Robert Is Here

Robert Is Here is literally where we went.

Lots of birds! Not that you can see them, but they sure made a lot of noise!

I just thought this was cool. 

So many places we want to go!

Two little monkeys. 

Tasting the honey. 

ALL the kinds of honey you could taste!

We had a blow-out diaper experience. The Asians were concerned. Haha.

This goat got a little too close and Ruth was not impressed. 

This rooster was my fav.

 We went to this place, Robert Is Here, and it was pretty neat. But we picked a hot and HUMID day to go (last Monday, winter weather here is ALL over the place) and I was thinking that we'd just play in the splash pad, only Miamians think its winter, so the water was turned off. So instead we wandered around and looked at all the exotic fruit. Because that is, after all, what Robert is Here is. A fruit stand. For tropical fruit. You can taste a lot of them. Plus a lot of kinds of honey. Then they make shakes with fresh tropical fruit--anything you want. I asked for recommendations and picked key lime. I LOVE key lime yogurt so I figured it was a safe bet. It was more like....a limeade shake. It was just so LIMEY! The kids did not like it, but it was actually quite refreshing. I wish you could taste test the shakes--so many kinds of fruit I've never tasted before! The honey was super crazy too, everything from dragon fruit to chili. The animals were fun but lazy. The funniest part was the Asian tourists we were waiting for our shake with. They didn't see Will in his seat under the stroller at first and when they saw him they jumped out of their skin and started talking crazy fast! Haha. They also pointed at Ruth's hair a lot, the baby a lot, her diaper a lot (I know, I really need to start carrying a second set of clothes. I actually did have a jacket in the van but it was SO HOT!) and just in general fawned over all the kids. It was entertaining. I want to take Sterling there sometime just because its so neat to see all the fruits! (and why don't I have pictures of the fruit stand? no idea.)

Fun

This boy keeps getting cuter and cuter and SO big!!!

This girl is also adorable.

Last Saturday we went to the park immediately when the kids woke up at 6:30am. We stopped at Publix and got a dozen doughnuts and some chocolate milk and headed over. Our van said it was 68 degrees. Ruth could NOT stop shivering, she had goosebumps all over, and she kept asking to go home because it was TOO cold! Haha. In retrospect, we should have brought jackets for the kids, but it really felt great! Then Sterling went to Sams Club with us and helped us unload the van before heading out to study for the entire day. Gotta love med school when the only time your husband can see the kids is 7am!!!

For some reason this whole playground reminded me strongly of Canada. Is there some wooden playground in Canada that is like this one? There really must be, because it seemed like it in my mind but I couldn't place where. Haha.

I was at the park by our house a couple days before this and a mom recognized me from library story time. She was super friendly and once she understood that we had recently moved here she started telling me all SORTS of information about things to do with your kids in the area. One of which was this park, and we really loved it, so thanks for the tip Marcella!

Parks are always so much more exciting when daddy comes!

This river reminded me of North Dakota, I told Sterling that it was similar in size to the river by our house in Minot. Plus the low wooden fence reminded me of Oak Park. Miami actually has a lot of these little 'rivers' all over the place---all the water has to go SOMEWHERE!

And that was our lovely morning with dad. Can't wait for him to take a test on Wednesday so we can enjoy a completely stress-free Thanksgiving!!!