Englewood Beach

Today we went to Englewood Beach.  It's a beach that's about 20 minutes away from Port Charlotte, and our neighborhood has a "beach club" there where we can park, use chairs, picnic tables, etc.  When Lance got home and LJ woke up from his nap, we headed out.  It was windy, therefore a little chilly for normal beach-time activities like swimming, etc. but we had a blast.  We even stopped and ate on our way out at a little beach restaurant.  What a great day!  LJ has gotten to do so many fun things since being here - swimming in February, playing golf with his dad, going to spring training practice, playing with his friends at the Y, and doing a motion and dance class at Kids Playz - what fun!!!  We are so thankful for these opportunities - hope you enjoy the pictures!

How cute is that knee?!  A little scrape, but we thought it deserved a Darby and Pooh bandaid.

LJ looking for Lance on one of the spring training fields.  There are 5 of them, so it's hard to find him!

To get to the field, LJ and I rode our bike.  Our initial destination was a park, but we got there and we were alone with an older man.  My "red flags" were going up, so I had to come through on my promise another way.  We rode like 5 more miles to go to the ballpark, and I think he preferred that anyway!  :)

Fits of giggles after chasing the seagulls away!

The aforementioned segulls :)

Little hand with a little shell

"LJ"...of course, who else?

Getting brave with a group of pelicans then running like mad away when they got closer!

"racing" with Dad

He always makes me smile.

Freezing little feet.  We played in the surf then ran back yelling , "it's cold!!!", then he'd ask me, "wanna do it again?"  So, we did it like 50 times...

The two most precious people.