Florida Feature Length Films

My sister takes lengthy videos, but if you have the time, these are very cute.

Florida 2010

We had a wonderful vacation in Florida!  Here are some of the trip highlights (warning, this is a LONG post):

Grandma Joanie's Club
The club has great amenities for Hannah, from the playground, to the kiddie pool and sprinkler park. Unlike the sprinkler parks at home, Hannah has the place pretty much to herself. She had a BLAST and we didn't have to worry about big kids knocking her down.

Golf Cart Rides with Baby
Hannah loves riding the golf cart through the neighborhood, and taking her new baby doll along for the ride. Grandma Joanie got Hannah a little mommy set, complete with crib, high chair, stroller and baby swing. I'm pretty sure that has been the highlight of her visit so far! Last night, she tucked baby into her crib, and then picked her up because she had apparently forgotten to give her a goodnight kiss. She then tucked baby back in again.

Spa Treatment
Grandma Carolyn gave Hannah her first blow dry after her bath, and Hannah thought that was great. I also did Hannah's nails with some non-toxic polish I bought her while we were here and she seems to be enjoying all of the pampering.  Unfortunately, all of her time in the pool is ruining her manicure so we may need to do some touch ups soon.  You can see her nails in the picture below where she is putting on her blush.

Sugar Sands Carousel 
We went back to a great park we visited last year, and again the highlight was the carousel.  She took two rides and would have happily gone again and again.  They also have an enormous wooden climbing structure which she was excited to explore.   We only stayed for a short visit, since all of this activity has worn Hannah out.  She has even added a nap back in, so we have been doing two naps a day.  Hopefully the transition back to her school schedule won't be too difficult.

Playdate with Jonathan
Hannah got to hang out with our close friends' son Jonathan, and they were adorable together.  Jonathan is a year younger than Hannah, but already the same size.  We joke that they are bethrothed, so they brought Hannah a bride and groom Mickey and Minnie.

Perfecting Her Swing
We picked daddy up after his golf lesson, and Hannah decided to work on her golf game too.  I don't want to brag, but watch out LPGA!

Carnival at the Club
Hannah went to carnival night at the club, and got a balloon dog, won a doggie stuffed animal in a carnival game (with some help from the man running the game), danced to the music and got her first caricature.

Family Party

Each year, we have family and Grandma Joanie's friends over for dinner, and celebrate Hannah's Great Great Aunt Beb's birthday.  Hannah wasn't so crazy about all of the new people, but she LOVED the birthday cake.  Check out the icing on her forehead.

Lion Country Safari

For our last day in Florida, we headed to Lion Country Safari.  This was my favorite Florida activity when I was growing up, and Hannah loved it just as much!  First, we drove through the safari section, where animals are all around you and you drive through.  Hannah slept through most of the safari, but woke up in time for the rhino to walk right by our car.  She thought that was great, but was mad that we didn't let her pet the rhino.  Once in the walking section of the zoo, Hannah's favorites were the petting zoo and the rides.  She rode the train, the flying elephants and the carousel.  As soon as the ride would stop, Hannah would scream more!  She rode the train twice, and would have gone 100 times if we let her.

More Macy and Hannah

Pond Hockey

Hannah went to her first pond hockey game, and enjoyed skating with daddy and walking across the ice .  Here are some pictures from the day, and a video of Hannah's first skate with daddy.  Maybe next year Hannah will be on her own skates!

Gymnastics with Friends

We went to open gym with Nathan, Jake, Macy and Roger, and Hannah had a blast.  She even wanted to play in the foam pit for the first time.  She starts formal gymnastics classes in January.

Thanks to Jennifer for getting this great picture of Nathan and Hannah!

More Snow



Hannah and Charli at School

Fuzzy picture, but so cute I had to post.

Let It Snow!

We had a great morning playing in the snow. It's really the first snow that Hannah got to enjoy. And by enjoy, I mean eat. Apparently she loves to eat snow as much as ice. I think she learned that from big sister Sadie. Daddy already warned Hannah not to eat the yellow snow. We also made snow balls, piled snow on Sadie and cleaned the snow off her play structure while singing the clean up song.

Morning Concert

Latke Party

Hannah had her friends Charli and Brooke over for their first latke party. The girls sat at their own big kid table, and actually did pretty well. After eating and playing, the three insisted on watching Mickey and were glued to the TV.  Hannah got chocolate on her pants, so she had to do the Mickey hot dog dance in her diaper (the closing song to Mickey Mouse Clubhouse).

New Video Camera

Jordan got me a flip video camera for Hannukah, and I got to test it out at gymnastics tonight. Not the most interesting footage, but I LOVE my camera!

2010 School Picture

Not her best work... she was very unhappy about picture day.