Zoo Day with friends

Today, we enjoyed a slight drop in August temperature here in Texas and spent the day at the Zoo! It was a beautiful day and we had a great time with the Caton fam, checking in on all the animals we hadn't seen since May!

Kendall is really into babies ... of all types & sizes, so the baby giraffe, 3 lion cubs and baby chimpanzee were must see!

 

It's not a proper trip to the Zoo without a horse ride on the carousel and a train ride back to the entrance/exit!

 

 

 

Pops' Toy Story party

Today we celebrated Pops' big birthday!

Kendall loooooves birthday parties ... which is a good thing, considering her social calendar stays pretty full with those all year long! Lately she's been asking what kind of party the birthday boy/girl is having ... and she ooohhhs & aaahhhs over the details I can give her ... the theme, what they are doing, etc. Several weeks ago, I mentioned to her that Pops' birthday was coming up ... that we were going to Abilene for the weekend to celebrate his big day with him ... and then she immediately wanted to know "what kind of party"? My answer of it's just a birthday party ... we will be at Pops & Grams' house, eat dinner, sing him happy birthday, eat birthday cake & watch him open his presents ... was not sufficient enough.  She again asked, "But what KIND of party is it?" ... for which, I had no answer to suit her.  The next time she talked to Pops, she asked him about it.  He tried to answer her question with less details than I had given ... so after many more questions, he finally said "a Toy Story party" and she got VERY excited about that "like Tucker had!"

A week before his party, Kendall was talking to Grams about Pops & his Toy Story party ... something Grams didn't know about.  And apparently Pops had also forgotten to mention to Grams this important conversation with Kendall.  But Aunt Rachel had all the decorations needed ... and the Toy Story party was on!

 

Not sure who had more fun at Pops' party ... Pops or his 3 grandchildren ... playing with all of Tucker's Toy Story toys!

 

Happy Birthday, Pops!  It was a great party ... thanks for appeasing your granddaughter with the all-important birthday party theme!

School Supplies

It's that time of year again. Summer is nearly over (not the heat yet) but Fall is coming and a new school year is about to start. One of my most favorite things about a new school year ... the school supplies! And Kendall has joined right in ... the other day, Kendall yells, "Mommy, hurry! Come here!" ... as I get to the living room, she's pointing to a tv commercial ... all about school supplies. Oh the little things that make a girl happy!  Getting ready to start Kendall's 3 year old preschool class, we set off to find a new {bigger} backpack (that will actually hold her lunchbox & school folder) ...

 

 

She had a Princess one picked out immediately!  (This is the same one she had seen & picked out since June ... I had just made her wait to get it ... I knew more options would be available later, but that was her favorite one.) We've had a great summer, but she is so excited to start this school year ... and I'm just happy it's 3 year old two-day a week preschool and we're not sending her off to Kindergarten yet.  Two years until that day is NOT long enough for this Mommy!