FW Zoo w/ Aunt Rinny...

Did you hear that my Aunt Rinny came for a visit? She arrived yesterday and mom made a HUGE dinner for us (including chocolate cake) and then today we took Rinny to the zoo. It was SO much fun!

Here I am before the zoo...


The lip biting is about new teeth coming in... yes even more new teeth... surely I will have them all soon...


We had planned to go to the zoo when it opened this morning, but it was a little chilly so I took a morning nap and we went at lunchtime. The zoo was practically empty so we got to experience it all by ourselves... it was SO much fun!

Here is mom and I checking out the cheetah...


The gorillas were all inside today and eating lunch and they were coming SUPER close, I held onto mommy for dear life!


Checking out the meerkats... they are SO cute!


Here I am with Aunt Rinny in front of her favorite animals the giraffes...


And one of mommy and I...


Check out all of the giraffes... they have a lot now!


Look how close I got to the white tiger...


Then mommy let me get even CLOSER!


Aww... look how sweet the tigers are...


The lion cubs have gotten a little bigger and the male lion was REALLY putting on a show today... he scared me with this big "roar"...


My favorite part of the zoo is still the penguins and amazingly we were the only ones at the penguin exhibit today....

"Hey Aunt Rinny check them out..."


"Aren't they cool..."


Mom loves this picture because you can see my reflection in the glass...


Can you see by my reflection how much I was enjoying myself?


Mom says she longs for the day where we both look at the camera and smile... we haven't had a picture like that in a while... and never at the zoo (I'm too distracted)...


After we finished the African safari side we went over to the Texas size for lunch...


Here I am in the same chair back at the beginning of October...


Off to check out some native Texas animals... like prairie dogs...


and bobcats... how cute is he?


Here I am checking out the leopard... see him...


Then we headed to the best part of the zoo, for a nice long visit...


My friends the flamingos!!!


I did everything to try to get their attention... I did their little dance and worked on their call...


"Here flamingo, flamingo, flamingo..."


"Mommy make them come play with me..."

Little Gym...

Alright mom... what do you have planned for today?


Ahhh! Little Gym!

Don't Addie and I look guilty of something?


Ok I look a little more innocent in this picture...


Today we worked on some tricks on the bars... I really liked hanging on them...


Check me out in the center of the action...


I'm finally very aware of my stamps that I get at the end of class... I'm so proud to get them!


Here are some videos of Little Gym Fun...

Music Class & Botanical Gardens...

This morning mommy took me to my first Rhythm Makers class at Master's Touch, she figures with my dancing and love of my bells that maybe a music class would be a good fit.


Here I am sporting outfit 1 of Valentine's outfits... I have at least 14 Valentine's related outfits, so mom is going to make sure we get all of them worn in the next two weeks...


Mom loves that I'm just shining in this picture...


Mom wasn't sure how the mom's would feel about her snapping pictures during class so she only took a couple... here I am with the big drum...


and dancing the cha-cha with mommy...


Here is my teacher and Hudson! Remember Hudson from my playgroup? He's in my class too...


At the end of the class I got a sticker! I left it on long enough for mom to snap this picture and then I tried to eat it...


After class mom remembered that the Botanical Gardens were right around the corner so we went for a visit...

How beautiful is this?


Look how tiny I am compared to the park...


All this to explore and I picked up a rock...


Until I saw the stairs...


I was determined to climb these stairs...


I made it to the top!


See mommy's pretty bow she made me! This is her favorite size bow now... I don't mess with it and it sits perfectly on my pebbles ponytail...


Look! I see my shadow and it's Groundhog Day... must mean there's 6 more weeks of winter (my fingers are still crossed for snow, last year it was in March!)...


Koi fish!!!


Trying to pull up on the chain...


Can I swing on it?


How about I just pick some flowers?


Here I go running... (mom is so scared when I do this because she's convinced I'm going to go get in the water...)


See how much freedom she lets me have!


There's a pretty park right next to the Botanical Gardens...


Did you notice how dirty my knees are? That's from falling in mud...


One quick pic from this afternoon... Madeline's mom Jennifer called mommy today and we realized we were right across the street from each other shopping so we went to join them... Madeline and I had a great time shopping!

My New Slide

So mom had some Christmas money left over and she decided it was time to spend it on me... We took Jenny's suggestion and went and bought a Kangaroo Climber...


First mommy had daddy set it up outside...


I checked it out...


Took my first slide...


Climbed through the door...


Then mom realized that if we kept it outside she was never going to get to be inside again and there is a cold front coming (and there is still not a fence around the pool and I quickly climb the stairs and head straight for the pool when I'm outside)...

So mom asked dad do disassemble it and reassemble it inside (dad's a good guy)...

Once we got it set up inside Callie wanted to check it out...


Daddy helped me figure out how to climb up the slide...


and I enjoyed opening and closing the door...


SO fun! I have my own fort now!


Daddy is in charge of the vacuuming at our house and today I thought I would help him...


I held the cord for him and followed him around, but I got tangled up...


He had to stop and untangle me... crazy that I use to be afraid of the sound of the vacuum and now I follow it around...


We play with my megablocks almost every night... it's my wind down cue that bath time is coming...


Here are 4 videos from this evening...

I started twirling on Thursday and mom has been trying to capture it on film ever since... here are two videos of me twirling... sorry they are so short...




Amazingly I've only had my slide for a day and I've already figured out how to climb up the slide and slide back down...


Yes, I have had a few pretty big falls today, but I've recovered well from all of them and I'm pretty tough!