New Years Eve 2010

We started New Year’s Eve with present opening… everyone kept saying it was Christmas… the FL calendar must be different :)

My favorite in this round was a cement mixer!

Then we went out for brunch and went to the beach!

Kiki and I played together… giggled together… and

Kayaked!

Dada and I were great at paddling… but for some reason Mama and Dada were not as in sync.  :S We kayaked over to honeymoon island and I had fun running around the sand dunes.  I didn’t read the sign that said don’t run in the sand burr bushes… I ran in (with no shoes on) and cried until Mama ran in (with no shoes on) and then she cried too. 

We stayed up late… made lots of noise at midnight and then crashed from a long fun day.

Christmas 2010

I am a little behind but I’ll start at the beginning. My excitement for Christmas started with the tree and grew with….

cookie baking… and snowing…yes, snowing… I made it snow all over the kitchen…

and on Dada’s shoes.  

Then we started packing for our big trip… I’m ready! But before we leave… it’s time for holiday music, random left-over food in the frig and presents!

My favorite presents (for this round) were the fire truck shirt and …

a digger!

We made the big hop to MN and our first stop… “Great Stender’s house”… and yes this is a picture of Erin, Jared, and I look (and smiling) for the camera – amazing!

The next day we made time for snow!

A toddler’s work is never done.

The next morning we did more presents!  This time my favorite was the “real fire truck”. 

We ended the day at Ivan’s house… I am getting tired just telling this story… and we’re not even done. Next we visit with Ria and Liam and then we were off to FL.

Our FL trip started with presents… I am really liking this pattern (airplane – presents, airplane – presents)

This present was a larger than life… digger… I loved it! (Thanks GG)

Kiki enjoyed new trucks too…

The next day we found a park… I drove the jeep…

and my digger of course! 

A little boy’s dream…

A man lift working in our front yard!

Ticker Bell

“I love my tinker bell dress.” (pretending his blanket is a dress)

“I want to be fancy too mama.” (putting on make up)

Christmas Tree

This year we went tree hunting…

I am ready!

Yeap, this is the one! And now we get to use tools… so exciting…

okay this was exciting but now I am done…

one nap later… it is time to decorate… Lights… a few candy canes…

Some special ornaments and…

Walala! Our Christmas Tree.

First Fishing Trip

We ended our trip to FL with a little fishing.  Myron was very excited to catch the “wiggly fish” and Mama was mortified to catch a wiggling sting ray.

Nana I walking out to the end of the pier for some fishing.

On our way out we saw a Manatee.  So cool Nana now lives within walking distance of Manatees!

My first fish… a little scary.

Lowery Zoo

During our visit to FL, Mama and Dada took me the Lowery Zoo.

Guess how we took this picture?

The zoo had all sorts of fun things… feathers… train rides…

goat brushing…

We ate lunch at a great restaurant with a view of giraffes, elephants and zebras!

At lunch, I made up this funny face…

and after lunch I fed the giraffes too…. (and I accidently took a bite of the giraffe cracker… it was yucky!)

Then we saw some turtles, manatees, alligators, flamingos, and…

ended the day with a little sting ray petting.