Things to Do in Tampa When it's Hot (Still)

The last week has been beautiful here.  Not traditional fall, but beautiful.  Chilly at night, warm during the day, and much lower humidity.  So while much of the north is preparing for a winter storm, or still dealing with the consequences of the season's first, we thought we'd take advantage of such a great day and wash the car.  Any excuse to get the hose out and spray one another makes our boys excited.  Like Christmas excited.
Here's the dirty car.  Hard to tell, but the car was so filthy that I actually used it to help keep track of my laps around the block when I was running on Friday.  All I had to do was keep tally with marks on the dirty back windshield - an even lower-class way of writing "Wash Me", if such a class existed.

Micah taking his turn,

and then showing Liam how to do it.  I was impressed that Liam had the hand strength to do it all by himself, but he did, and wanted "No help, Mommy".

I'm not sure how much of the car he actually rinsed, but he looked the part!

When washing a car, it's very important to not just rinse all areas of the car, but also the driveway underneath the car, which was very soapy.

Look Mom - bubbles!!  Seriously, nothing makes this child happier than bubbles.

It might be Thanksgiving, but around here, we've got a lot of ham.

I've heard it said that you will always remember the first time a boy gives you flowers.  Well, I'm not sure I remember that, but I will always remember the first time Micah, on his own, picked me a flower and brought it to me.  Here it is.  And when he gave it to me, he said, "I know your favorite color is purple, but this is yellow."  I told him, "Mommy loves flowers of all colors."
But I love even more the heart of the little boy who handed it to me.

By the way, the lack of blog posts is not due to lack of trying to post.  Our computer is dying a slow death, and has begun to refuse to perform certain activities.  Like upload more than one photo at a time, if it decides to upload at all.  Or allowing me to browse the internet for more than 90 seconds before freezing.  Or turning on - that's the latest game. It turns on, but won't send any signals to the monitor.  We're holding out for Black Friday sales, so bear with me and keep checking back - I'll update as often as the computer lets me!