been found on the 3rd most popular beach in the world to 'Shell'. There was a little scavenger hunt for Jake to do so we had fun with that. His prize was of course a shell and also a coloring book. You can't take shells that have anything living in them and its amazing what huge things are below us and have no idea until you step on a large conch! Goggles for me!
Sailors Valentines (can you imagine putting those shells together?)
Next stop was birthday lunch at Doc Fords on the island, mojitos included! Jake really doesn't like his picture taken that much anymore and also doesn't like to be sang 'Happy birthday' to either. Strange (he must get that from his Father)
Hero Factory Birthday!
Its hard to believe he is 5! He is a great, sweet, funny boy who follows the rules but still timid about new things and also isn't afraid to speak his mind (to me at least). Happy to have a child that is go with the flow and flexible. He is also like those AT&T commercials where the kids talk nonstop about incredibly imaginary things. Right now he loves building anything and wants to create stories of good guys and bad guys. Youtube seems to be a current interest where he draws inspiration from another kid who likes to build hero factory and skylander things. Cracks me up! Love you Jake!
We decided to go out for dinner on the water. I had mussels and they were fantastic as usual. Jake had a lovely dessert :-) Tomorrow we were all heading North; my parents to Detroit and us to Orlando!
Happy Five Jake! Love that last pic of both of you, he's actually looking into the camera AND smiling!
ReplyDeleteBy the way, my new goal is to collect enough shells to make my own Sailor's Valentine. Love it! I already have a place for it ~ I'm going to hang in on the back of the cupboard right when you walk in the door. :)
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