More of Florida

Kisses from the beach!Hello from Stella..
Hello from Stella!
Escaping from the sand pit.
But I don't want to get out of the bath.
Lucie and Stella swinging in the park.
Hanging out on the beach.

Playing in the pool

Everyone plays in the pool

Beach

Lucie enjoys the beach some more.

Stella visits

Our friends Brooke and Brian brought their daughter Stella from Austin for a 4-day sleepover with Lucie. Lucie was quick to get Brooke to read her a book.
Stella and Lucie played well together.

Everyone took a dip in the pool.

More Lucie, more of the time

You would think, from the howling sounds made from Lucie's fans, that people have nothing better to do during the holidays than to look at other people's kids. So, without further ado, here is a fix for the addicts among you.

Swinging really is fun.
Around 4pm, Lucie gets hungry and starts combing the beach for something to eat.
Fortunately, her mother always has something planned.
Lucie likes the beach chair. It has got many uses: lounging (for about 2 seconds)
Gymnastics
Standing.
Staring dreamily at that cute toddler down the beach.
Making faces at said toddler.
Greg's friend from high school (yes, he did have friends in high school) - Joyce - came to visit with her husband Donald. We all had a good time together.

Space baby

Everyone went to the Kennedy Space Center for some space exploration fun. This could just be the case of a proud father speaking, but Lucie is so cute that random strangers wave at her (see woman in black below).
At first, Lucie thought that the rockets were booooooring...
But she really liked touching a piece of moon rock.
and she started getting some ideas about how to get away from her parents once and for all...

Hunting seagulls

Lucie went to the park to hunt for seagulls (she thinks that her father's cooking lacks variety). The poor unsuspecting victims knew nothing of their unfortunate fate and rested placidly on the shores of a dried out pond.Meanwhile, the predator slowly approached...
At just the right moment, she sprung into a sprint and charged the doomed birds while shouting her fierce battle cry: Duck! duck! duck!
Attack!
Unfortunately, the attack failed and Lucie went home to get her wheels.
She got distracted and decided to pick some flower's from grandpa's bushes.
You don't mind that I pick flowers, do you?
There, will you please hold that? I've some gull huntin' to do.

Lucie at the beach

Lucie went to the beach with her parents and grandparents. She really likes the beach, and is always glad to observe that the sea is still there.
Look over there, it really is there!
Lucie's parents now know why it's nice to visit with grandparents: you can actually enjoy the beach peacefully for once while the grandparents chase Lucie around.
Among her various activities, Lucie likes to wade in puddles
and to lift rocks. We're just glad that she hasn't managed to crush one of her toes yet.

xmas day

On Xmas morning, Santa visited - our guess is that he came with a special sleigh just for Lucie...

Understandably, she couldn't quite believe her eyes
She considered her options, and methodically opened all of her presents.
Soon, she was playing with all of them at once.
But she preferred the ribbon.
The biggest hit of the day, by far, is the mp3 player her grandfather got her.

Lucie's Xmas vacation

Lucie got a singing card from her French grandparents. She really liked it.
She's been getting a lot of hugs from everyone, and especially her grandpa.
Table manners have gone out the window.
Michele's parents figured they could have some time alone with Lucie if they got us away overnight, so they gave us a getaway to St Augustine - the oldest city in the US. We had a lovely time. In the meantime, Lucie traveled in style to Sea World (disclaimer, she didn't actually ride anywhere in this car)
At Sea World, she got to pet the stingrays.
She's really a fan of aquariums...
She had lunch with her grandparents, including French fries, it seems.While her parents were away, she went to the park, got on a swing, and had a good laugh.
She tamed one of the local alligators.
She also got to enjoy the pool with her grandmother.