Girl Fun!

While Tyler has been up in IL, Molly and I have had a busy week.  Last Saturday we went to the pool and out for ice cream at Freddy's.

 

On Sunday, we went to the DoSeum after church.  Molly liked being able to stay in her favorite sections the whole time. 

 

Monday, we went to open gym and the pool.

 

Tuesday, I had a dentist appt. so she played at her friend, Paytons.

Wednesday, we met her friend, Caroline at the park.  They played and picked flowers.

Thursday, we took her friend, Briley with us to Pump It Up and then they joined us at the pool after lunch. 

 

Friday, we went with Briley and Payton and his sister to Aquatica.  We had a blast!

Saturday was spend doing errands and getting ready for CO.  And we all napped!!

Today is Sunday and we head to the airport in 45 min.  I'll post about our trip when we get back!

Tyler turns 8

Today is Tyler's 8th birthday!  He's up in IL celebrating with his cousins at my sister, Kim's.  Kim called last week to see what he wanted to eat on his birthday.  Tyler chose hot dogs and Ben's potato salad for lunch.  For dinner he asked for mac and cheese with Ben's deviled eggs and a cookie cake.  I know they'll make it special for him. 

I can't believe Tyler is already 8.  He's growing up too fast.  I love that he is energetic and fun.  He's very creative when playing with Lego's.  Really, he'll take a box and make soemthing cool out of it.  He's hands on and can figure out  certain things faster than me. He loves to be outside and playing with friends.  In school his favorite subjects are science and social studies.  He can definitely drive me crazy, but I love him.  As I tell him-he'll always be my baby.

 

The rest of the week

The rest of our week with Allissa was good.  On Wednesday we just relaxed after our day in Aquatica and knowing we were going to Sea World on Thursday.  Tyler still had bug camp and after that he played with a friend while Molly napped.  I did some housework and Allissa watched a movie.  That evening Allissa generously watched the kids for Scott and I to go out.  We went with our friends Matt and Rachel.  We went to a Japanese place for dinner where they cook right in front of you.  Afterwards, we went mini putting.

 

Thursday after bug camp, we headed to Sea World.  We saw several shows and all the animals.  The kids played on the ropes and in the water.  It was incredibly hot, but everyone had a good time.

 

 

 

Friday we headed to Tower of the Americas.  We went up to the observation deck and also saw the 4D movie.  We enjoyed it.

 

 

After lunch we dropped off Tyler and Allissa off at the airport.

And here they are arriving in IL.

Already having fun with Zac at dinner

I know Tyler will have a blast with his grandparents, aunts and uncles, and cousins.  We'll have fun here doing special things with just Molly.  We already watched Pocahontas this afternoon and have a few other Disney Princess movies to watch that we hasn't seen yet.  Tomorrow the plan is the pool and then a nap!

Fun Times with Allissa

As I posted before, my niece, Allissa, is here for the week.  Sunday her and I went to lunch and shopped, shopped, and shopped.  I should have had Scott take a picture of us with all our bags, but I didn't.  We had such good luck and found great deals.  It was fun.  When we got home, we took the kids to the pool.

 

  Monday Tyler started Entomology Camp-it's a bug camp like the one he did last year.  It's at a nice park this time and he's loving it. 

He's getting quite the bug collection.  He can add to his one from last year.

While Tyler was a camp, us girls headed to the River Walk.  We went on the boat tour and to the Alamo.  Allissa bought a few souviners for Zac and Bailey, while Molly bought herself a new kitty from the Disney Store.

 

After dinner on Monday night, we went to the park and to feed the ducks. 

Tuesday after bug camp we headed to Aquatica.  It's the big water park at Sea World.  We had a blast!  Tyler did several of the big slides with me and Allissa.  Molly did slides more her size.  They both loved the wave pool and thought the lazy river was a little boring.  Thursday we're going back to see all the shows at Sea World.  

It's been a fun few days!  We're looking forward to a few more before Allissa and Tyler leave.

Busy and Fun Saturday!!

Yesterday, we had one busy day.  We started off the morning going to the River City Cluster of Dogs Show.  Since Molly loves dogs, we knew she'd love it.  The rest of us enjoyed it too.

 

 

 

 

 

After the dog show, we picked up my niece, Allissa at the airport.  She flew in from IL and will be here for a week.  She watched a movie with the kids and played some games with Molly that afternoon.  Then we celebrated Tyler's birthday early.  He's going back with Allissa on Friday and will be in IL for his birthday.  We celebrated early so he can get some practice on one of his gifts before he goes.

Tyler has been bummed that I won't let him take my Kindle to IL and for his ride to CO with G & G.  I got him a new book, a drawing kit, a joke book (get ready Mom and Dad) and car bingo. I told him these are what me and his aunts had to play with when we were his age. 

 

But we really did get him an electronic!  He got a Samsung Galaxy.  He loves it of course and can get used to it and get all his apps and games on it before he leaves. 

Tyler picked Two Step for his dinner. 

After dinner, we went to the Tejas Rodeo.  I have been wanting to go for awhile and it was something new we could do with Allissa.  It was a lot of fun.  Allissa rode the mechanical bull and the kids each had a pony ride.

 

 

The rodeo part was fun too.  We saw bull riding, calf roping, mutton busting, barrel racing, and a calf scramble.

 

 

We have lots of fun things planned with Allissa, so stay tuned!