Dallas

When we were in Dallas a few weeks ago, we got to see lots of our family.

Boo!

It’s always fun to play with (or next to) cousins!

Claire helped Granddad make breakfast.

And Dayton found a friend in the mirror.

Escape Artist

I found Dayton like this the other morning. The pajamas are a little big, and he took advantage of that!

Claire’s Name

Fair warning - this is a proud mommy moment. 

I have not worked with Claire on writing her name. And she has not worked on writing her name - or writing any letters - at pre-school, either. 

When we were in Dallas recently, Claire had some paper and colored pencils during her quiet time. Later on, I thought to look at what she drew. This is what I found! She wrote her name! It’s not perfect, of course. But since no one has helped her write her name or work on letters, I am truly impressed! 

Zoo

Claire has asked and asked to go to the zoo. We finally made a plan to go, and we had a great time there! We got there around 1:00, and we saw lines and lines of school buses. There were lots of school kids there, but they weren’t there for long because it was time for them to go back to their schools. That was good timing!

Claire enjoyed climbing on anything like this that she saw.

Turtle

Dayton did very well. He was happy and played some, and then he took a nap. 

Claire and Jordan watched a little sea lion show. 

Claire roared and roared at these lions. It was hilarious!

Look at those horns!

Just playing the drums!

Honestly, Claire was more enthralled by the poop with flies on it (in the right of this picture) than she was by the animals on display. 

We took a break - to get a snack and enjoy the A/C - and we got to see the giraffes out the window! 

Claire LOVED riding the carousel. I just LOVE these pictures!

Another place to pose

While we were there, Claire kept asking to see the monkeys. We found lots of them for her to see!

I love how colorful this bird is.

This was just before Jordan went to get the car for us. We had a fun-filled day at the Houston Zoo! 

And there was still time for Claire to climb on one more animal before we left. :-)

Jordan’s Birthday

We were in Dallas on Jordan’s birthday. He started the day off with a massage. - This picture was taken post-massage; he looks happy and relaxed!

I’m not exactly sure what he did in the afternoon because I desperately needed a nap! (Little did I know at the time that Dayton had two ear infections, which explained why he wasn’t sleeping well!)

Later on he opened presents. Claire colored that birthday cake picture for him.

And I found a summer fun cup for him!

After opening presents, he and I went to III Forks for dinner. We had some great steaks, sides, and a wonderful piece of mandarin orange cake.

Also, the night before this we celebrated Jordan’s birthday with my parents and siblings who could be there. My dad cooked fajitas, we ate, he opened presents, and we enjoyed chocolate peanut butter pie and Blue Bell’s Sea Salt Caramel ice cream. Delicious! (By the way, thank you, Dad, for searching all over town to find that ice cream! Now I just need to find it here!)

Happy birthday to my favorite guy!