Saturday, August 13, 2011

Day 9&10 - Morgan's First Movie - Family Vacay 2011!

Thursday ended up being a lazy day for us. We started the day with another fabulous trip to the beach!







Isn't it amazing how this lake looks so much like the ocean? Lake Michigan is just so huge!





My pretty girl waited patiently for lunch to be served.


And then it was off to the park that evening for some fun!




I hope we get to have lots more of cousin playtime through the years!




It's hard to see but Daniel went down the slide with Morgan and Matthew. This was a great little park just a short walk from our beach house.


The next morning was another early morning trip to the beach.


Friday afternoon, we took Morgan to see her very first movie in the theater!


She did great! I got her some popcorn and let her pick out some candy. When we walked into the theater her eyes got big and she commented on how big the screen was.



She sat down and I handed her the bag of popcorn. She kept telling me how yummy it was and she just seemed to throughly enjoy sitting there watching the movie and eating her treats! I was shocked by how much she understood what was going on during the Winnie The Poo movie. She'd look up at me while holding the bag of popcorn, that was nearly the size of her, and make cute little comments about what was going on in the movie. She sweetly sat there the whole time. I still love experiencing all these "firsts" with her!


During our week at the beach house we got to eat out with the whole gang a couple of times.


Such great memories!

Day 8 - Zoo - Family Vacay 2011!

Midway through the week, the Irwin clan made a trip to the Michigan City Zoo and got to see these gorgeous tigers!



This was one of our many attempts to get a decent shot of all the kids. We're missing Matthew in these.


Morgan and Matthew checked out an otter. Otters are so cute!


You could walk through a tunnel and have the otters swim all around you.


Daniel's hand is on one in the above picture. Below, Morgan gave it a try too.


The girls checked out a monkey. Don't they look cute standing next to eachother? They're so close in size.








I was so proud of Daniel because he was the only one who could catch a bird inside this enclosure set up for people to feed birds. Morgan got to hold the stick and the bird. It was cute to watch her experience this!











Friday, August 5, 2011

Day 7 - Trip into Chicago - Family Vacay 2011!

We took a train ride into Chicago!

Morgan loved her first train experience!



After arriving in Chicago we checked out the Shedd Aquarium. The first thing we did was eat lunch. Our table looked out onto Lake Michigan.


Below, Morgan gets ready to watch the dolphin show.


She was so excited to check out the jelly fish!




She got to see a starfish too.


I didn't take any pictures but a definite highlight of the aquarium was the Dora 4-D movie! We all had a blast watching the kids reach out and try to grab stuff! After the aquarium we took a boat ride over to Navy Pier.


And stopped for some yummy Hagan Daaz Ice Cream.


We all rode the largest ferris wheel we've ever seen!




We took a walk through Chicago to catch the train back to the beach house.


Chicago is by far the prettiest city I have yet to see!




Mr. "I'm not that into pictures" was sure eager to pose for this shot!


This is what Morgan looked like during our hot walk back after our long day out.


And this is what Scarlett looked like...


The kiddos ended the day with a movie. What a rough life!