Trip to the Houston Zoo

We went to the Houston Zoo last week with William and Andrew. They both loved seeing all the animals although William when we first mentioned we were going said he didn't want to go because he was "scared of the lions". He's at a point where he's says he is scared of going anywhere or eating anything or doing anything, but once we get to where we're going or he sees what it is he thought he was scared of he tells us "Mama and Dada I loved going to the zoo!" He's so silly about certain things at the moment. This past Monday William started going to a 2 hour Gymboree Play & Music class. I had been telling him all week what the name of the place was and that he would get to do gym time, music and art. Fifteen minutes before the class is over they ask the parents to come back so the kids can do a show and tell of sorts, talking about what they did that class. They got to play with sand this first class and do art work with sand and read books about.....you guessed it, sand. I could tell he had a good time, however as soon as we got to the van he started complaining and telling me "Mama you said we would have music and they didn't do any music!" Apparently music is not done every week....great. He would not let me live that promise down and the rest of the day all I heard was "but we didn't do music", "you said they would sing songs" and "the teacher forgot the music". Talk about feeling like he missed out. I sure hope next Monday they include music!

Happy (late) 4th of July!

All of the neighbors started popping firecrackers 2 days before the 4th of July. Pyromaniacs. Therefore, I have chosen to blog about this celebration 2 days after. Okay, the truth is Tim and I ate a delicious 4th of July meal at my mother-in-laws, have been shopping the last 2 days and made numerous trips to Starbucks so I've been away from my computer a bit. Earlier in the week on Wednesday, the kids and I went to storytime and the theme for the craft was (drum roll please)....4th of July! Andrew and William made really cute "Firecracker" hats. William refused to wear his, or even put any decorations on it since he is a boy of few frills. Andrew with help from me finished his lovely creation and even agreed to wear it. Here are both our cuties in front of the library showing off their crafts.