Checkin’ In From The Villages

Early, early Saturday morning Hannah and I, along with Nana and Papa boarded a plane; destination:  Florida!

Even though we’re not Disney bound until Wed (for a quick 2 day visit with the mouse) Hannah was quick to see her little pal in the airport.

My parents drove down last week as they’re here for the month so Grandma and Grandpa picked us up at the airport.  We spent a fun day hanging out at their house and taking the golf cart for a spin.  It’s fun to bip around The Villages in our golf cart and enjoy the warmer weather rather than being inside a car all the time.  Hannah spent some time with Grandma, Grandpa and Papa while Sharon and I went to see ‘Courageous’ at the show.  It was a great movie and I’d highly recommend it to all parents!

Saturday night the time changed but Hannah’s little internal clock didn’t!   She was up and ready to go at 5:30am!  Thankfully the house is really soundproof so we hung out in our room and played until about 6:30 when we went out on a little adventure!  We hopped into the golf cart and drove to Panera Bread.  Yummo!  I wish we had more of these in Canada as the closest one is about 45 mins. away.  (Joy, we need to book a return trip when you’re feeling up to it!) 

A bit of cookie for breakfast when you’re on holiday never hurt anyone!  Hannah tried the orange pumpkin cookie and said it was delicious!

By the looks of this picture the rest of The Villages didn’t have any problem adjusting to the time change!

We went to a quaint little church and Hannah did really well going to Sunday School.  Yay Hannah! As we’re in a retirement area it was no surprise that she was the only little in the nursery and had 3 wonderful ladies caring for her.  They said she was her normal chatty self and even told them that she lived in Canada!  I didn’t even know that she knew that.  After church she posed by this Hannah sized palm tree to take a pic for Auntie Deb!

Walking with Uncle Paul on her way to lunch.  I can’t believe how grown up she looks in this pic!  We bought her some clothes while we’ve been down here and some have been size 4 to accommodate her beautiful long legs.  Yikes!  Size 4 already?!!

We enjoyed lunch together after church.   Dad’s brother Paul and his wife Louise are staying at a house here too so it’s a great time for us to see them too!

We went to one of the town squares in the afternoon and wandered around a craft sale there.  It rained for a bit so we grabbed a coffee but then the sun came back out so we went back into the wonderful sun. 

We spent a quiet evening at home just enjoying being together.  Tomorrow is a trip to Daytona Beach to meet up with the wonderful friends we saw last year!   More fun times ahead!