While Kay Kay and Pa were here, we were looking for something fun to do. Criteria: Caroline had to come too, it had to be indoors, free/cheap is always a bonus, and it had to be fun for adults, too. We tried a handful of ideas and finally landed on the American History Museum because it had an exhibit on Sesame Street and promised a free children’s play area. We headed out on a gray, drizzling day with fairly low…
So Christmas morning came bring and early for us all in Florida. Before we headed downstairs for all the excitement, I snapped this quick picture of me and Caroline to remember the magical moment of her FIRST CHRISTMAS! Some of us wore our matching jammies (others didn’t have theirs arrive in time, grrrr) but we looked our merriest anyway. The adults headed down first so we could see the four-year-old’s reaction coming down the stairs and it was oh so…
There is a lot of hype around Baby’s First Christmas. And to be honest, I wasn’t expecting Caroline to really “get it.” I mean, she is only 9 months old. But I was so surprised how much fun we had with her. We definitely set the stage for some Christmas wonder in the years ahead! Christmas Eve we spent visiting my brother’s neighbors, relaxing on their porch enjoying some good ol’ wassail and champagne, and putting Caroline in her adorable…
Mike, Caroline, and I were lucky enough that we got to spend eleven beautiful, blissful days in the Great State of Florida for a long Christmas vacation. This year definitely made up for last year, when I was six months pregnant with Caroline and banned from the state because of the Zika threat. We had a lovely, albeit quiet time then. But this year, we were ready to introduce Caroline to how our family does Christmas. We kicked off the…
Caroline loves little people. She has always been fascinated by children, even when she was only a few weeks old. She would stare at them longer than she would for adults and now she has started staring at them for awkwardly long lengths of time. Her love for little ones includes her new baby cousin Roman, who arrived on early October. She met Roman on his birthday and again this weekend. I am pretty sure the two of them whipped…