The Aquarium Blues

Well, I'm very behind on my blogging, so I will start off with our trip to The Aquarium Downtown a week and a half ago. If you haven't been, DON'T GO!! I was very disappointed with our visit. The Aquarium complex is nice to look at and is a wonderful idea, but not worth the money you spend. We had lunch at the restaurant first. It took 3 hostesses and a ten minute conversation to figure where to seat us in a dining room of 20+ empty tables. We had to ask for a highchair 3 times. The food was not bad, but was not good either and way too expensive for what it was. Kaylyn's hamburger tasted like the kind I used to get at my elementary school cafeteria. The Aquarium itself was cool, nicely decorated and good exhibits, but very short. We went on a train ride into the shark tunnel and then took a couple of rides on the carousel and one and two hours and $100 later we were done. We all left disappointed and with a mild case of heat stroke. At least we got some cute pictures.

Attention, attention...we now have video!

I am so excited because I have been waiting for my Flip Video Mino to arrive. I saw it in my Parents magazine and thought what a convenient way to catch all the cute things my children do and post it in my blog! I have to say that I am very pleased with my purchase. It small, easy to carry, and very user-friendly. Here is one of our very first videos. More to come later....

Max and Ruby

THANK YOU, UNCLE SCOTT!! Kaylyn opened her package that came in the mail today and was excited to find her new Max and Ruby beanies waiting for her. Her exact words were, "Oooh, look Mommy, Max and Ruby! I love it!". They have been attached to her hips throughout the rest of the evening (I removed them and hid them for bath time). We will have to give Uncle Scott a call tomorrow to say thank you.

Pictures

Well, I haven't posted any pictures recently, so here are a couple. Kaylyn loves to play in the sprinkler in the back yard and Jack was chilling with Dora sunglasses in the swing. We'll have to go shopping soon for some non-Dora, non-pink sunglasses for our son.

The Magic Word

Today Kaylyn was asking for juice, so I asked her "What's the magic word?" She replied, "Abre!". Do you think she watches too much Dora the Explorer?

Kaylyn's Birthday

Well, Kaylyn is 3 years old!!! Where has the time gone?? She had her birthday party a week early at the Houston Zoo. It was a little bit expensive, but the kids had a great time and we would have spent the same amount of money having it at home. She continued to celebrate her birthday WEEK by getting a visit from Nia for a special present delivery, visiting Nia and Papa in Lufkin and having a Dora fiesta, then visiting her grandpa and grandma the next day to receive more gifts. She's going to think she's supposed to get gifts everyday if this keeps up. See pictures from the birthday festivities here.