Saturday, June 18, 2011

Miami



We decided to take a trip down to Miami for a week. Olivia frequently talks about going to the beach and she loves to have us play "beach" and build sand castles on the rug. We knew she would have a wonderful time in Miami, and she did, but I was quite surprised that she didn't seem to be as eager to go to the beach down in Florida as she was at home.





She wasn't interested in getting into the water, Matthew convinced her let him carry her in once. It was a pretty short excursion, she came back to report to me that a wave splashed salt in her eyes.








Olivia may not have been that eager to head down to the beach, but she always had a lot of fun once we got there.




The swimming pool was Olivia's favorite. She practically skipped all the way to the pool, she loved it.





The cabanas by the pool offered a lot of fun as well. It turns out cabanas can also serve as a stage for wonderful performances.







(Olivia laughs whenever she sees this dancing picture)



We had so much fun in Florida, probably the highlight for all of us was the bike ride down a beautiful boardwalk on South Beach. Olivia was very excited to wear her helmet.





On our last day in Florida, Matt asked Olivia, "Isn't Florida great?" Olivia enthusiastically answered "Yes, but New York is my favorite!"