The Flying Maliszewskis

This Labor Day weekend the weather is not so great due to the outer bands of Gustav giving us some wind and rain. However that doesn't keep this family down! We spend the day at Ed & Traci's house having a wonderful time and taking advantage of the pool when the weather lightened up for awhile. The thing about Florida is there is always a part of any day where you can get outside and enjoy yourself. Don started the fun by deciding to take a baby pool and using it as a landing spot for high flying fun in the pool. After that it was game on!






Look at me fly!

There goes Don

The Flying Maliszewskis

P.S. A big thanks to Traci for the awesome picures.

First day of school!

The Mote Aquarium

The Friday before school started Robby and I went to the Mote Aquarium in Sarasota with Margaret and Ed. We had an awesome time and it was so fun to spend the day with Margaret and Ed.

Margret and Robby



Robby checking out the sharks


Robby and Ed



Robby and I petting the stingrays. Poor Robby could not get his hand in the tank far enough to touch one.



Robby, Margret and I


Giant dead squid

Charlie's Pass

On Saturday we went to a place called Charlie's pass. It is actually part of the island of North Captiva. North Captiva is part of the island chain that also contains Sanibel and Captiva. North Captiva is only accessible by boat. When hurricane Charlie came through it took a portion of the island with it creating the strip of beach you see to the left. North Captiva is basically split in two now by the pass. It is a beautiful place to go. We went on Ed's boat and had a great time floating in the beautfiul water and chatting away.



Don relaxing in the water!



Robby checking out the floats

and the Hucksam girls kick ass too!

The Maliszewski men don't make ugly chidren

New Beginnings

I am getting a late start on creating a blog so let me give the run down. Driving 1600 miles in a U-Haul with two adults, a seven year old boy, dog and a cat is not fun my friends..not fun at all. When you finally reach Florida your so excited to be there you practically jump out of your seat! Only to find that you have to drive for 6 (yes I said 6) more hours. I remember when we pulled off the highway and started down a backroad I got so jealous as we passed the houses with their lights on and the families inside all nice and comfy. When we finally got to our place (which we will be leaving shortly to move into our brand new home) we had all we could do to drag the beds out and pass out on them.

The next day we woke up and immediatley went over to Margaret and Eddie's house. They are two of the best people in the world and I will soon dedicate an entire blog to them. Eddie, Traci and Ken showed up right after we did. After all of the craziness and sadness of leaving my friends behind it was nice to be surrounded by loving supportive people. Not to mention the assistance they rendered in helping us get everything else out of the U-Haul!

That night, we went to Ed & Traci's for their usual Friday night get together. It was a great time and we were made to feel right at home. Robby was immediately attached to Ed and felt comfortable and at home immediately.

So that's our first 24 hours in FL...more to come in the future!!!