Jenna's New Scooter

For the last few months, Jenna has been asking for a scooter. We are unsure how she learned about scooters and decided that she wanted one. But, of course, there was a scooter waiting under the tree for her on Christmas morning. "Santa" picked out a cute Dora 3-wheel sccoter, which he thought was perfect. When we opened the box on Christmas morning, we were disappointed to find that the scooter inside was pretty badly damaged. It looked like it had a rough ride on Santa's sleigh! We told Jenna that Santa said we could bring it back to the toy store and she could get another one. Jenna was fine with that and replied saying, "Maybe they will have a Princess scooter instead". We made the trip to Toys R Us yesterday and found a really nice Barbie and the 12 Dancing Princesses scooter that also included a matching helmet. Jenna was very excited! We quickly came home and I assembled it and we went right outside to try it. Jenna immediately knew how to ride a scooter! I showed her very little and she was really pretty good at riding it. She said that Mrs. Funch, her teacher at school, would be proud of her. I will have to ask Mrs. Funch if they have sccoters for the kids at school, which could explain how Jenna decided she wanted one. Enjoy the video!!

What a Great Christmas!!!

Jenna and Miranda must have been very good this year- Santa really spoiled them!! The main thing that Jenna asked for was a carrier for her baby and Santa came through with a doll travel system. Needless to say, she was very happy as you can see from this video.

The girls were very excited to see that Santa delivered many presents. Miranda did a great job opening her gifts and she made sure to give Ian every little piece of wrapping paper to throw away.




















The biggest surprise for Jenna and Miranda was out in the garage- a special present from Mommy and Daddy. It was a Disney Princess Pontiac Solstice ride on car, just like Daddy's!! Jenna was very excited! As soon as we opened the garage door, Jenna said "My own pink car!".




















Her driving skills are pretty good after only a short time behind the wheel.


The girls are taking a much needed nap right now and then we are off to Grandmom and Grandpop's house for dinner with everyone. We hope everyone has as great a Christmas as we have had so far!!!

Merry Christmas

It is hard to believe that Christmas is only 4 days away. Jenna is getting more excited with each passing day. Last Friday was her last day of school until after the New Year so they celebrated with a little party and parents were invited to attend. I was very proud of Jenna! She was one of the most well behaved kids in the class and really listened and paid attention to her teachers. Here is a 3 year old rendition of "We Wish You a Merry Christmas". Enjoy!

We made our first Gingerbread House as a family tonight. Ian and I did most of the "dirty" work, but Jenna loved putting all the candy decorations on and tasting the icing. It was a great way to have fun together and I think it will now be a Christmas tradition. How does it look??? Thanks, Tina, for this great kit!

Our Bahamas Vacation

We spent last week at The Atlantis Resort on Paradise Island in the Bahamas. The weather was sunny, warm and perfect the whole trip and we had a great time. The resort has so many things to see and do. The one pool area is called the Mayan Temple and has a slide called the Leap of Faith. Ian rode it a couple of times, but I was too chicken to try it. Here is a video of Ian taking a trip down the slide and you will see why I didn't want to ride it!


There was another tube ride that took you through an enclosed glass tunnel completely submerged within a large shark tank. Here I am going through:


Ian and Jenna seem to like waterfalls in the Bahamas! Here they are in March 2004 (Jenna was 7 months old) and last week. Jenna enjoyed it a lot more this time!









































"Unlike any other place on earth, Atlantis is home to the world's largest open-air marine habitat, second only to Mother Nature. The resort's 34-acre waterscape comprises 11 million gallons of fresh and saltwater. Eleven exhibit lagoons contain more than 50,000 fascinating sea creatures representing over 250 species."
Here are a few of the sea creatures we viewed during our trip:
A Manta Ray, which could have a wing span of 25 feet and could weigh 6,600 pounds!

Jenna and the giant Grouper





















Jenna was able to help feed the turtles and the sting rays!














































And Jenna even got to see Santa while we were there!!


Another fun-filled, memorable vacation for the Sale Family!

Jenna's New Skis

Despite temperatures in the 60's this past week, we are already planning and looking forward to ski season. We have a trip planned to the Poconos and to ski on Camelback Mountain in early January. This is going to be an exciting trip since Jenna is going to learn to ski! Ian was able to find beginner skis on Ebay for Jenna that just fasten onto her own snow boots. They arrived in the mail today and as you can see from the picture, Jenna is pretty excited about them. She was pretending to "ski" around the kitchen. Keep your fingers crossed that the temperatures drop and the slopes are great for when we arrive in January!