Yes, that's permanent marker...

Amara was so proud of her most recent drawing..."look, Mama, I drew ALL OVER it." Needless to say, Mom and Dad weren't nearly so enthusiastic, but the good's news is, there are solutions that work well and it no longer looks like this :-)

Amara's fashion fingers

Great weekend, but no good photos. Here are a couple random shots - we'll seek to take some more soon! This is Amara feeding the ducks at the Aviary and she and I taking our self-portrait...cheese!

And then we were home...and it's back to work for some of us

"Daddy, is Puerto Rico coming to Florida with us?"

"I'm not in Puerto Rico...I'm in Florida"

Back in Florida for a day before heading home, we checked out the Lion Country Safari Park which I have to say was very cool. A good time had by all.

To San Juan

Next day, we did a tour around Las Cabezas de San Juan Nature Reserve (mangrove forest boardwalk and self-portrait pictures here), then made our way into San Juan and wandered around the streets of Old Town, which was beautiful. One of our treats was a homemade "limber" - kind of like a slushie but not exactly. Amara was on a total sugar high afterward, running up and down some stairs for a long time..."5 more minutes, Mama"

We know why its called a rainforest!

After days on the beach, we went to El Yunque, the US's only tropical rainforest. It was gorgeous, although very wet! We hiked to a waterfall in a downpour but had a great time doing it. We treated ourselves afterward to a mango milkshake, which Justin and I were lucky to get a sip of since Amara guzzled the whole thing down before we knew what had happened...guess she liked it.

Amara loved sandcastles

She was especially good at directing others to build castles, upon which she would place a shell and water them.

Amara's favorite animal on our trip

"Mama, I need to take picture of the 'guana"

Hanging at our favorite beaches - Blue and Red

Relaxing in Vieques at the hotel

Amara in the San Juan Airport

Our puddle jumper from San Juan to Vieques was the smallest plane I'd ever flown in. The gate agent decided who got to sit where, including the seat right next to the pilot (which alas we were not assigned...I wonder why)

Look, I scared the birds!

Amara's first time at the beach in Florida, en route to Puerto Rico. She discovered shells and sandpipers (like from our Music Together song)