A Trip to the Zoo

We took a trip to the zoo yesterday. It was soooo much fun. We only stayed for a couple of hours...maybe 3 or so before it started pouring!

I don't know if you caught a glimpse of those clouds over Oak Cliff...Whew, those things were eerie looking! I had never seen clouds like that before, they looked like upside down mountains or something.

Anyways, we had fun, didn't see many animals, we mostly stayed in the kid's area. The girls had a blast!

Here are some of our pics:

The girls are checking out the ants crawling on the ground

They've really cleaned up this area and made it all pretty!

Piper is trying to get a better look at those birdies!

Lizards need lovin' too

Piper is working on cleaning a rock

Presley checking out the cool collection of polished rocks and fossils

My lil scientist checking out some dragonfly wings

Petting a box turtle

I see YOU!

Gotta stay hydrated!

Piper checking out the monkeys!

And those clouds...scary!

Crazy!

What are you going to do in the rain but ride the carousal a couple of times.

And finally the rain... We were really sad at first. We thought the zoo fun was over. Until...

We let the kids play in the rain!!! They had soooo much fun! They were so wet by the time we got to the car, they ended up riding home pantless and snuggled in a towel.

You know Juliet has to try everything....she loved the rain!

And John and I happy the kiddos are happy!

My Sick Presley

I jinxed the girls yesterday. I was talking to Xenia and said the girls have been well for a while now...No illnesses.

Today, about 230-ish, it hits Presley hard. Horrible headache, upset tummy, vomiting. Poor thing. I was so concerned because she was crying asking me to take her to the doctor because her head hurt so bad.

So I took her and they just did a few tests and diagnosed her with a gastro virus. They gave her some meds for her nausea and a script for more.

On the way home, she threw up again. Luckily we were at a red light and I hopped in back to help her. And she had her vomit bucket in her, so even if I didn't get back there she would've been okay. She kept telling me that I was going to get a ticket for riding backwards in the back seat.

What a sweet thing....sick and still thinking of others. Very inspiring!

More Spring Break Fun!!!!

Meagan came over to visit with us for a few days on Thursday to help continue the fun the girls had for Spring Break. They loved having her soooo much! She played and played and played with them!

Thursday night

we hung out at home, played in the backyard, grilled dinner, and just got caught up.

Meagan brought the girls some goodies.

Friday,

we did a few errands in the afternoon & went to eat at Sweet Tomatoes and headed to the mall at night. The girls couldn't get enough of her. They wanted to hold her hand and sit beside her....

And Saturday,

John took Meagan, Presley, and Piper to the zoo so I could get some housework done. They had an absolute great time. And Meagan took some great pictures for me!

Spring Break Fun!!!!!!

This has been a long and FUN spring break for the girls! They've had play dates and an endless amount of fun!

We started by skipping gymnastics on Tuesday and heading out to meet Barbara and Maddy at the park for some fun, picnic, and to feed the ducks. We actually ended up playing at two different playgrounds that day.

Presley waited soooo patiently for Maddy's arrival. Oh and at some point in the day, she decided that she wasn't going to call her Maddy anymore, from now on she wanted to call her Madalyn. Not sure why, but that was a very big girl decision.

AT LAST!!!! Together again!

Lunch Time!!! Yummy chicken salad!

These girls have the most infectious laugh! They giggled and giggled and giggled! Here they are playing hand slaps....silly.

Still Giggling....who knows what they think is so funny.

I am not sure what is so funny about the girls shoes, but obviously, it was pretty darn funny....it had those girls cracking up!

To the duck pond.

Here ducky ducky ducky!!!

WEEEEEE.....second playground. They couldn't get enough!

That was Tuesday's play date with Maddy, or excuse me...Madalyn.

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And here is Wednesday's play date with Ethan and Zenon.

We did all sorts of stuff around the house! The kiddos blew bubbles, painted, played with Maggie Belle, played in the water......so much! Liza has a few words posted on it too. Check out her blog at http://www.monkeylemur.blogspot.com/ .

Maggie was being so cute jumping at the kids bubbles and trying to catch them....but of course I didn't get a single shot of that. But here's a cute pic of her being cute with sand on her nose.

Everynow and then, I'd look over at her (Juliet) and she'd have a big bubble coming out of her mouth. It was pretty funny!

Ethan and Presley playing in the water.

Bob and Maggie hanging out watching the kiddos have fun.

And here is how Juliet spent her sprinkler time. The girl would not get wet at all!

Yummy treats after getting wet. They were all so cold and shivering while they were eating their icie treats. Except Piper of course....she was dry!

Now one to smoothie and painting time!!

For dinner, we headed to Luby's...the girls LOVE the jello there. Anyways, Razzle Dazzle went around making balloon stuff for the kids.

Welp, that's all for now folks....I am soooo sleepy.

I'll do some more Spring Break Fun Blogging tomorrow.

Hope everyone had fun last week!

Scary People!!!

I went to the store tonight at 930 - 1100 pm. That was some major scary stuff! Lots of weirdos were hanging around. John told me to grab a coke and a candy bar and his i-pod and enjoy going by myself. NO WAY did I enjoy myself. No coke, no candy bar, no i-pod. I wanted to hurry and get out of there ASAP!

On a happier note: I saved $69 tonight!!!!
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Here are some more pics from our day