The Beach

Monday we went to Chester Frost Park to the "beach" and played for a little while. Olivia really enjoyed it! She loved the playground more than anything, but it was just so hot we only stayed for about 45 minutes.

& right after we got home, this was just so cute, I had to post it!

She my frenn.

Today I stopped by Nana's (where I work, or should I say worked I guess - I'm a yoyo, I leave, come back, leave, come back... etc.) to get a paper from my boss/friend Monica. Monica has a little girl who O loves to play with named Krysalee. As I was getting the paper from Monica, she told me that Krysalee had a staff infection on her ear (no fun!!). It was also pouring down rain.

We both pulled out of the parking lot, us following them and this was mine and O's conversation...

O: "That girl right there... (Monica) Does she have my frenn in there (meaning her car)??"
Me: "Yes, I think Krysalee was with her, but she's sick, she doesn't feel well."
O: "Ohhh no.... does she have the hiccups??"
Me: (laughing hysterically) "Nooo she doesn't have the hiccups - her ear hurts."
At this time, Monica was pulling into her neighborhood
O: "Follow that girl!!! I want to go to her house!!"
Me: "Well Olivia, we can't because she is sick."
O: "Oh no!! She gonna get wet at her house????!!!"

Then I spent the rest of the trip home assuring her that Krysalee was going to be ok and that she could go play with her when she was feeling better. But it was so sweet that she was worried about her!
This is a picture of Krysalee and Olivia playing at Nana's last summer (JULY 08)

Totally Worth It

I think the $1000+ I spent on my camera and 2 lenses was totally worth it for this...

and this was just a bonus.....

Look what we're wearing!!!

Big girl panties!!!!!!!!!!!

Ohh yes! We've started potty training!!

We have a chart on the wall with 5 blank squares and a picture of a present at the end. For every time she pee pees she gets to put a sticker in the box. If she poo poos, she gets two :)

When she fills up the line, she gets a present! (AKA I raided the clearance aisle at Target and didn't pay more than $5 for anything.)

Today is our 3rd day at it and she peed 8 times and pooped once!! We had only ONE minor accident, but she realized it in time to run to the potty and finish!
WAY TO GO O!!

And by the way, I really mostly wrote this post mostly for my recollection later, as I'm SURE those of you without kids probably don't find it very interesting! HAHA :)

Me and The D

as in D5000, ya know.

We are starting to get along much much better than when first brought home.

In fact, this is how much better...

I'll call it close to fabulous.

The Mickey Boat

Otherwise known as the Disney Cruise!

Yes, we've been back since Saturday, but I've been dreading blogging about this because frankly, I just don't have the energy. SO I will post just a few good pics (I took almost 1000)

& Here's a brief synopsis of what all we did:

Key West: Walked to Margaritaville, down Duval St., met Ernest Hemingway's bust, walked down by the ocean, and sweated about a gallon a piece. The heat index was 109 degrees. yikes!

Grand Cayman: Went to see the 500 banks (ok, not really but we did explore the financial district a bit, since I AM a Finance major), walked up the street right along the ocean, and rode the tender which is how I got some AWESOME shots of the ship.

Cozumel: Got off the ship without O (wow!) and went ring shopping. If only it were for me.... haha. No, it was for Ben's mom's new wedding band which her and I picked out a whopper!! Diamonds and rubies galore :) It's gorgeous. We shopped for the rest of the day, much to Ben's dismay. <

Castaway Cay: Disney's Private Island - LOVE IT. Got off the ship with Olivia, it was her first time to swim in the ocean and she LOVED IT! We picked up sea shells, swam, didn't really want to touch the sand TOO much. Then we took her to the nursery and headed to the adult beach. ADULT BEACH = HEAVEN. AHHH. I could LIVE THERE.

On the ship: Went to many fun dinners, hung out a lot on Deck 9 around the pool after dark, went to a Playhouse Disney party, went to the character breakfast, Olivia got to go to the "kids club" (Oceaneer's Club) as well as Flounder's Reef Nursery and Ben and I got to visit the ADULT pool (Quiet Cove - I mean can you think of a better name??). VERY FUN.

We also ate at the adults only restaurant Palo which was GREAT. It's something like 7 courses and they give you lemon sorbet to "cleanse the palate". Hello. That's amazing. Definitely will be dining there again.

All in all, we had a GREAT, FUN trip and can't wait to do it again someday!! (AKA 2012 when the new ships come out!)

Oh and there are 200 pictures on facebook if you are dying to see more! :)

The Museum of Creative Discovering

I think that sounds more fun than Creative Discovery Museum... but that's just me :)