Golf Cart Rides in The Villages

 Marlon made everyone oatmeal pancakes and sausage. Marlon ate his breakfast when Archer got up. Archer likes his pancakes with peanut butter and syrup.

After breakfast, we loaded up in the golf carts and are on our way to Spanish Springs to return a Tervis thermos that actually had rust in it.  It's only 2 weeks old and cost $30 it should never have rusted on the inside.

We stopped at Dunkin Doughnuts and got some ice-cold drinks and the boys had drinks and their doughnuts with chocolate icing and sprinkles. While there we downloaded the Legoland app and checked out what we were interested in seeing.  The app will let us check in for rides and movies and shows so we don't have to wait in any line.

Decided we would take them to Cody's Steakhouse in Sumter Landing. It's about a 35-minute golf cart ride.

This is Sumter Landing and Cody's is by the boat docks.

There is this orange truck that sits out front so I took the boy's pictures.

A short walk from where we parked to Cody's . Love Josh and Brody's matching shirts.

Check out our delicious food!  YUMMY

After lunch, we were going to take a boat ride around the lake. It's only 3:45pm and the boat ride doesn't start till 4pm.  When we got there we were told the heat index is 106F and they were not going to run the boat today. We decided then to take a walk around the lake.

FIRST DAY WITH MY BOYS IN THE VILLAGES

 Well, it's noon and the boys are getting out of bed. Getting home at 3:30am from the airport made us all sleep in. :-) Grandpa made them egg, cheese, and bacon sandwiches.  Yummy they ate it all!! Showered and ready for a golf cart ride to the grocery store, and to get guest passes for the pools and recreation centers.

Drove the golf carts to Brownwood Publix and shopped for some of the boys' favorite foods :-) .  Now for a surprise stop at Dunkin Doughnuts.  We parked and went in to check out the selection of delicious doughnuts.  The boys (Brody & Archer) picked out the doughnut with the chocolate frosting and sprinkles.  Marlon, Joshua, and I had a bagel and cream cheese.

The skies are getting dark and the wind has picked up. 

Well, it's raining outside, and it's time for some indoor activities. The boys have to paint by numbers and are going to paint pictures to take home to their mother.

We are basically waiting on the paint to dry and Brody wants to take a nap.  Archer wants to take a golf cart ride.  I took him to see my friend Mickey first.  She thought he was a cutie pie.  Once back in the cart I let Archer sit on my lap and drive the golf cart.  He did very good at steering and the gas pedal.  On our way to another friend's house Mary.  We stopped and knocked on her door.  She invited us in and we chatted a little bit.  We are now back at the house and it's time to start thinking about what's for dinner.  Marlon is making burgers on the grill, corn on the cob, and french fries.  After dinner, we all got in the golf carts and took a ride to Brownwood and a dance band was playing.  We stopped and listened to some music and I learned how to do the salsa dance. 

My Boys

Now we are back in the cart and hunting for some alligators. It is a long cart ride to the new area of The Villages called Fenny.  I am so enjoying this time with my boys.  We found not one gator tonight but we will look again tomorrow.  

It is dark outside and we drove home from Fenny in the dark.  I'm exhausted from yesterday and today.  I have a book of short stories I'm going to read the boys for bedtime.  The boys had a small bowl of ice cream.  Guess Brody doesn't like icecream but Archer does:-)  I thought all kids liked cookies and cream ice cream!!