a visit to the sunshine state

arwyn and i decided to go down to visit her great grandparents in florida from feb 5th to feb 13th. we spent the majority of the time with her great-memere (my dad's mother) who lives down there year-round. we also paid a quick visit to her great-nanny and great-djagie (my mom's parents) who spend the winters in FL and come back up to CT for warmer weather.

i was nervous about flying down alone with arwyn for her first flight but she did very well. here's a pic of her checking out the plane.
















arwyn with great-nanny and great-djagie.
















we paid a visit to nature preserve where they rehabilitate sea turtles and other sea creatures.
















we took a ride on an airboat to view alligators then watched an "alligator wrestler" who let arwyn touch the alligator's belly!































we also visited butterfly world - here's a nice shot of one landing on arwyn's hand. and a nice pic of arwyn with her great-memere.