Sea World!!

We had a wonderful day at SeaWorld. Thanks, Uncle Stephen, for taking us! There were so many things I saw that I haven't stopped talking about. Shamu definitely being in the top 5. The good news is that with the purchase of admission, we can go back as many times as we want until December 2010!!

The very first sea animal I saw was the Sea Turtle!

One of our first stops was the aquarium where we saw so many different kinds of fish and sea animals. Some of them are below, but we saw so many more.

These fish swam above me! Don't they look like ghosts?

Octopus!

Grandma and me surrounded by many Nemos!

Waiting for Shamu! A little pre-show Cheetos eating.

Shamu!! I told anyone who would listen to me since seeing Shamu, including total strangers in the elevator that "I saw Shamu!" When we got home/before dinner, I went swimming again and told Mama that I was Shamu in the water!

The penguin exhibit...

Mama Sea Lion and her baby

Another sea lion posing for us

Outside the sea otter and sea lion show.

We had a long day....we were at Sea World for 5 or 6 hours. Me....tired? No way. Before dinner, I took Grandma swimming. I finally got tired and was ready to go in for dinner.

Daddy had his former colleague, Dean, and family join us for a barbecue feast. We had a dry run to fit 12 people in our condo for Thanksgiving and it worked out perfectly!

Blueberry Pancakes, Swimming and Ariel

The Marriott where we are staying has a whole center dedicated to kids! This morning, I went and decorated a chef's hat to get ready to make blueberry pancakes.

And, here I am eating my pancake.

After a bunch of eating (I had already eaten lox and blueberries before my pancake eating), we went to the pool for A LOT of jumping and swimming. I told Grandma that I wanted to "do it myself". So, Uncle Steve bought me some floaties for when I go back to the pool tomorrow.

We went to Cafe Tu Tu Tango for dinner. It was a very cool restaurant with artists everywhere making art ... they had dancers dance and they had a "balloon guy" who came and made me an Ariel balloon. You can see me and Ariel below though it is hard to see how impressive it is because of the angle.

Rabbit Kinney and off to Florida...

Here is the photo selected from my Rabbit Kinney photo shoot...

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The t-shirts are awesome and here I am on the way to Florida coloring in my Rabbit Kinney coloring book.

We flew all the way to Orlando today....when we arrived, we relaxed with Grandma, Grandpa, Uncle Steve and Cousin Chelsea. Here I am with Grandma making phone calls. I was ordering a smoothie and other snacks.

Daddy has to work on Monday, so Uncle Steve is taking me, Chelsea, Mama and Grandma to SEA WORLD!!

Fun with M&m and Mimi!

After school on Friday, Mama and I met Julie, Meaza and Melese for some fun in the park. And, guess who we found there??

Mimi! and her mom and dad.

We played and played and then all climbed into the Joovy Caboose to go home.

Meazi and I read books in the box.

And, then Melese wanted to join in the fun.

We then had some yummy mac n cheese to cap off the day!

School!

Jim came and brought the marimba and a very cool drum. We took turns using it!

And, then we danced!

I am 2 years, 2 months!

Friends, Friends, Friends

Nyla Time

Playing at the park with Nyla

She DID it! She put on my shoes...backwards.

Sunny Sunday

Yay! Clapping for a great ride after the ride was over....I hope you all aren't getting bored of the same old pony ride picture from the Sunday market. It's my favorite!

Buying some kale and broccoli! (I picked them out myself).

Patiently waiting for my balloon.

Practicing the balance beam.

Using my arms to stay on and balance! (A video would have shown my technique better.)

Princess Literature

Gymnastics and Lunch with Auntie Peri

Another fun Saturday morning at gymnastics class! Above, I am full of anticipation for class to start.

Jumping, jumping, jumping on the trampoline

Lifting my legs to the bar

Chin up!

Jumping in the pit

HAMBURGER! Well, I was supposed to share with Daddy, but kind of took it over

Peri and Alli....isn't she a sweet puppy?

Look who I found in my bed last night!

Camille was scared because there were fireworks....we came into my room and she was huddled on my bed in the pillows!

Ready....

to pick up the POOP!

AAAALLLLLL Better

Gigi's recipe for getting rid of high fever:

drink five 8 oz sippy cups of milk in a 12 hour period
change diaper frequently
snuggle with Mommy and Daddy

And, cap off the above with Sesame Street in bed and stealing Mama's bacon from the breakfast Daddy made her.

AAALLLLL Better.

Sick, sick, sick

Sleeping, sleeping, sleeping

Fever of 102.

Hope to be better tomorrow.