Bye, bye warm weather...

Well, it has officially cooled off in Jacksonville.  The highs are in the low 60s and lows in the 30s.  Nowhere near as cold as it has been in Rochester, and for that I'm grateful, but I am sad that our days at the beach and pool are over.  The tans will begin to fade into a pasty white and our countdown for our time to return to Rochester has begun.  I'm very excited about seeing our friends, but they just had their first big snow storm and from the pictures I've seen, it looks miserable.  If I could find a place that was 78 and sunny ALL the time, I'd be one happy camper.  I think the cold, rainy/snowy days are to remind us how wonderful the warmth of the sun feels on our skin when it returns. :)

We have been keeping ourselves busy with experiencing all that Jacksonville has to offer this holiday season.  There is a great public library system in JAX and I've been trying to make it to story time since we arrived.  On Thursday I was determined to go and showed up to a very vacant children's section... I was at the wrong library. No holiday story time for us.  Oops! Kinsley and I made the best of it and checked out some Christmas books and DVDs. 

"I like this one Mom."

Is she trying to tell me something?

"Look at all these books, Mom! It's fabulous!"

There was a great play area too!

Learning how to sort shapes. Such a big girl!

Kissing Curious George goodbye.

Louie had the weekend off, so Saturday morning we headed south to St. Augustine. It's the oldest town in the nation, or so they claim. We went to see their annual Christmas parade and welcome Santa to the city.  It was your typical small town parade, but we enjoyed it and definitely enjoyed the weather.

Waiting for the parade to start.

Santa winding up the parade.

Had to include this next pic.  It doesn't quite do justice to Kinsley's baby tan but since we are done with our swimsuit days until next summer I thought I'd show you what 6 months of fun in the sun looks like.  This is with 50 +SPF for every outing.  She's also showing off her new trick... blowing bubbles.