Pretty Pictures

Here are a few pictures I snapped in Miami that have quickly become my favorites.  

Miami Children's Museum

Today we hit the Miami Children's Museum while Mimi studied.  To say the kids had a great time would be an understatement.  

 They practiced some dental hygiene together.

 Did a little grocery shopping at Publix, where shopping is a pleasure (and you can get a 20lb wheel of cheese, apparently.)

Put out some fires with the local fire station.

 Took a little motorcycle ride with the Miami Police Dept...

 Worked together to move some dirt on a build site.

 Became a captain of a carnival cruise ship.

 Moved some large cement blocks to build a sky scraper.

 (small break in the carnival cruise lounge)

 And rounded off our tour of the museum with some big stuffed bears!

 Then we headed over to the ocean for a nice ocean side lunch. 

 Logan was right in the path of the wind for a while!

 Then it calmed down and we got a sweet picture.  Her hair is getting so long!!

 Usually she's all smiles, but it seems like she's rediscovered her tongue and ways she can use it to be a little difficult lately.  ;)

Shopping

The kids and I came down to Miami while Mike finishes his time in DC.  This way we could get a little help and a little vacation.  Mimi has been promising Logan for months a girl's night to the American Girl Bistro and a trip to the store so that she could pick out her very own AG doll.  To say she has been excited would be an extreme understatement!  In preparation she and I have been reading our way through several AG series books-- Molly, Caroline, Marie-Grace, and Saige are the one's that we've gotten through.  She's become very attached to several characters and this made the decision making very hard.  We went to the store 30 minutes before our dinner reservations hoping to get the decision making rolling, but it barely got the ball moving as she insisted she needed some food in her and some time during dinner to help make her choice. 

So, we sauntered over with Lucy in tow and sat down for our meal.

It is such a nice atmosphere for little girls.  They brought Logan a "juice cup" to help Lucy sip.

 

We brought Aunt JoAnne and Tita with us!

Logan needed some extra time, so she ordered a banana split to stall.

 Then we went and walked the store several times in effort to eliminate some of the dolls from her list.  She stopped for a photo op with Saige!

 An hour and a half after our arrival she FINALLY made a decision!  (she was also thrilled that we brought friends with us for our girl's night because it meant she racked up on doll clothes)

 She chose......

Caroline!

 After much humming and hawing Logan decided it'd be fun to have the doll that looked the most like her. 

 

Brody was a trooper and walked around the mall with Grandaddy and Great Grandpa while the girls did their thing.  He didn't fuss once!  

We had such a great time together, I can't wait to enjoy living some of my childhood out with my own daughter, now.