A Day at the Zoo

I was able to go to the zoo today with Jenna's class. The weather was nice and it wasn't too crowded for half price Wednesday. Here are the kids that I was in charge of during our time at the zoo. Jenna, Austin, Grace and Kitty all wanted the snake house to be the first thing we went to and might I say we walked through at Jennifer speed.

 

Jenna's teacher gave us money so that the kids could feed the birds. I got a work out from lifting the kids high enough to reach the few birds that were interested in eating.



Jenna in true form


Class photo after a day at the zoo


I am tired but you know what it was still better than a day at the office! I love being a kid again.

Insect Camp

This week Jenna is having Insect Camp at school. This is all leading up to the big zoo trip next week. Today she came home with plastic cups full of ladybugs. OK, where do you get live ladybugs in bulk? Can you order that from Oriental Trading Company? Anyway, when I picked her up from daycare she told me they were playing dead. Many errands later she wanted to release the ladybugs in our flower pots. Amazing enough some were still alive. Here is the conversation that followed:

Mom: Jenna, where did Mrs. Grimes get all these ladybugs?

Jenna: At Target

Mom: They sell live ladybugs at Target?

Jenna: Yeah, they are in the bug section, you know like the toy section.

Mom: Oh, well that makes sense.

Bluebonnets

As a child in West Texas we didn't have many highways of bluebonnets. So when I lived in Austin it was heaven to see all the wild flowers. Here is my first picture in the bluebonnets.



Then it was Jenna's turn to take bluebonnet pictures

2003 - Jenna 1 year old - on 3040 before it was widen


2003 - with Grandma and PaPa


2004 - Jenna 2 years old


2004 - Jenna and Rylee 7 months old


So in 2005 we had Jackson and honestly didn't feel like doing bluebonnet pictures with an infant. Then 2006 didn't have many because of the drought. Last year was Jackson's first bluebonnet experience. Of course he was more excited by the airplanes and shuttle buses.

2007 - Jenna 5 years old and Jackson 2 years old

 

Here are our 2008 bluebonnet pictures. A little bit of a disappointment compared to last year's crop but still beautiful to me.



Jackson pointing out the bee


This year it was a firetruck


My babies


Jenna

What a Weekend Part 2

We did some outdoor playing this weekend. I think Grandma and PaPa played more soccer in the two days they were here than they had planned. They played soccer, went to the ducky park and rode bikes.

My Boys

Jackson has been on this broccoli fix lately. I don't really know where he gets the love for this vegetable because neither Jason nor I like this. Even the texture when I put it in his lunch bugs me. We went to lunch on Saturday and there was a Flower Mound town flag outside the restaurant. Jackson kept calling them broccoli trees. Over the last couple of days I have heard the SNL Chopping Broccoli song in full song from Jason. Does this date us? So I have attached it for all those that may not remember the song.

What a Weekend Part 1

This past weekend was a busy one but not at the same time. Jason's parents were in town from Houston and they had the pleasure of attending all the kid things on Saturday morning. First there was soccer. It was a big day for Jenna as she was awarded the "Christlikeness" white star. She had secretly told me that is what she wanted to get this week. After a discussion on making wise choices when dealing with another teacher and a substitute on Friday it was nice to see that she showed the "most Christ like" attitude on Saturday. You can even see a little Michael Jordan tongue action while she plays.





Then it was off to ballet observation. If you only understand the camera issues we were having during this two hour time frame. First, we couldn't find our camera but we had a charged battery. Then, we lost Jason's parents between soccer and ballet in the two cars. Found it just in time for Jason's dad to bring to ballet.

Still here

We are still here - just didn't feel like blogging. Kids are doing well. Jenna is enjoying soccer and ballet. Jackson has been potty training at school after a month of begging the school to help us out with training. Mondays seem to be the worst day for him. I survived the cuts at work. Over a third of our company was not so lucky. Now it is like the game of Survivor - who will be voted off the island next? At least UT prepared me for this as it was super competitive and people wouldn't share notes for fear that you would get that job they wanted. I managed to graduate and not sacrifice who I am and I am praying that I will survive this without sacrificing my integrity. Everyday is a different battle and I am mentally exhausted.