Houston Adventure!

Back in March, Addie and I took a trip to Houston to visit our friends Teresa and Ellie. We have missed them so much since they moved to Texas in January. Addie and Ellie always say they are "best friends," and they had played together almost weekly for well over a year! So, we decided to pay them a visit so that the girls could continue to maintain their friendship.

We had a lot of fun going to the Houston zoo, out for authentic Tex-Mex and Texas BBQ, and also went to the Houston rodeo. The girls had a ton of fun at the zoo and rodeo, but they also enjoyed just playing together at the house. I had fun catching up with Teresa and having a few days away from home.

At the rodeo, the girls loved seeing the baby animals, especially watching the chicks hatch, riding on a real pony, and also liked going on some of the carnival rides. They LOVED the "farm experience" which was a really cool exhibit where the girls got to grow vegetables, sit in a tractor, play in a cornbox (sandbox with corn), milk a pretend cow, and then sell their wares at the market in exchange for money, which they were able to use at the general store to buy a treat. They went through the entire exhibit twice and loved it both times!  Just goes to show they really like the simple things and learning about how farms and growing food really works.

Thanks to Teresa the girls were dressed as cute as could be in matching skirts and rodeo shirts :)

Happy Valentine's Day 2013

Addie and I celebrated Valentine's Day with some of her friends in the Mommy & Me group. Addie had fun playing with Kenley, Adriana, and Lara. She absolutely loved exchanging valentines and looked through them for weeks after Valentines.  She had two parties - one with Mommy & Me and one at school.

  



Merry Christmas 2012

Well, here I am almost 6 months behind again! :)  Hopefully someday I will get caught up with the blog.

We had a fun Christmas celebration in Sarasota. The Baumberger side of the family was all here, plus Grandma Kristi. We celebrated Christmas Eve at Grandma Julie's house with the traditional soups, meat and cheese platters, and Christmas cookies. On Christmas morning, Addie was so excited to open her gifts and look through her stocking. We had Christmas dinner at our house and spent the day relaxing.

Addie definitely was in the spirit of Christmas. She loved decorating the tree and wrapping gifts. She made her own gifts for family members - spice mixes - and had so much fun handing them out to everyone. She of course received lots of wonderful gifts. Some of her favorites were a Minnie Mouse play set from Great Grandpa and Grandma Munger, extravagant car garage from Grandpa Pat and Grandma Julie, princess art set from Adam and Kellie, and the "ball that gets big" and doll house from Santa.

During the holidays, we went to our first family Polo Match - so much fun! 

Addie also attended her first ballet with Grandma Julie and me. We saw the Nutcracker, well, only the first half. Addie was pretty scared of the mice and was ready to leave after the first half.  She does love the Nutcracker ballet music and her Nutcracker book!

Addie went to Magic Kingdom with Uncle Jordan and me - she thought it was so much fun to go to Disney with him!

Addie went to the Jungle Gardens Holiday of Lights with Grandma Kristi, Jay, and me.  She loved the lights and decorations, and even was invited to sing a Christmas carol with the band doing the entertainment!

Addie also performed in her first preschool program at Forty Carrots!