Case Life: Pictures from Florida

Wednesday, October 20, 2010

Pictures from Florida

Well what better way to celebrate the cold weather than to post pictures of our summer in Florida? I tried to pick up when our internet stopped working and I still had a hard time picking which ones to use. We really did have a good time for the most part! I could probably do a full post with at least 15 pictures of Afton falling asleep in weird places. She just shut down whenever, wherever.. one time in the swimming pool even! They are not in any order, just wherever blogspot wanted them to appear. There are like 30 pictures, so scroll at your own risk..

See the quesidilla between her leg? I wanted her to eat something before she fell asleep and I knew if she would have gone and changed clothes, I would find her on her bedroom floor asleep, so I fed her in her towel.. still didn't work too well.

This was after our airboat tour. Dan and I both held a bigger one and Dan got to tape the mouth shut! This was a really cool experience!

Afton fell asleep on the airboat.. surprise, surprise!

We saw a lot of better gators than this, but Dan took the pictures on his phone since Afton was sleeping, I couldn't really take many..

Bailee LOVED the airboat! We all wondered how she would react to seeing a gator, but she really enjoyed it.

This was at the beginning, obviously, since Afton is awake. She liked the tour, too. She did not like the bugs flying at us.. I think that is why she originally closed her eyes!

These were at the seaquarium's flipper show. I really loved watching it.. then I watched that documentary about the dolphin killings and how it all started for flipper at the seaquarium and I felt really bad.

Tommy and Afton running around.. this was such a hot day. I remember just worrying so much about her getting dehydrated from sweating so much!

I braided my girls hair and this is what it looked like when i took it out. I think Tommy took this picture and cut off Afton's head.. at least I will just let him take the blame..

These were at the Lion park Safari I think...

This train was fun, but it went around so many times that by the end they were kind of just sitting around waiting for it to end. Tommy sure loved the dinosaur, though!

This was 4th of July.. what an experience. traffic was so busy and on the car ride we could see so many fireworks! We were on this bridge that led to a beach and we had a pretty good view of the end of the show. But the girls loved it and thats all that matters!

The girls really liked Dan to play music and games on his new iphone and they would just watch.. sometimes they would help.

We made cinnamon raisin bread one day. It looked so good while we were making it, but for some reason I could not get my bread to work out there! I ended up putting too much flour in it so it wouldn't rise and it was hard as rock :(

This was on the train thing at the zoo. kind of anticlimactic for me, but I think the kids liked it.

They are roaring like the lion.. but the lion in the background is really just yawning!

Bailee is being an elephant. When Bailee saw this picture just barely she said "yeah we saw the elephant poop." Well I guess they made a lasting impression for her!

There's cute little Afton by the elephants!

Afton and Tommy playing behind the waterfall at the zoo.. i think?

This bird was funny.. it came so close and tried to eat Tommy's stroller and he didn't care.. but it has made Bailee afraid of any bird exhibit ever since.

I was watching Brynlee one day and we played hide and seek. pretty cute girls!

This is the only sand park we went to the whole summer. I don't even know why they would have sand parks. you get so sweaty and it's so humid, the sand just sticks everywhere!

The park had this cool thing that you stood on and held on to that bar and you could twirl in these really fast circles.. I don't know how to explain it, but it was fun!

Well that is the end!

1 comment:

Angie said...: gosh that looks like fun!!! I could use a little florida right now :) i can't wait to see you guys!; October 21, 2010 at 6:57 PM

Bailee-isms

12/20/08 We were at the annual Case Christmas party. Grandma Betty and Grandpa Dwayne were nice enough to buy us Sizzler lunch and then had a program at their home. Before I tell the story, I need to clarify that Grandma Betty is from England and still has her accent - which I love! Bailee wanted to ride in Grandma Betty and Grandpa Dwayne's car from Sizzler but we told her no since her car seat was already in ours. Bailee: "I just want to go with them because I love them so much." Grandma Sue : " I know, and they love you, too." Bailee: "But Grandma Betty says it weiood" (wierd without the "r" sound)
11/10/08 We were "puppy sitting" for Dave and Sue overnight so they could spend a night in Midway. Part of Bailee's bedtime routine is that she gets to have "snuggle-wuggles" right before bed every night. Snuggle wuggles started as being a Backyardigans show but has evolved to being a choice between playing make believe with toys, a show, or something else she really wants to do before bed. Well this particular night I gave her the choice between Dragon Tales or going to the store with me and she chose the show. When it was over and I said it was time to brush teeth and go to bed, she started to cry and throw one of her tantrums. She said she wanted to go to the store with me, I then reminded her that she chose the show over going to the store. She replied very seriously that when she chose the show, she was just teasing me. Very smart response.. it didn't fly and she was not a happy girl going to bed that night
11/12/08 We were driving home from Dave and Sue's and Bailee said "What does 'age' mean?" Dan and I weren't quite sure what she said, so we asked her to repeat it and she did. We still weren't sure if she said "H" or "age." Usually she can explain what she is saying by thinking of another word or saying it in a sentence. We asked her to say it in a sentence or tell us when and how she heard it. She stammered a little, then said "You know, like my feet are big." Dan and I tried very hard not to laugh and she finally said "Like I am a big girl." So then I said.. "Okay, you mean 'age'. That is like how old you are, so your age would be 3. When someone asks you what your age is, you would say 3." So Dan said "Yeah. It is like someone asking you how old you are. What are you going to say when someone asks you what your age is?" and Bailee said, "That I am a big girl!" Maybe you had to be there or it was pretty late, but it was very funny.
Grandma Sue bought a doctors kit for the grandkids. It came with a couple of cards that showed what to do with the "tools" - kind of like directions. When we were cleaning up all the parts to it, Bai couldn't find the cards and she was saying over and over.. "where are the indirections? " I think she was mixing up the words "instructions" and "directions." It is very cute that her vocabulary is growing so fast that she just has a ton of information to sort through. I am biased, but I definitely think she is a smartie!
Bailee was trying to get Dan to fill up her aqua-doodle pen with water so she could color on her mat, but apparently Dan wasn't jumping on the task. He continued to get ready for work and gather his things when Bailee said very demandingly "Dad, when you are all done with this world stuff, will you please fill this up with water?!" It definitely got his attention and he filled it up with water and she went on her way.
Bailee was talking with her cousin, Aliyah, and her grandma Packer about places they have been and things they have seen. My mom brought up that Aliyah was in a whale's mouth at Storybook land and Bai was in a shark's mouth in Disneyworld. They were laughing about that and my mom said, "Weren't you scared in the mouth?" and Bailee looked at my mom with her index finger pointed at her and said, " Remember grandma, those things are just PRETEND!" My mom thought it was very cute how Bailee was trying to comfort her on the scary pretend things that are out there.
Bailee is pretty much a vegetarian and refuses to eat meat - except for chicken nuggets and taco soup). In colorado, they took out a lunchable jr. and she wouldn't eat the meat. Well, someone told her that the meat would make her jump higher. She had a couple bites of the meat and walked away. Sue asked "Did you like it?" and Bai said "yeah, I am going to see if I can jump higher now, though." She jumped and everyone cheered - Maybe she will continue to eat meat and end up in the olympics!
Bailee was riding home from a dinner in the back seat of papa Dave and grandma Sue's car. Her uncle Andy was sitting next to her talking to her when the sun came shining into the car all of a sudden and her grandparents both burst into song "Here Comes the Sun, do do do do.." Uncle Andy then whispered to Bai "Grandma and Grandpa are getting old." and bailee replied, "Grandma's not old, but Papa is."
Being the great English buff that he is, Bailee's uncle Jason was trying to enhance Bailee's vocabulary by teaching her some new words. One of the words was "plump." He told her about having a nice, big, juicy, plump apple. Then he went on to explain that it meant "big." Bailee then was able to catch on and said, "Like you, uncle Jason?"
When Bailee says prayers, she really lets Heavenly Father into her heart. She has said things like, "please bless that I can watch a movie tomorrow. Please bless that I can get tinkerbell makeup at the store. Please bless I can sleep the whole night in my bed. Please bless we will grow up healthy and go to heaven."
Bai was helping grandma Sue wrap some baptism gifts and asked her what they were for. Sue said that they were for her primary kids who were going to be baptized and when Bailee turned 8, she would also be baptized. Bai looked at grandma like she was out in the night and said " Oh, no, grandma, I am going to be a doctor when I grow up!"
We were leaving grandma Sue and papa Dave's so Bai went and hugged grandma and said "I love you, grandma." Dan told her to go and tell grandpa the same thing so she went and hugged grandpa and said " Papa, I love grandma."
Bailee thought her pee would be pink after she drank her strawberry milk. After I told her it would still be yellow or clear, she still had her hopes up. When we got home, she ran to the bathroom to go potty and we heard her disappointed voice come from the bathroom saying "Yep, it's still yellow."