Winter is upon us

I'm sure it made national news that it snowed in Florida yesterday. We didn't get snow but we did get some sleet and tiny hail. It was enough to get the kids excited. It was also enough to get them to realize that they like warmer weather better. We ventured out to see the 100 manatees that are all gathered into the Brevard canal trying to stay warm. It's about a twenty minute drive from our house. The news said the water here is 75 degrees. When we were there at mid day the temp was 36.

You can see the steam rising off the water.

We counted 29 of them in the little area where we were standing.

Luke has been rocking out on rock band. He begs to participate when we get it out, and he'll cry until someone lets him have a turn on guitar or drums. (picture courtesy of Jack)
I think I mentioned in the last post that he became a Daddy's boy while Doug was on vacation. It has seriously rocked his world having Doug go back to work and church responsibilities. He cried for him for about 5 minutes straight last night as I was putting him to bed last night and Doug was gone. He was still awake when Doug came home and you should have seen his face brighten up when he heard the door open. We were letting him cry himself to sleep finally last night and he had cried for a while and finally stopped. A few minutes later we heard loud crying in the hall. He had climbed out of his crib, opened the door and burst into tears when he found the hallway door to the living room closed. He is our first kid to figure out how to climb out of the crib on his own. I guess crying himself to sleep may not be an option. Now what??!!