Mom's Day Off!

I took a day off work last week and we had a blast spending some time together!
We recently discovered that our library has a baby/toddler story time every week, Molly and David LOVE it! The librarian is wonderful and the kids think she is awesome!
We also ran to Sam's and had a lunch of soft pretzels and pizza! Molly is addicted to those pretzels (and who could blame her they are awesome!)
We also spent some time at the park near our house! It's great to get out in the sunshine! Yay for spring time!

It's a beautiful day in the neighborhood...

Tyler Zoo

This is us waiting outside the apt for mom and dad to get there! We were playing outside so the kiddos didn't wake Jamon [Going off on a tangent here but, he has been working FULL TIME night shift for about a month now AND being Mr Mom during the days! He is awesome! ] Molly put David's gator in his car seat! As Mike Rowe would say "Safety third!"


Last time we went to the zoo, Molly was only a year old and really only saw the bushes around the animal enclosures......

We thought it was about time to go again!

Tyler Zoo has a "Wild Bird Walkabout" (Which, in reality, is a screened in porch filled with parakeets) You can buy a stick with birdseed stuck to it ($1) and feed these "wild" birds.

As any nearly three year old would, Molly thought it was amazing. We talked about it before bed tonight and she couldn't stop talking about feeding the birdies and how she still reeeeallly wanted to hold one!

Today was the perfect day for a trip - warm and beautiful, a little breeze!
Most of East Texas thought the same thing! It was a little crowded; but not too bad! We still had a great time!

My favorite part was this crazy ostrich! He walked right up to the glass and was scoping us out! Apparently, we were pretty shady looking! He snapped at David and scared him! It was funny though, David was in a big hurry to get away from that glass! Poor little guy!

Of course there is a petting zoo with a few goats! The kids all liked this part! David wanted to sit on the goat (Sadly, for him this is against the rules!) it didn't stop him from trying though!

The girls had a great time! Loved looking at all the big animals and spending the day together!

Hair Cut!

Yes Molly is nearly three years old and I FINALLY cut her hair for the first time last week! I was super nervous due to (If you have ever met Molly, you know why I would be nervous.) Anyways, due to the fact that she does not stop moving unless she is asleep [or watching Care Bears but that is not always a sure thing]

She actually did great! Some of her comments:

"Momma BE CAREFUL!"
"Watch my ears"
"No pull my hair Momma!"

Since she was so good she got straw"babies" (berries) as a treat before bed!

And if her first hair cut isn't enough excitement; she got gum stuck in her hair tonight.
You might wonder "Why would a 2 year old have gum?" The answer to your question would be that she is a purse thief. Countless times I have caught her; empty gum package in hand, saying "Momma you need to buy more gum!" {Because she ate it all, just in case you were wondering. }

So she had her first AND second haircut the last two weeks. Lucky girl!

Vroom!

My mom (aka Lolli) gave David a car track toy [thingy] for his birthday! We didn't actually open it until a few days later but, as soon as I got it together they LOVED it!

After watching Molly for a few minutes, David figured out what to do.



Molly decided that the red car is her car and the black car is David's.




Thanks Lolli!