Memorial Day Weekend

Eric got down to business getting Ella's big girl bed set up.

 All finished! She loves it and has done wonderfully with both naps and night time! We are even sleeping in real undies now! Such a big girl. :)

 While Ella took her first nap in the big girl bed, Carter got a special treat from Bahama Bucks. First snow cone of the season!

 Later, the kids played in the little pool outside, and Ella turned into Super Girl

We also spent some time at Hope Park and at the pool before Eric had to head out of town for work.

 Memorial Day cuties!

 

More Bahama Bucks, but poolside this time! 

Om Monday, Ella got to put on a little blush herself. She loves watching me get ready and was excited to put make-up on herself!

The kids and I stopped for donuts on our way over to Nana's. We all enjoyed that yummy treat! And we spent the rest of the day at Nana's playing, hanging out, and went to see a movie on Monday night.

Fun weekend, but we always miss Daddy on Memorial Day!

Dallas Arboretum

I haven't taken the kids to the Arboretum in a while, and my friend Ashley invited us to go with them this week to visit the brand new children's area. I didn't expect it to be much, but WOW! It far exceeded my expectations. It's basically an entire outdoor children's museum! We spent almost 4 hours there, and didn't quite see it all, and we didn't even venture into the Arboretum itself. Perfect weather, fun day for everyone!! 

We explored the edible garden first, where the kids made vegetable artwork and played at a little play ground.

 Adorable girls, dressed alike on accident!

 Fun in the maze garden, finding all kinds of cool things.

So many cool exhibits. Of course, most of them were over our kids' heads, but they had fun pressing buttons and pulling levers regardless, especially when it did something cool, which it almost always did!!

 Should we really be trusting the girls to navigate us? Carter thinks not!

 Looking into an awesome giant kaleidoscope.

 :)

 Fun shooting water

 Fun exploring water energy

 Wind simulator!

 Climbing way up high in the tree canopy

Ella was not so sure of stepping out onto the netting.

 Looking a little tired.....

Ella latched on to this hatching turtle in a little play area, and she spent about 20 minutes mothering it. Feeding it, taking care of it, just using her little imagination and pretending she was that baby's mommy.... so cute!!

Fun day! We hope to make it back there soon!!