Florida Vacation!

I went to Florida for winter vacation last week. I flew down on a plane with Mom, Dad, Grandma and Gramdpa M. We visited with Uncle (squish the fish) Pete and 'aunt T' in Palm Harbor and with Grandma n' 'Pa and Uncle Eric in Brooksville (they drove down earlier in the week). Plus we even met Uncle Mike and Aunt Sheila at the zoo, and one night, had dinner with cousin Lynne. It was like a big family vacation.

I did lots of fun stuff on vacation. Dad, Grandpa and Pete took me to George M. Steinbrenner Field to watch Yankees baseball practice, I went swimming and built sand castles and played at the Loch Ness Monster Pool. Another day Mom and Dad brought me to the Lowry Park Zoo where we met G'ma, 'Pa, Eric, Mike and Sheila. I saw so many animals and got to feed a giraffe. And this year I was big enough to go on rides! I went on a ride called the flying banana, then rode the carousel 4 times and the tiger roller coaster 6 times! We visited a beach in Tarpon Springs and played some more in the sand. And one cool weather day, Mom, Dad and 'Pa brought me to the movies to see The Lorax. I liked it. We went back to Tampa the next day and I had more fun at the pool with Mom and Grandma M, while everyone else went to see a baseball game.

The next thing you know, it was time to take the plane ride home. I didn't want to leave Florida (and either did Mom or Dad), but I was kind of missing my friends at school, and I was excited to tell everyone about my fantastic Florida trip!

Wanna see more photos? There are a whole bunch here.

Saturday at the "fun pool".

Today was a fine day for fun at the pool. Indoors, of course. I played with the water fountains, slid down the tube and practiced my swimming. Good times.

Swimming weekend

This past weekend I went to Kingston to visit with G'ma and G'pa M. First we went to Daddy's friend Rob's house. He had friends over to visit with another one of Dad's friends, Mark (and family), who were up from South Carolina. The Schechter's were there, and the Clark's. Maddy Dudek drew a picture of me and we all went swimming in the pool. I borrowed a life vest, and along with my swimmies, could float and swim all by myself. The next day, Grandma gave me my very own life vest and brought me to her pool. I stayed in the pool and swam for a reaallllly long time. I even went to the deep end of the pool! After swimming, Dad showed me a game called shuffleboard. I gave it a try, but I think I need to be bigger to play. I can't wait to get in the water again.

July 4th weekend.

I had a busy busy weekend. I went swimming with my friends Jake and Kyle, ate lots and lots of watermelon at my cousin Sierra's graduation party, went to the Farmers Market and ate pickles and granola (not together), played in my pool, squirted G'Pa with a water gun and ran through the sprinklers with Dad. I even made a picklepine (pickle porcupine) with toothpicks and a pickle (then Dad ate it, minus the toothpicks). I was so busy every day that I was tired (and asleep) before any fireworks went off. Oh well, there's always next year.

Florida fun!

I just got back from my Florida vacation and it was great! I flew on an airplane for the first time. Grandma & Grandpa M flew down with me and Mom + Dad. We stayed at Uncle Pete's in Palm Harbor for a few days and I went swimming and ate fresh Florida oranges and strawberries and some clam strips and Key Lime Pie! I went for walks and ate dinner outside. One day I met Grandma n' 'Pa L and Uncle Eric at the Lowry Park Zoo where I saw lots of animals, like elephants, alligators and zebras, and I fed a giraffe some lettuce. Then we went to G'ma & 'Pa's in Brooksville. We ate dinner at a nice Italian restaurant and for dessert I ate maybe the best cannoli I ever had! We went for more walks and saw horses and I also saw a centipede in the driveway. Uncle Mike and Aunt Sheila visited and we went to the beach and played in the sand. While we were there, Mom found a baby turtle. We went to the Tampa Aquarium and saw lots of different fish, and some sharks and otters. After that, I went back to Uncle Pete's and did even more swimming and Grandma brought me to the pond where we saw ducks and a heron and an egret. Unfortunately, we had to leave warm, sunny Florida and come back to cold, wet, rain/snowy New York. I am happy to be home again and in my own cozy bed. Maybe tonight I'll dream about all of the fun things I did on my Florida adventure!

 

Splash! Bounce!

Today we went to our friend's house in Troy. Dad took me for my first dip in a big pool. I was a little uncertain at first, but got used to it pretty quickly and had fun splashing with K.C. and Sophie. Then we bounced on the trampoline (that's K.C. with me in the photo)!

First "swim."

Me + my new pool = summer fun.