Cultural Arts Night

It is hard to believe that time is flying by so fast!  Before school ended (which seems like ages ago), they hosted a Cultural Arts Night.  Here is Kylie with her spiderman glasses showing us her fine art!

Bonus Shot - Here is Kylie's Art she did for Mother's Day.  Kylie and I had a fun time making it for Po Po, Grandma and Godmother Dani! 

Another proud moment...

With mommy on her last day of travel for work, we weren't sure exactly what was planned for this father/daughter day, but it sure was a busy one. We started off the day with a 4 hour excursion to Dunkin Donuts and around the neighbor hood driving her car, but then the afternoon we spent out on the lake as Kylie had some desire to go on "daddy's boat" (note that she refers to mommy's ship as being Royal Caribbean).  
In the past Kylie enjoyed driving the boat (a boat approx. 12 feet long that I would take to go fishing in the lake behind us). This use to mean that Kylie takes over the driving and you literally go in circles till your dizzy. But today she really wanted to fish! Fishing has always been one of my great relaxing hobbies, so I am glad she has some interest. Maybe now I can say "some interest" is an understatement. She actually caught her own fish and with the great camera skills I have, smirk, you can see the outcome. 

Yes I admit, I was being the over protective parent in the back ground. I thought the fish was going to pull Kylie and the rod into the water at one point.

Her official first fish she caught! 

Not afraid at all to hold them!

Loving Life! One of Dad's proud day for her!

Happy Princess Ear Birthday 1 Year

If someone ever said "a lot can happen in one year", well it certainly has for Kylie. One year ago, Kylie's cochlear implant was activated in her right ear. This allowed her to fully hear all frequencies of sound versus just getting what little amplification she could in her right ear. Prior to the activation, there were times where she might have seemed confused or lost, but then who wouldn't feel bewildered if they could only hear parts of words and sentences.

As high of a success rate the cochlear implant team at University of Miami has and as technologically savvy Advanced Bionics the maker of Kylie's cochlear implant is, there is no guarantee of results. Well, the results are in with the device working at its best of abilities (come on, not many can say that they have a built in Bluetooth device in their head), the UM cochlear team along with her teachers are so impressed with her development.  She is making HUGE strides. We know our little "Smiley Kylie" is happier and happier each and every day!

Even with Mommy traveling, Mommy was able to set up a surprise 1 year Princess Ear Birthday for Kylie when she got home from school.

Thank you Princess Ear for a great year and looking forward to many more!

Swim Central

As part of Broward County Schools, Kylie gets 10 days of swim lessons provided to her.  Funny enough these lessons this year are provided by Swim with Mr. Blue whom Kylie took her originally lessons with.  She was super excited to be able to swim with Mr. Blue and all her friends today!  Here are some pictures from one of the other room mothers to share with us!

Let me in! 

 Is it my turn yet??

 Yes they have to wear swim caps!  This picture makes me think she is going to do some synchronized swimming!

It's Spring Time...

Time is flying.  In a few short weeks school will be out for the summer!  It feels like it just was Spring Break and Easter which I believe it was!  We wanted to share some of our favorite pictures from Spring Break with Grandma and Easter at Disney World.

Grandma came into town for Spring Break!  Oh boy did they have lots of fun!

There was bowling

A Trip to Butterfly World

Then there was Easter in Orlando

This is my scared face before Splash Mountain

Thunder Mountain

The End of Magic Kingdom

Easter at our Hotel and at our House

Olaf aka Bunny

Dinner at Maggianos 

My Dad at the last course

Quick Take a Picture

Kylie wanted me to share her smiling sleeping picture.  There was no real sleep here!