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Boating & Swimming With The Manatee | Central Florida | Wordless Wednesday

Jonny's first Jon Boat ride in Florida Manatee waters

Boating in Florida; going to swim with the manatee

Mother Manatee, Baby Manatee, Florida Fish & Boating

Florida water starting to get clear enough to see all of the manatee

Jon boat following manatee swimming from murky water to clear water

Jonny trying to decide whether he should swim in the Manatee water or not

Boy getting ready to jump into the water to swim with the mantee in Florida

Tween boy swimming with the mantee in Florida

Happy pre-teen boy swimming with manatee in Central Florida

In Motherly Love,
Mother Baby Child

21 comments:

Anonymous said...: How fun!; October 26, 2011 at 2:36 PM
Terri's Little Haven @terrishutterbug said...: That looks like so much fun! I love to be out on the water in a boat or in the water. Your photos are great!
New follower :); October 26, 2011 at 2:43 PM
Erika Price said...: Awesome!; October 26, 2011 at 3:06 PM
Ai Sakura said...: Looks like such a fun time! Thanks for linking up. Hope to see u every wk at my Wordless Wed LINKY Party. I'm following on FB and GFC too :)

Ai @ Sakura Haruka; October 26, 2011 at 3:20 PM
kewkew said...: Very cool. Would love if you could stop on over and share
http://totsandme.blogspot.com/2011/10/wordless-wednesday-october-26-2011.html; October 26, 2011 at 3:20 PM
Lea Marie said...: Thank you. Yes, he had a lot of fun. I was surprised because he was never much for boating and swimming, but he's coming along :); October 26, 2011 at 6:37 PM
Coupon Queen said...: What an awesome experience!! I am jelous. Thanks for stopping by today, I am following back now and looking forward to reading more, hope you are having a great week!; October 27, 2011 at 11:48 AM
Lea Marie said...: @Coupon Queen - Awe, thank you. He had the time of his life. I'll be back to get more good info from your blog :) Yes, ty - good week so far. Hope that is is the same for you.; October 27, 2011 at 12:23 PM
Heather Jones said...: I would be scared to swim with manatee. But soo cool. What a great experience!

Heather From and Mommy Only Has 2 Hands!; October 27, 2011 at 3:04 PM
kathy said...: Florida fun! Love the sea cows :); October 27, 2011 at 3:47 PM
Kathryn said...: Fun!

following you from the hop, would love a follow back.

http://cumminslife.blogspot.com/; October 28, 2011 at 11:04 AM
Anonymous said...: Following from the blog hop, hope you can stop by!

http://blog.polkadotelephant.com/; October 28, 2011 at 4:08 PM
Angela said...: Thanks for following Mommy Time Out; October 28, 2011 at 4:30 PM
Lea Marie said...: @kathy - Yes, their neat to watch.; October 29, 2011 at 12:57 AM
Terri said...: Hello! I'm "hopping" by for Mom Blog Monday and am the newest follower of your blog! I would love for you to follow back at http://www.EcoCrazyMom.com.

I'm so excited I discovered your blog and would love to keep in touch. I'm always up for exchanging guest posts and love to network with other bloggers. Please feel free to add your link to my Blog Directory under the "bloggers" tab.

Smiles,
Terri
@EcoCrazyMom; October 31, 2011 at 4:02 AM
Karla said...: What an amazing experience! Manatees are so cool! I bet your son had a great day. : )

My 3 kids are spread out too (although not as much). They're 18, 11, and 9.

Thank you for following me!; October 31, 2011 at 9:09 AM
Denise McDonough said...: WHAT A GREAT EXPERIENCE!
I am very afraid of wildlife so I wouldn't be brave enough for this!
Thank you so much for all your kind words over at Mommy2Nanny3Doggy1.com
It means a lot for people to listen and relate and share :)
As for my boobs yea they are reaching the floor already :( Boooo nursing for over a year made them so nice then again like you said just deflate :( haha but it is amazing how we are given the gift to supply in so many ways!
Bless you this week too :) It is going to be a long one for me! I am lookign forward to my bestfriend/cousins baby shower this coming weekend! So exciting!; October 31, 2011 at 12:22 PM
Lea Marie said...: @Karla - Yes, he really enjoyed. Yes, 9 years is a stretch as well. It's great to meet you. Thanks for taking the time :); October 31, 2011 at 12:30 PM
Lea Marie said...: @Denise McDonough - LOL, he is not your nature boy at all, but he said this was the best time in his life :) LOL, yep ... I have nursed all 3 of my children. Just a few months with my first son, almost 7 months with my second son and Max still nurses at 10 months. Soooooo worth it for them. Thanks so much for venturing over to my blog. I agree and I look forward to our keeping in touch :); October 31, 2011 at 12:34 PM
Anonymous said...: I have done that before near Palm Beach ... it's pretty amaing! Stopping in to follow from the hop - hope you have time to visit and return the favor soon. www.shaunanosler.blogspot.com; October 31, 2011 at 2:58 PM
Anonymous said...: How fun! I've always wanted to swim with dolphins. Maybe someday!; November 2, 2011 at 10:13 AM