9/11/12 11 years

I pray we never forget those we lost and those that contiue to fight

Labor day Fun

Hurricane Isaac

Rick and I both grew up inFlorida. We both respect the power of nature and understand how deadly ahurricane can be but at the same time we understand the hype the media putsinto a hurricane and we have often watched hurricanes blow right past our cornerof Florida.

 

We spent the weekend makingsure we had water, food, gas and propane. We did not put up our shutters. We donot get to worked up unless it is going to be at least a category three. We waitedin anticipation for the school district to announce if we would have school. Wewaited like we have waited many times before.

 

 

Yesterday like a true Floridianwe went out to lunch at a place where you eat outside under a tiki hut so wecould watch the storm begin to blow in after lunch we continued our hurricaneparty at home. We ate dinner, watched movies and watched the rain and windoutside.

 

Last night we slept with thesound of rain and wind and was thankful that we did not have school the nextday but even more thankful that our part of world had been spared by anotherhurricane. Today we will enjoy our day off and say a prayer for all of theothers in Hurricane Isaac’s path.

Hurricane Isaac Missed Us

Meet the Teacher

Caroline will officially start Pre K 3 on Monday. Last night Rick and I met her teacher and today Caroline got to meet her teacher. She absolutely loved the teacher and the class. She was not thrilled with the uniforms. She kept telling her teacher “No Thanks” every time she saw a uniform We are so excited to see her learn and explore her environment

The Last Day of Summer Vacation

Caroline spent Saturday night with Mammie and Poppy.  I picked her up this morning and we started trying to find ways to spend our last day of summer vacation. Rick has worked most of the summer but I have had the last seven weeks off of work. It has been great we have spent the summer playing in all of the local attractions. We spent one week in Orlando at Universal and Islands of Adventure on a family vacation but most of the summer has been just me and Caroline hanging out and having fun.

So as I thought of today I realized that we should try to do all of our favorite things one more time before summer ends. We went to the mall played in the play ground, went shopping and then had Caroline’s favorite lunch “Pizza”. After lunch we headed over to the The Golisano Children’s Museum of Naples and played for about an hours.

Overall it has been a great summer and we are all looking forward to a great year.

 At the mall playground

 In the art room at The Golisano Children’s Museum of Naples

 She loves to color

 She caught a few fish

 She has learned a lot about tools from her dad

If you are ever in Naples check out the  The Golisano Children’s Museum of Naples at http://www.cmon.org

Summer Fun: Naples Beach

School shopping has led to the sure feeling that summer is slipping away. I go back to work on Monday and Caroline starts Pre K 3 on the 13^th. So we decided to take advantage of some of the paradise in our back yard. About two hours before sunset we headed to the beach to enjoy some fun and the beautiful sunset on the Naples Beach. Nara brought a friend and Rick and I enjoyed playing with Caroline

Daddy and Caroline

Nara and Jennifer: Hanging out with friends

catching the waves

Happy Birthday Caroline

Happy Birthday Caroline

Where did time go? Caroline is three. For those of you who do not know we have struggled to determine what birthday to use. Caroline came home from China with two very different birthdays. After much debate with the doctor, her teachers and family we decided about three months ago to go with the July birthday.

The doctor has always believed the July 2009 birthday was the correct one. I have always agreed with the doctor but really struggled with making her younger.

We started celebrating a day early. On Saturday we met Angela and Devon out for lunch at the Cheese Cake Factory. Caroline enjoys seeing Devon and Angela. She really enjoyed the ice-cream. Saturday night we had a party at home and then we had a family princess party on Sunday. She had a great time. The next day she asked if we could do “Happy Birthday” again

We Love you Caroline