Vacation 2012: Marco Island

This year for our vacation in September we went to Marco Island in Florida. It took a really long time to get there... nearly 10 hours in the car... but it was worth it. We had a wonderful time at the beach, in the pool, around town, and just being together. We even went on a pirate cruise! Yes, I got to be with real pirates on their ship. Luckily they were nice pirates and let me wear an eyepatch, win treasure, and defeat the Krakkin.

 

I also got to spend lots of time on the beach looking for seashells and building sand castles. I thought the beach would be my most favorite part of vacation but it turned out, I'm really a pool kinda girl. Who knew, right?! I spent time every day in the pool mastering the art of baby swimming. I learned to move the water and kick my legs to get me where I wanted to go. And, most importantly, I met some really nice people from Pennsylvania and got to hang out with them as well.

 

Vacation was wonderful but too short. Hopefully, we can go back again next year. Talk to you later.



Mommy, Aurora, and me preparing to board the pirate ship.

I got an eyepatch!

Hanging out with Pickpocket Pete... check out my treasure (ring, necklace, and jewels).

Just a few of the shells I found on the beach.

Father's Day

For Father's Day this year, daddy, mommy, and I went to The Rock Ranch in The Rock, GA. We went for the corn festival. In addition to getting some tasty fresh corn, we also petted the animals, took a ride on the paddle boats and caught a fish.

Here are some pictures from our day at the ranch. Hope you had a wonderful Father's Day weekend too. Talk to you later.

Pouncer, My Sweet Baby Boy

My other kitty Pouncer went to heaven. He was my sweet baby boy and I miss him. But he's now with Cleo and I bet they're playing lots of great games together. So that's a good thing, right? Talk to you later.

Late May

Yes, I am extremely late sharing with you all the things that happened in my life in May. It has just been very busy around here. We got May started off in a big way with my school concert. We sang several songs and had a great time. After the concert, we enjoyed hanging out with my friends and playing.

The next day, mommy, daddy and I left for a few days vacation in Florida. We swam, lay by the pool, went to the water park, saw fireworks, and just relaxed. It was wonderful. Then it was Mother's Day. Daddy and I made mommy a tasty brunch with vanilla cinnamon pancakes and cheese eggs. She also had bacon but I ended up eating it off her plate.

Then, over Memorial Day weekend we went to the Renaissance Festival and to Chattanooga to play in the fountain and on the merry-go-round. See, I told you it was a very busy month! Here are some pictures from our great adventures. Talk to you later!

I'm in this picture... really; in the front row wearing a pink shirt.

playing after we were done singing. that's my friend Tochi.

In the pool in Florida

At the water park with Kayla

Cooking is one of my most favorite activities

taste-testing

at the Renaissance Festival with Anju

King Henry VIII and Queen Anne Bolyn made me a real princess

playing in the fountain in Coolidge Park

having a picnic lunch with mommy and daddy

My Garden

Hi! First, sorry I missed all of May. It was a really busy month and mommy didn't lift me up to the keyboard. Second, I'll try to do better over the summer posting my adventures for you, my loyal readers. Third, how's your summer going so far? Mine's fabulous so far.... as you'll see in my all May posting.

But before we get to that, I wanted to show you my garden. Mommy let me pick what we would plant this year... and got me to help quite a bit more than I've helped in previous years... something about being a big girl now, she said.

Anyway, we planted radishes, carrots, cauliflower, and lots of flowers. So far only my radishes have gotten big enough to harvest but I've had a wonderful time visiting my garden every day and offering words of encouragement to my carrots and cauliflower. I know they're listening. Just the other day, I think I saw a carrot trying to get bigger. Hope your garden is growing well. Talk to you later.

Gardening is hard work. Tilling the soil takes time and lots of baby strength.

From time to time I had to get the dirt out of my shoes. I probably should have worn the shoes mommy suggested.

I was very excited when my plants started to grow from the seeds.

Ahh, the fruits of my labor. Look, it's a radish!