2nd Post: Memorial Day Weekend...

Mom always thinks I'm getting big too fast... and then I request my blankies be in my picture...

and I'm totally goofy with them... I still sleep with them, but they don't go anywhere with me like they did a year ago (sometimes the car, but they never leave the car)...

Ahhh... there's her almost 4 1/2 year old again...

On Saturday we went to the park, daddy swings me so high it makes mommy gasp...

Sunday we spent the morning at the pool and then we went out to dinner....

This is my silly face these days...

and I rediscovered my American Girl Doll after months of ignoring her... mom even found us some matching pajamas in her closet... I was SO excited!

Monday was grocery store day and Fort Family art day...

The pool is WAY too busy on Memorial Day so we stuck to the house.  Mom made 2 different kids of sidewalk paint... shaving cream and cornstarch (way better)...

I went straight to it!

The cornstarch paint (equal parts water & cornstarch & food coloring) works AWESOME!

Then it was time to wash all my cars for summer...

and enjoy the sprinklers...

For dessert we had red & blue cake with strawberries and patriotic marshmallows... YUM!

My Day with Maribelle...

On Friday we had a special treat.  A day with Maribelle!  Her summer daycare provider needed the day off, so mommy stepped in and I got to have a buddy day...

Maribelle hadn't been to the zoo in a very long time so we decided to go to the zoo!

Ready for our road trip!

and ready to see the animals...

See the baby monkey?  He was SO cute!  We had to wait a long time to see him, but it was worth it...

Gorilla...

Meerkats...

a picture with my favorite elephant Bonnie...

and the real elephants too!

Giraffes...

and termite mounds...

The white tiger REALLY liked Maribelle...

We are such sweet friends, mommy didn't even tell us to do this, we just do...

The sun bear was actually out for once...

and there are new girl lions there (yay!)...

Bird feeding time...

and then we headed to Australia...

Penguins...

After lunch we stopped at the play area to enjoy the air conditioning...

Maribelle is SO brave!  She's way up there in the net!

and then we spent some time brushing the goats...

and rode the carousel (love that Maribelle's horse is smiling)...

Next we went to the new Texas Wild show... it's a little corny, but fun!

Porcupine...

Ducks...

Blue Macaw...

Alligator...

Training Kimmy...

While Maribelle trained my tiger...

Opossum...

BIG snake!

and the Turkey... he came out to "I'm sexy and I know it"... too funny!

We went to see the bats and turtles...

and checked how big we are...

This picture is for Papa Don (if you can read it)...

We played in the sand...

and saw the big alligator...

and finally rode the train...

Last stop was with the flamingos...

and we got rock candy as our treat...

After a LONG drive home (mommy was trying to give us a chance to rest)....

We headed to the pool...

 

We had a super fun (super exhausting) day!  I am so lucky to have such sweet friends!