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!
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!
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) ...
This summer Kendall began her 1st dance class ... tap & ballet. And she loooooved it! Since this class was just a 6 week session & no recital commitment, they had a "show off day" for parents. Even Daddy took a break from work to come see Kendall dance for the 1st time. She was so excited to have us come watch her dance.
After swimming the summer away, Kendall was overdue for her 2nd hair cut. She was very excited about it ... telling perfect strangers she was going to get her hair cut. We'd had a great 1st hair cut experience at Sweet & Sassy, so we booked another appointment there. They certainly know how to pamper a little girl ... and she loved every minute of it!
the BEFORE ...
This afternoon we went to Grapevine's historic Nash Farm for Baylor Grapevine's 3rd annual NICU Reunion! It was really great to see all of Kendall's nurses & her neonatal specialist again. (We didn't get to make a little visit to the NICU on her birthday this year, so it has been a year since we'd seen anyone.) It was a hot May afternoon with plenty of fun things to do & special people to catch up with. The NICU is getting a brand new building & will be moving in in July, so they had all the NICU-graduates make handprints on a big banner that will be hanging in their new wing, so we plan on going to see it later this summer.
Kendall was {mostly} all smiles for everyone & all the pictures ...
Today we said Aloha and Mahalo to our favorite Auntie E! My sister had to spoil Kendall one last time with breakfast on our front porch ... Chicken minis all around!
