If you look closely at the front of the car you can see a peacock head. As we were leaving one of the peacocks caught a glimpse of himself in the shiny black car we were in. He would not leave the car alone. We couldn’t move at all without hitting this narcissistic peacock. However it did allow Dahlia a chance to do what she wanted to do all day long – chase the peacock away.
After the horses we went to check out the peacocks that lived at the country club. The girls were showing pretty good restraint by not chasing them across the yard.
After spending some time with these horses Dahlia and Monti were both trying to work both of us into buying them a horse as a pet. I must admit they were pretty easy to love but I’m not sure they would play ball like Dahlia wanted them to do.
I ended up with lots of pictures of Dahlia and Caroline. Caroline makes Dahlia feel so special and Dahlia just loves her.
At Venice beach the kids looked for shark teeth while we watched the sunset. Dahlia was so excited to see the sun set into the ocean. She just wasn’t quite sure what would happen when that sun touched the water. She kept telling me, “This is my first sunset ever.”
Joe’s mom took the grandkids back to the hotel while we grabbed some dinner. She had bought a box full of funny teeth so all of them could have a set. Dahlia had a hard time keeping her teeth in she was laughing so hard.
Billy and Lori did a really nice job making sure their reception was fun for everyone. They had a large craft table set up near the pool where people worked on making custom masks for the evenings. The masks turned out really great and it entertained the kids for a long time.
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Dahlia danced at the New Year’s Eve reception for Billy and Lori’s wedding. Dahlia enjoys doing anything involving Caroline but her smile was extra large dancing with her.
Monti, Dahlia, and their cousins started digging a huge hole as soon as we arrived at the Ft Lauderdale beach. The hole was quite large and it gathered a lot of attention from passers-by. Dahlia was very protective of the hole especially regarding a 3 year old boy who just kept coming over to help. The next couple hours were spent converting that large hole into a home. The weather was great and none of us ended up getting sunburned.
Everyone headed off to Ft Lauderdale while we waited for our box of
clothes and shoes to arrive from Seattle. We had shipped them 13 days
prior but due to weather and the holidays they hadn’t arrived. The
girls and Eliza used the extra time to skinny dip in the hot tub while
the boys were gone. After the hot tub they headed to the garage where
they created mock packages to put at the front door after ringing the
doorbell. We were so anxious to get the package that we fell for it.
The real package did not arrive until 6:15 PM. We still had a 4 hour
drive ahead of us.