nashville zoo

in between giggles and cuddles, we decided to spend a day at the zoo.

this zoo is REALLY well done.

i love the bamboo forest. it is so pretty, and the animals are so close!

it was very chilly, so frances stayed bundled most of the trip. but she did manage, to her great pleasure, to find a wild paci. ;)

the new flamingo exhibit was open (even though no one wanted to pose beside it) and, they really liked it.

but, how do you truly measure a great day at the zoo? exhausted big kids collapsed in the stroller!

a this & that roadtrip

since i had a few days off, the kids were out of school, and clif would be busy working...i decided to do some of this.

which resulted in little of this....

and a lot of that. :)

and a few of these...

and even more of this!

we had a few snuggles.

and a bit of swingset adventures.

a few giggles...

and some mischief.

it was worth all 700 miles. thanks pawpaw and gege for a fun getaway!!

cool daddy

you know your daddy is cool when he lets you have mayonnaise man for dinner...

and he even let's you make your own faces!!

and you know your daddy is SUPER cool when mommy finds this...

a campout in the den, complete with wild beast encounter. ok, so maybe it is a sleeping beast...but still...

halloween 2010

trick or treat!! the kids started their night at popa and dot dot's.

our little pumpkin enjoyed her first halloween.

soon it was time to head out to the carnival with our freinds the james'...

or should i say strawberry shortcake and super mario? :)

free friday

because i am working more, our schedules have changed, and we have just been so dern busy...we have seen less of the reeves' than we would like, but today we managed a super fun play date! i had read about free scary pancakes for kids at a local restaurant, so we met there early...

and while the kids enjoyed their frightful delight....steph and i caught up.

and so did bauer and trip. next we headed to this super cool new playground where i did not take a single picture...but the kids played for over and hour and thoroughly enjoyed the tire swing and multiple slides. in fact, vivian enjoyed her morning a little TOO much, because before we hit the boulevard she threw up! and continued to throw up the ENTIRE way home. luckily, it was just too much spinning on a full stomach, and made a great excuse for a relaxing afternoon at home and an early bath and bedtime.

which is when we discovered these matching pjs. both are hand-me-downs, but given to us by two different families. so cute, perfectly matched...and FREE!!

yep, sweet girls...that makes me happy, too!!!

a very special dinner guest

tuesday night we had a very special surprise dinner guest...our cousin christy from nebraska!! she just happened to have business in the area and we got the treat of having dinner and hanging out with her. two blankenau sisters in arkansas in one year...a super treat indeed!! :)

pretty in pink

what? somebody (okay, twelve different people in less than two hours) called me a boy?

i know...let's put me in bubble gum, cotton candy AND pepto-bismol pink, and have a photo shoot! we'll show them.

but first, i must rip these accessories off my head...

and TASTE them!!

hmmm....yes. quite delicious!!!

what?! you thought that was funny?

oh mom...you crack me up!!

milk lady memories

i have no idea what we did this weekend. we didn't have any parties. i didn't take any pictures. we just hung around, watched football, read books, snuggled, and spent time together. the kind of unremarkable weekend that makes the very best memories! and speaking of things i want to remember....this is how i am greeted every morning by the youngest member of our family.

"huh...what?"

"oh yeah....i know you! hey there milk lady!!" :)

parsley and the dance class

today was my last day with vivian and her family. in the morning we went to school (like always), but...

this afternoon we went to dance class. vivan loves ballet and tap, and i got to watch the whole time. it was WAY cool!!

next we went to pick up bauer and frances at vivian's popa and dotdot's. they are really nice and have VERY yummy crackers at their house. tomorrow i go back to school and will tell everyone what a great week i had at the day's house. it has been fun guest blogging, but the mommy will be back soon....
:)

parsley and the MANY parties

after a fun morning with gege and at the park it was time to come home and clean up for party time.

first was our friend isabella's 6th birthday.

it was a candy land theme with a fun jumper house. we really liked it.

next, it was harrison's 7th birthday. at the last minute, the mommy decided i might feel left out, and since she had leftover fabric from making frances' costume she whipped up "incredipig". i really like it!

we had a really fun time at the party. so much fun, that the mommy forgot to take a single picture.

she did get a picture of baby frances being incredibaby, jack jack. frances has some fancy super moves...like sitting all by herself! :) that IS a tricky one...

friday and a visitor

friday morning we were very busy. we ran a LOT of errands. so to ensure that i didn't get lost i spent a lot of time here...in vivian's mommy's purse. i like it. there is a LOT of stuff in there to play with!

on friday afternoon we had a very special visitor, gege! she was very cool, and even spent the night. the next morning after a yummy breakfast made by daddy. we headed to the park.

i really liked the swings.

and vivian and i played the coolest game.

but soon i got tired, so i asked to hang out with frances and the mommy. they made a nice spot for me in the sling.

after i rested vivian showed me how to climb the tower...

and even took me for a bike ride! weee....don't worry i ALWAYS wear a helmet! :)