Zoo Day

The kids and me and my friend went to the FW Zoo on Friday.  It was PACKED.  I guess Good Friday is also the day that every elementary school in Fort Worth loads the buses for a zoo field trip!  I thought I was having an original idea... nope!  

My friend and Anna checking out the monkeys.

It's hard to explain my camera to people because I have certain settings set just for me (including where my focal point is).  So, I tend to get a lot of pictures like this... the people blurry, but that elephant is perfectly in focus ;-) 

Longboards & Silly Anna

Yesterday was just one of those days perfect for playing out front with our neighbors and made silly faces for the camera :)

Our neighbor has a couple of longboards and Dex and Cooper had fun rolling down the driveway.

And Anna kept wanting me to put a headband on her head and take her picture while she was pulling it off.  If I didn't have my camera in my hand she would point at it and say ANNA and wait for me to point it at her.

Outside Pictures and Some Exploring!

 Saying the weather lately has been annoying is an understatement.  I guess I should be happy that we've been having really nice, warm days, but MAN, it makes the cold days that much worse because I know what it could be like.

To look at the positives, the warm weather has been here on the weekends, which is nice.  We spend a lot of time outside.  SPRING, HURRY UP AND STICK AROUND.

We went exploring at the Lake yesterday.  Anna had a nap and everything before we went, and she still acted like this a lot of the time:

Her face gets sooooo rosy when she's hot.  I always get concerned that she's overheated, but it always goes away pretty quickly.  It was really hot yesterday, though, and we were out mid-day, so I slathered on some sunscreen.  That may be partly why they're so shine-y :)  Anna held on to that water jug like she does bottles.  Kind of like security blanket, couldn't let it go. 

Slidin' down the hill... Anna VERY impressed.

 It was pretty muddy...

Mud slinger.

I can NOT get a picture of them together.  Anna is so uncooperative.  Here she's like 'DON'T TOUCH ME!'

The water's still pretty low.  I'm hoping it gets better this spring.  We shouldn't be able to walk down here like this.  Lots of clam shells though!

Time to re-hydrate!

Back home and popsicles!

I must say, although we don't live as far out in "the country" as I would like, having the lake within walking distance with so many trails and woods to explore helps A LOT.  I love it, and it's nice getting to go more now that they're older!  We are in a good spot  :)