A cure for cabin fever

Movin' on! We found a great three-bedroom apartment in the Cove, to share with Nana Lorna as we complete our home renovations (now only two minutes away!)...Lots of excellent help with the moving process, thanks to Jon, Tim, Kevin, and Grady: the fellas worked their butts off for pizza and San Pellegrino Limonata--truly heroic! We'll miss our little house in the big woods, our home for the first fifteen months of Aurora's life. I took this final photo of Steve and the wee gals before we packed up. Bon voyage toute la famille...

We all scream for ice cream

I wisely chose to take the girls for ice cream to compensate for a challenging afternoon for both of them (not to mention myself): Miranda's dental check-up and Aurora's vaccinations! Both appointments went fine--despite some reluctance, some struggling, a little out-and-out rage, and a few tears (I really must try to control myself, LOL)... Somehow it all melted away as we enjoyed our cones at Cocoa West! Coooooool...

Nana and girls

Nana Lorna is enjoying spending time with her grandbabies as she recovers from her stroke. The girls have been coached to treat her with kid gloves--although perhaps we should have told them what kid gloves are! Aurora is especially rambunctious, with a lot of character: as we like to say, when they were handing out personality, she got in line twice! Thank goodness she has Miranda as a role model, and a wonderful--and impressively resilient--Nana as well.

Beach baby

Bowen Bay Beach buddies!
We joined some friends for a picnic dinner and swim, and Aurora bared it all and braved the waves with Dada. Although her delight was relatively short-lived (Steve handed her off so he could do a long swim out to the buoy), it was sincere... she's still recovering from mosquito bites incurred on our camping trip (as is Miranda), so I'm sure the cold salt water was refreshing. It's another fine weekend, so we're headed to the beach again this afternoon while the sun shines!