Jacksonville

We spent the past week in Jacksonville, in the San Marco neighborhood. Our hotel was really nice and within walking distance to a lot of great places for me and Lennon. Kyle worked Monday through Saturday so we spent the week exploring. We went to the library a couple times, it was just around the corner from our hotel. One day we just went and read books and played with some of their toys, the next time we went to story time. It was a lot smaller than story time at the Orem library but it was really good. The librarian taught them about St. Patrick's day, leprechauns, and rainbows with pots of gold at the end. Lennon really liked all the songs and the flannel board lesson they did. I'm pretty sure the library is his favorite place in the world, he talks about it all day everyday. Whenever people at the hotel would talk to him or say hi, he would just say "yeah! The library!"  

Our hotel had a pool, so we went down there a couple times. Lennon sat in the hot tub for the first time ever and I couldn't get him out. I kept trying to get him to swim in the big pool with me but he just wanted to stay in the "warm pool".

There was also a really cute downtown area and a playground close to our hotel.

It looked like all of the buildings were built in the 40's or 50's but were kept up really nice. We stopped one day and bought a cookie and just hung out on the sidewalk, Lennon could watch cars and trucks drive by all day. 

Jacksonville also has a free monorail in the downtown area and one of the stations was right next to our hotel. Lennon and I rode that across the St.John's River to the Jacksonville Landing. They have a bunch of shops and a splash pad there so we played for a while and got some ice cream, then Lennon  threw rocks in the river for a while (of course). He had to ride the monorail home with no pants on because he got soaked at the splash pad but he didn't care. He thought it was so fun to ride it, he kept telling everyone he rode on the little train. 

One of the nights (none of these events are in order because I can't remember which we we did things) we went out to Kyle's manager's in-laws house for dinner. They live in St. Augustine, which is right by Jacksonville. They live in a really pretty area, near a river. There were a couple of kids there for Lennon to play with, it was so nice, he's really been missing his cousins and friends. It was also nice to have a good home cooked meal. Our hotel had free breakfast and dinner every night so we haven't really cooked since we've been out here. 

This morning (Sunday) we packed up our hotel and then went to Jacksonville beach for a little bit. It was a really nice beach but we didn't stay long, Lennon was ready for a nap. Now we are headed to Tampa! We will be there for the next two weeks, and from there I don't know where we'll go :)