Just gonna rub it in a little bit more

Yup a bunch of you guessed right, we're in Florida! Mr Rae's parents rented a house in Clearwater Beach for the whole family (parents, siblings/spouses and kids) and it's been really fun and warm. But it's almost over, and then next week it's off to Seattle for Thanksgiving to spend time with MY family. I tell you we are just a bunch of jetsetters this year. I did a little mental tally: this year I have been to San Francisco, Boston, Chicago, New York, Florida, and (next week) Seattle. That's waaay more travel than normal for me, plus the first four were long weekends without kids (woot!) But Mr Rae wins hands down with so many trips out to New York and San Francisco in the past year I've lost count (he's got a tech startup). Anyway. What was I talking about again? Oh yes. Florida! We spent a lot of our time here in the sand:

And we took a side trip to Busch Gardens on what ended up being the hottest, most humid day we had all week.

While we did enjoy the park a bunch, I have to be honest here: with a 2- and a 4-year old, I didn't feel it was really worth the $$$ to get in. Elliot was a little disappointed that he couldn't go on most of the rides he picked out on the map.

But there's a cute little area for preschoolers called the "Sesame Street Safari of Fun" so that's where we spent most of our time:

And they definitely had fun. But we joked that the four times Elliot rode on the Air Grover mini-coaster costed us roughly $50 each. And then there's the issue of Ms C's nap-time, which happens every day, whether we like it or not:

So that was the end of our visit. Maybe we'll wait until they're each old enough to ride the big coasters before we go back. It's a really great park...I just don't have kids who can really appreciate it yet. They're just as happy to play in the sand.

Hope you've enjoyed the pictures of our trip! Glad I have a visual reminder for next week when I'm shivering again.