Dallas Zoo

On Monday when we were out of school for MLK, the weather was gorgeous, and it only cost $5 to get in. The Dallas Zoo was calling our name. We drove to my parents, jumped on the Dart train and landed at the zoo. Usually when we go we hit the big animals and leave. This day I wanted to see what we were missing, I wanted to see the Chimps and other animals. So, we pretend we were explorers and went in search of "other" animals. The way this zoo is laid out it is hard to get Zoo north and The Wilds of Africa in on the same day (especially when it closes at 4 and we don't get there till 11) We did the best we could and got all the Wilds in, the reptile building (K's favorite) and the Children's zoo finished.  Enjoy the pictures. 

on the way

ready to go

K and the penguin talking

and dancing

This was really funny to watch

really wanting to touch the penguin

red river hogs- I was told they are to be expecting some baby ones in the summer

remember the baby wart hogs from before? Look how big they are now. 

They are soon to be leaving though to Ohio =(

The giraffes were so much fun

K gets to touch him

OK you have touched me enough.. And YOU don't have food!

Watch out E, you might get a bath. 

apparently a little too close for comfort

E finally gets her turn to pet him

They had to switch to crackers due to people bringing in their own 

lettuce and trying to feed them. 

This is one of my favorite pictures. 

We finally found the baby giraffe.. 

Usually when we are out the animals are sleeping or resting. 

Today they were up and running

going on a safari -I really like the kid behind us reading the map

We visited the bird house and this beautiful bird was really smart. 

he was sitting by the door looking innocent until someone

held the door open a little long. If it wasn't for this poor bird

being nearsighted and hitting the closed door he would have

been gone. 

at the chimps there were 3 baby chimps 

K really talking to the baby

time for a snack

E really liked the sm bird exhibit. 

K gave all the birds names

I have never seen a stork. They are actually really tall. 

K finally getting the pony ride. 

E getting her turn. 

Trying to pet the pigs. 

The mongooses. 

We have never seen a rhino actually use it's horn. 

This was really cool to see. 

He moved all the logs to a middle pile. 

365 days 16-20

January 16

a trip to the zoo

January 17th

these guys from Liberty tax keep me laughing

January 18th

K keeping herself entertained on the drive to Church

January 19th

a beautiful sunset. It's days like this I regret not bringing the big camera

January 20th

What NOT to wear to walmart! (or ANYWHERE)

365 days 11-15

Well, it's been awhile since I have posted pics not that I haven't been taking them I have just been in a funk and really haven't wanted to write anything or do anything. So here is the last 5 days....

January 11th

Even though I have to get up super early in the morning to drop off K at my dad's 

This view makes my morning so much brighter. =)

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January 12th

Thursday this is all I wanted to do. This is the day my true funk started. I just wanted to 

curl up in the bed, cover my head and not worry, think, plan, or do anything, kinda like hibernating. I wanted the world to leave me alone. Am I over my funk? No, is it better yes. Maybe it's lack of being outside and the loss of my vitamin D, maybe it's the up and down gloomy weather,  who knows. But, I have a family to take care of so no hibernating for me . 

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January 13th

Oh so sad. Apparently I didn't document anything on this day.. 

Ry had a poker night so I planed on staying at my parent's for awhile. Then had the brilliant idea to do K's birthday shopping while the kids stayed with my parent's. It worked out great. My dad cooked a great dinner and then home for bed. (thanks mom and dad for watching them)

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January 14th

This has been one of the most productive weekends in a long time. I feel like I accomplished so much and finished some projects that I started. 

The girls are doing their first make it bake it.This is one of those projects that needed to be done. E got these for Christmas and has been asking to do them every weekend since. It was a nice moment when she shared one with K to do. They both started off really well but soon became very frustrated and hurried to finish. However, they both loved the way the turned out. 

THIS IS IT! I FINALLY FINISHED THE CURTAINS FOR K'S ROOM!

We repainted K's room (she wanted a butterfly room) back during Thanksgiving break I believe, if not further back then that (maybe the last week of summer lol) I had really cute ideas for her room and it is slowly coming together. All the curtains were expensive and I didn't want to spend that much money on something that is bound to change again. This is an old tablecloth that I found at Thrift Town for $1.50 and some quilting squares that I found at Joann's for $1.50 and cut and sewed them up for some cute curtains. It's taken a couple months to get it all done (really could have done it in a couple hrs if I sat down and did it) BUT IT'S FINISHED and K loves them. 

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January 15th

It's a Barbie day. The girls came to me early this morning and asked if I would get Barbie's clothes down (they were put up because I was tired of cleaning them up) that was about 11 this morning and when I came home from errands at about 5 this is what I saw. This is the longest they have played with these. I am sure they had moments (from the look of the playroom) that they went to something else but they had these Barbies, singing and dancing and dating Justin Bieber. =) I knew though that looking at this mess it was going to be a long clean up process. But, I just didn't have the heart to ask them to clean it up right then. Why interrupt good imagination time. 

Last but not least.. while I was out I stopped by 1/2 price books. I wanted to see if I could find at least one of the Little House books. I want to start reading them to the girls and while I am sure I will have to omit some parts or substitute some words it can't be worse then the Junie B Jones series (which I have outlawed in the house). So, much to my surprise they had a couple copies and then this. I pulled it out of the shelf thinking how much do I really want to pay for this.. Looked it over and realized that it was in color. The girls will love the pictures that much more. Of course I look at the sale price and see that it retail's for $40. ugh $20 I think never mind maybe just the first book. Then I actually pay attention to the price tag from 1/2 price. I couldn't believe it. I take it up to the register to pay, all the while knowing that It's got to be a mistake it can't be that, and ask the lady "is this book really just $7.99?" She says, ""Yes, we had to mark it down because of how trashed it is". I quickly shut my mouth pay and then say, "yes, the cover is torn pretty bad but if I take it off then I have an absolutely gorgeous book, and walk out of the store, singing in my head!" WHAT A GREAT FIND! 

365 days- day 9 &10

I don't feel much like writing tonight but here are the last 2 days. 

Day 9

The girls playing dress up- they are excited because they have real make up

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Day 10

Doesn't she look so peaceful sleeping

                                     

Today we had the 3rd grade parade of robots. This one was my favorite. All of the robots ranged from about 5'5 to very small. They all were made by the students and their families. 

365 days-day 7&8

Yesterday we pretty much just hung around the house and played. My parents came over to watch the girls while R and I attended a friend's wedding in the worst part of Downtown we could have been in. =) However, it was a very pretty wedding.

January 7, 2012

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This place is called Party off the grid and is the historic Dallas power and light substation. It's a cool building just needs to be relocated. 

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Today was cleaning day. I wanted to start the week with a clean kitchen and I bought a new mop yesterday that I was dying to use. So we cleaned and then took a break and hit the park for some playtime while the weather is still decent. (expecting rain and a cold front this week )

January 8, 2012

 See this picture. See how it is fuzzy in the background. I so want to know how I do that.. So I started playing with my camera's setting. 

 Apparently I messed with the setting the wrong way. I still liked the way this turned out. 

 Again not right but cool looking

 This little puppy provided some great play. See those teeth he likes to chew at 2 months old. 

I always wonder why Pitts get bad reps and after seeing the kids that own this pup treat him.. I know a cute little pup that will be mean when he gets older. Sad, he was so much fun.

Look at that face.. After the kids slapped him in the head a couple of times, throw him down the slide and tease him I wanted to just scoop him up and bring him home. The girl told me his eyes were different colors because the goat milk they give him is different then his mamma's milk. Also, she said he had papers. K asked where she got him from and she replied.. "the lady at the flee market asked if we wanted a pitt puppy with papers". I just wonder what papers she has. lol