Ice, Shopryland, Opryland Hotel

This is a collection of pictures & videos from "Shopryland". Noni & Poppa took the grandkids to see the "Ice" exhibit (along with riding the train & merry go-round in Opry Mills & seeing Opryland hotel). It was a great time.

Merry Go Round w/ Poppa & Noni

Train Pictures/Videos:

Anna B with her "Princess Parade" wave:

TICKETS Please!

They were talking to all their "friends" in the mall...Anna B thought it was a parade:

The ICE Exhibit:

Tyler was there too (under thermal blankets)!
This pretty much sums up her disposition the entire time through "ICE"...wonderment.
Waiting (patiently) for the slide! Finally, AB goes down the slide...
Then Wyatt

"It's SNOWING!"

Anna beth starting to zone out...There was a round room...with a round ice exhibit in the middle...Anna Beth (and I) ran around, and around, and around...
Still going...there were many more pictures like these...but you get it.
Anna B sliding on the exhibit.

"The End"

Tyler Warren Adams ("Mr Night Owl")

These next few pictures really sum up our little Mr. Tyler. He is a night owl. If it were up to him, he'd never sleep...Toward the end of the night, Wyatt & Anna B were getting tired...but not Tyler! He was wide awake and HAPPY!...These were taken around 9-9:30. His "normal" bedtime is 7-8.

Toy Boxes From Grandad & Grandma

My (Shaun) parents wanted to give Anna B & Tyler toy boxes for Xmas...but they knew it would be too much to take back with us (from FL), even in boxes...so they had them shipped here...with the promise that we would take pictures/video of the kids getting them. Well, here you go! Thank you so much!

(p.s. Sorry about the red-eye...my kids have huge pupils and I don't have the program to fix that on my computer)

Anna Beth gets her toy box.

Tyler gets his toy box...and Anna Beth is still excited over hers.

Thank you attempt.

Taking pictures w/ Baby Goliath (ask us about that story...it's hilarious) part 1 - Anna Beth decided that since she had to pose for pictures...Baby Goliath had to pose for pictures too...

Taking pictures with Baby Goliath part 2

The toy boxes allowed Tyler a little window to play BY HIMSELF!!! Anna Beth loves to play with Tyler...and they play great together, but he rarely gets the opportunity to explore things w/o Anna Beth "showing him" how to play...

Leaf Videos

Anna B in the leaves...

She finds her stick...

More fun with stick, leaves & the monkey tree...

Just having fun later that evening...

LEAVES

Shaun here...For those who know where we live...saying "we have a lot of trees" is a tremendous understatement. With trees...comes leaves. I told Anna B one day that we were going to go play in the leaves...well that weekend, it rained (no leaves). The next weekend, we had plans (no leaves)...well she doesn't forget ANYTHING and kept reminding me...until finally the weather and our calendar agreed that it was time to play (or puh-laaaay as AB says) in the leaves...We had a blast and I ended up mulching the leaves into nothing (only to have more leaves cover up my yard this week). We took these the weekend before Thanksgiving. Enjoy!

My background on my work computer:

Ok...so I can't figure out how to get the pictures in the right order...but this (below) is the other stick ("friend") she found...Above is her "planting a tree" as she called it. Too cute.

We found a stick...and it was her favorite toy! She took it everywhere (including STILL inside our house...but now it has a pretty white ribbon on it). She would talk to her stick ("c'mon stick, let's go over here!", "hey stick, you want to play in the leaves?"). When it got too cold, we had to go inside (despite her wanting to play more...and more)...having the stick come with us just seemed right (or maybe I'm a pushover).

I took the blower & "shot" some leaves at Anna B...she LOVED it (trust me...this is a look of complete, 100% enjoyment...not terror).

Seriously, I know I'm biased...but is there a cuter kid out there???

Anna Beth calls this her "Monkey Tree". It's one of the few trees low enough for her to "climb". She likes to climb (read: sit) "up" the tree. She also loves to swing her limbs from this tree (video coming).