Welcome to the City where the Heat is on...

We spent five relaxing days in Miami. It was a much needed get away from the daily grind. Wed-Friday we stayed at the Doral while Barclay attended the American Health Lawyers conference. While he worked, the girls and I swam in the heated pools - good thing they were heated b/c it was only about 60 degrees. We also spent a few hours at the Metro Zoo on Thursday. The zoo was fabulous and had lots of play areas for kiddos. Then on Friday when husband got done with work, we went over to Lincoln road on South beach for some lunch and shopping. Afterwards we checked into the new hotel - the world's most fabulous hotel on Miami Beach. Loved it loved it. That night, Betty and Peter came to the hotel and watched the girls while Barclay and I went out on the town with his aunt Heather and Uncle Pete. Good times.

Saturday was the best day, by far. It was 80 and sunny. We stayed at the beach all. day. long. Perfect perfect.

Happy Valentines Day

Last night we got dressed up and went to a party at the Children's Museum for Valentines Day. It wasn't exactly romantic, but it was a lot of fun nonetheless. The museum was only open to party attendees, so we basically had the run of the place. There were crafts for the kids to do - making valentines, masks, and capes; dance demonstrations; a great dinner; Barbie live and in person; and all sorts of super heroes. The girls dressed up in fancy clothes, wings and wands. Some kids were in normal clothes, some were in princess attire, and others dressed as super heroes. Lily's favorite part was meeting Barbie. She talked to Barbie for quite a while about how her hair doesn't hold a curl- I swear, Lily is the girliest girl I have ever ever known! She wore her dress up high heels for the entire three hours and would never admit that they hurt! She also had wings, a tiara, glitter, and a jeweled mask that she made. Addy started with a necklace and tiara, but I was holding those about five minutes into the evening!

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Bob the Builder at the Children's Museum!

I swear, we would live at the Children's Museum if we could! We were there this morning to check out the new Bob the Builder exhibit and also go see Barbie and the Dinosaurs one more time. Then tonight we're heading back there for the Valentine's dinner/dance. It's a super hero theme - since the girls don't have super hero outfits, they're going to go as super heroes disguised as girls who are dressed up really fancy :)