End of Megan's, Michael's and Thomas' Florida Vacation

Mad dogs and Englishmen out in the noon day sun?




No! A typical Canadian "snow bird" determined to swim in the 50 F (10 C) Atlantic Ocean before his vacation ends! Strong of body, if weak of mind, these Canadians.



After a very quick dunk in the cold winter ocean, Michael races to shore. It was bracing!



Megan and Thomas walk to the newly renovated Indian River Lagoon Preserve Park ...



... to reach the Indian River Lagoon.



Vacation's over! While Michael and Megan load the car, Grandpa entertains Thomas on the bedroom floor (just one of a dozen or so pictures taken by Grandma of belly laughs by Thomas as Grandpa goes "whoooo" to him - but, in the interests of space, only one is shown).
 

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Michael said…
hey, why did you take my head and paste it on a picture of Boris Yeltsin swimming?
January 23, 2010 at 7:13 p.m.
Margot said…
Looks like a very happy boy.
January 24, 2010 at 1:39 p.m.
Hervé and Bryn said…
Brave man. I have trouble gettin in water under 28 degrees (82 Fahrenheit for mom). That's the temperature I will be programming our pool at.
Thomas's pictres remind a lot of Brandon's. Same smile (legs always moving when he smiled) and no hair (if he is like Brandon and Alicia, he won't get much hair till he is about 2, but now quite the full head of thick hair - no need to worry about baldness since Grandpa says hair genes come from the mother's side of the family)
January 25, 2010 at 4:00 a.m.
The Old and the Restless said…
Yup. Almost every time Thomas had a belly laugh, he kicked his legs too. Many of the pictures mom took had fast moving (blurred) legs in them.

Dad
January 25, 2010 at 1:51 p.m.
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