Carman's Baby Shower

Last weekend we went to Austin so I could give Carman a baby shower.  She wanted a "shower" theme.  Everything turned out cute.

Unfortunately it's a little hard to see this one.  The white puffs are suppose to be clouds and then they have raindrops coming down from them.  For dessert, we had cupcakes and almond bark pretzels.  The little cupcake toppers said, Baby Sprinkle, Sprinkled with Love, and Baby Girl

I thought these little rain boots with balloons made a cute decoration for when guests arrived

We played the game, "How Big is Carman's Baby Belly?" Everyone had to cut yarn and then we measured to see who was the closest.  I don't have pictures of the second game, but it was a list of pregnancy words and you had to match them to the correct piece of candy. For example: girl name: Baby Ruth; baby giggles:snickers, hospital bill:100 Grand...things like that.  Then whenever someone answered correctly, I'd throw them that kind of candy. 

 

We had a yummy lunch of chicken salad croissants, turkey and cheese sandwiches, fruit salad, broccoli salad, and chips with a shrimp salsa.

Carman received many gifts that she needed-this is their first, so they need everything! Scott set up the crib for them and we gave them the dresser that matched the crib and took up our bassinet for them to use.

 

 

We can't wait for little baby girl Shobe to arrive!

Hiking

Today we went hiking with some friends.  The park was in Helotes, but I can't remember the name.  We had a nice time, but I didn't care for the trails.  They weren't very clear, so we were walking through high grass, weeds, flowers, lots of branches and sticks...my legs were so itchy by the time we were finished. The pictures aren't showing those areas of course. 

Molly and her friend, Ainsley making it up the hill at the beginning

Finally at the top

 

 

 

 

Cibilo Nature Center

We went to the Cibilo Nature Center a few months back with Scott.  I know I posted about it.  Yesterday, we went with our friends, the Williams.  The kids had a blast.  Playing in the creek was their favorite.

Molly and Ayla were serious about following the map

Look at those two sweet girls!

The girls had sticks and were pretending to row their boat

All 5 kids

Tyler and Aiden were collecting sticks and carrying them out to a tree in the water and trying to make a fort

This is me and Emily!

Vacation Bible School

Last week, we had VBS at our church.  The kids had a blast!  I was one of the preschool games leader this year.  It was alot of work.  The kids want me to go back to being a crew leader next year-it's Tyler's turn.  The theme was Everest:Conquering Challenges with God's Mighty Power. 

The 3 of us on the first morning

 The last day at the assembly, they had snow!!  The kids loved it!

I don't have anymore pictures, but the kids really did have fun! 

The Doseum

This summer a new children's museum opened up called the Doseum-it's full of hands on activities.  We went last week and the kids had a fun time.

One of Tyler's favorites things was climbing on these logs

 

Molly didn't try the logs, but she could do this rope bridge

 

When you got to the top of the rock wall, you climbed in a window, then up to the top of the tower and then went down the slide.  Tyler did it.

The water area was pretty neat.  Here Tyler is controlling the yellow ball in the water-he has it high. but you can make it go lower too.  They had several neat things like that.

In the Little Town, they had several cute areas.  Molly's favorite was the Animal Clinic. She could take care of her dogs, give them baths, take x-rays, and even put them in kennels.  

 She also loved the little HEB.  She filled her cart up and paid for her food. 

This was actually called the Molly Trolly, but she wouldn't let me take a picture by the name.  The Little Town also had an airplane and some cars to drive.  It was cute.

 In the upstairs they had a sections with all different things to build with, big fans-you'd make different things out of paper and thicknesses and see if the wind would blow them.  There was a magnet maze and other cool things.  Tyler really liked building with these straws. 

There was so much more that I didn't take pictures of-a room with a tons of balls and different machines blowing them here and there; a lighting and sound area, a book and story area with puppets, a spy area-we had to solved clues; there was an area about the earth, maps, and conservation.... it has a lot.

The kids also enjoyed this little water area outside.

 

End of School Year

Sorry it's been so long since I've posted.  Here are a few things from Tyler's end of the school year.  In San Antonio they celebrate Battle of the Flowers.  There are a lot of different parades.  Kinder thru 2nd grade make floats and have a parade.  Tyler made this Minecraft float all by himself.  He told me he got lots of compliments on it.

He had field day the end of May.  For their field day, there are 30 or so stations set up and they are scored on how well they do each station.  They add up all the points and the person with the most, wins.  Here is Tyler doing the rock wall. 

Tyler, Kyle, and Colby.  I have a picture of the 3 of them from Kinder and first grade too.

This was awards day.  This is his 2nd grade class.  His award was for Excellent Achievement in Science and Social Studies.

Sea World

My Sea World pass just expired yesterday, but Molly got a free preschool pass, so we went to Sea World last week twice for 5 hours each time.   Wednesday we saw Pets Ahoy which is one of our favorites.  They have rescued hundreds of pets and do lots of tricks with them-it's very cool.  They have dogs, cats, ducks, birds, a pig, a skunk, a mouse...it's a fun show.  We also saw the new Sea Lion show, which was good too.  After the show Molly fed the sea lions. 

Molly needed a snack for the show!

Molly rode the carousel several time, climbed on the ropes, played a the playground, and had fun at the splash pad.

 

 

The Killer Whale shows are always later in the day and we usually have to leave to pick up Tyler, so we never can see it.  This day, Tyler went to a friends after school, so we were able to see the one about how they train the Killer Whales.  It was fun and Molly loved it. 

 

We went back again on Saturday so we could see One Ocean-the Killer Whale show.  First, Molly had to ride the carousel again and play on the ropes some more.  Then we saw Pets Ahoy again.

 

 

 After that, we hurried over to see One Ocean.  Unfortunately, it started raining and lightning, so the show was postponed, then finally cancelled.   Since it was pouring out, we really didn't have anywhere else to go.  We hung out in the covered area, talked to the trainers, and watched the whales swim.  I was bored after a hour of it, but Molly was enjoying it and that's what matters.  She'd run from one side to the other watching the whales. 

Once the heavy rain stopped and it was only a drizzle, we took this picture and fed the ducks

 Finally, they were able to do the next show, so we stayed and watched. 

I have to say, I was not impressed.  Maybe it was because I was tired, hungry, and had a headache, but the training show we saw Wednesday was much better.  The whales did a lot more tricks.  But at least we saw it.  After that, we saw Azul-that is one we love too.  It has Bottlenosed Dolphins doing tricks, trainers swimming with Beluga Whales, acrobats, synchronized swimming, lots of high diving...we enjoyed that show.  After that show, the rides were opened again, so Molly had to ride the carousel again and see the Sea Lions one last time.  Then we headed home!  Molly was so sweet and thanked me several times for taking her to Sea World!