Animals at Wildlife Safari

There are so many different types of animals at Wildlife Safari, these are some pictures of just some of them. Many of the animals get to walk around freely while you drive through, so they could walk right up to your car, my parents car get pecked by an Emu at one point! Some of Rayden's favorites (her favorite changes everyday!) were the cheetah, the monkeys, the emu and the giraffe. My favorite is the pictures of the big fat hippos!! She had such a great time on her trip to the Wildlife Safari with Papa and Grandma, and talks about it often. We are planning a trip to the zoo this summer and she can't wait!

Some Videos

This is a video of Parker hitting himself. He does this quite often...but usually only when he is mad. He used to hit us but would get in trouble so he started hitting himself. On this night he was just being silly though :)

Parker just loves to give kisses, especially to Rayden. They were just goofing around at the table and he all of a sudden decided he wanted a kiss.....too cute!

New Towels

I asked Rose if she could make some hooded towels for the kids that would match the bathroom and that they would love. She came through and they are suuuuuuuper cute! Right after we got the towels Rayden wanted to take a both so she could use hers. Of course neither of the kids would put their head down far enough to see the design on them very well but Rose has better pictures of them at her embroidery blog. Rayden's towel is green with her name on it and a monkey of course, and Parker's towel is a beige color with his name and a cute giraffe. The kids love their new towels and now there is no arguing from Rayden's side which towel she is going to use so Parker doesn't :) Thanks again Rose!!

Games With Daddy

Parker loves to sit in Daddy's lap while he plays his computer games!! He watches him so intently and always has to try to sneak in a button push while daddy isn't looking!!

Let's Go Fly a Kite

Rayden asks all of the time to go fly kites. Papa thought it might be windy enough on this day and headed outside with her to try. It turned out not to be windy enough but Rayden sure had fun running up and down after him while he tried :) A few days later they tried again and it was definitely windy enough.....a little too windy! Rayden let go of the kite strings and Papa had to chase the thing all the way down the street, and then later on the kite broke :( She sure had fun while it lasted though.

Pucker Up

I am always one of those mean moms that gives kids lemons and limes and then laughs when they get that sour look on their face :) I had not done this to Parker yet until this day, but his reaction was dissapointing. He. Loves. Lemons. He sucked every single bit of that lemon out of the peel and loved every second of it...no funny faces, nothing!

A Beautiful Day

Last week we had one really nice day so we decided to take advantage of it and headed of to the park with a picnic. After we all ate the kids headed off to play and release some of their energy. It was so nice an relaxing to be outside with the sun shining. The kids all had fun and the day ended too fast!

Rayden at the Park

Rayden was super excited to get to go to the park and run around.....she has been cooped up inside too long (and now is back to being cooped up due to nasty weather). She played hard and made tons of new friends.....she will talk to any kid that is willing to play with her (and be ordered around!) She was upset when we had to leave but it was starting to get late. Unfortunately there has not been any good weather since to go play again, we all sure hope it gets warmer fast.

Parker at the Park

Parker wanted so badly to go play with the other kids at the park, but since he wasn't walking yet that was a little hard to do. He got to dink around by us for awhile and then he went on the swings, but he probably had the most fun playing out in the grass with Rayden's stroller and babies.....at least he could hold onto that and walk all over the place!

Jordan At The Park

Jordan had a great time at the park as well....it is one of his favorite things to do! He comes to this park quite a bit because it is riht next to his house, but he was still very excited to come down there with us that day. He spent the first half of his time sitting on a stair drinking a soda...silly boy! He finished his pop and decided a little playing was in order and had a great time. He was so done with me and my camera though....he kept giving me looks like he was thinking "Auntie just get out of my face!"

A New Magazine

When we were in the grocery store awhile back we found this cute Disney magazine for kids. It looked like fun so we decided to buy it. Rayden loves it as it has crafts to do in it and a lot of the things that she enjoys doing in her preschool workbooks. I love that the magazine is all about learning and fun!! Rayden's favorite part was getting to cut out shapes and then gluing them where they belonged on the pages, and of course all of her favorite Disney characters were in it! I have never seen this magazine before so I am not sure if it is new or not, but she sure loved it. Maybe a subscription to it would be good.

Hullabaloo

One of Rayden's favorite games right now is Hullabaloo. It is a very fun and active game that instructs you to hop, spin, crawl your way to different shapes, colors, animals and food. She has a blast with this game and it gets some of her energy out. All the moving around does make it hard to get pictures though!

At the Table

Parker gets to eat dinner with us at the table now instead of being in his high chair! He is now eating like a big boy in a booster seat and he is loving it. It will be nice when we get rid of the high chair....man that thing takes up some room!

A Little Something..........

Parker finally decided that he was going to walk today! He has been standing quite often lately and taking a few steps here and there, but he was just too scared to actually do more. Today he decided it was more funny than scary and he just took off! He practiced for a long time walking back and forth in Grandma and Papa's kitchen. I'm sure he will be everywhere in no time! I have a lot more to post but I will do it tomorrow, just wanted to share this with you guys!