Bayou Wildlife Park

We had a great weekend!  We spent the day Sunday at the Bayou Wildlife Park in Dickinson and Benjamin had the best time!  We have been reading a lot of books about animals and farms lately and Matt and I have been wanting to take Benjamin to see real cows and pigs, etc. for a while now and since this was closer than the zoo we decided to go and we are so glad we did!  It was seriously an awesome time!  We ALL enjoyed it so much.  They have so many animals just roaming around that you can feed not to mention the tram ride where you see animals from all over the world that just come right up to the tram to eat.  Benjamin was laughing and smiling the whole time.  We will definitely be doing this again. 

Home

We are so glad that this guy is finally home from his conference in Nashville!  We sure did miss him around here. 

Time Hop

There is an app called Time Hop and it pulls a picture from exactly one year ago on whatever day you are using it.  So I did a little time hop of my own.  Sometimes I just go through old pictures, either looking for ones to print, or just reminiscing, and tonight I decided to go back to exactly one year ago from today. 

And here we are to Benjamin's 1st family vacation to the lake which was also his 1st plane ride to Eureka Springs, Arkansas!  Wow time flies!  I am the luckiest mama in the whole world.  Love this snuggly, cuddly little boy so much! 

Book Worm

Our nightly routine consists of eating dinner, taking a bath, putting on our pajamas and then reading books and singing songs before bed.  Benjamin has a few favorite books that are a standard in the nightly routine- Good Night New Orleans, My First 100 Words, the dog books and the animal books.  He loves to point at stuff in the books and look at you and ask "that?" meaning "what's that?"  I love it.  He is so inquisitive, wanting to know what everything is.

Just Dance!

Friday evening when we came home from the pool we put some music on and just started dancing around the living room and Benjamin had a blast!  He loves to dance when music is playing and his dance moves are the best! 

I can't tell who had more fun, Benjamin or Auntie A! 

 

And us ladies on Saturday after Dry Bar.

 

Catching Up

We had a great weekend around here!  Friday afternoon Auntie A, Benjamin and I spent the day at the pool.  On Saturday Benjamin stayed home with Matt and Auntie A and I had a girls day and then celebrated Laura and Bobby that evening at their rehearsal dinner.  Auntie A and I started out the afternoon with lunch at Tiny Boxwoods, it was delicious as usual, and the chocolate cookies are the best in Houston- I am not lying!  After brunch we went to Dry Bar and got blow outs.  It was fabulous.  If you haven't been, you are definitely missing out.  And the evening was spent celebrating Laura and Bobby for their rehearsal dinner.  I haven't uploaded any pictures from this weekend yet so here are some pictures catching up on Benjamin's days at school last week.  A little music making, a little splash time, and of course, arts and crafts.

Scientist

Today we are going to pick up Auntie A at the airport!   Wahoo!!  We are looking forward to a fun weekend celebrating Laura and Bobby's wedding but not looking forward to Daddy leaving for a conference in Nashville. 

But first, a few pictures of my little scientist.  Benjamin loves all of the fun things he learns at school, especially all of the fun things they get to explore.

 

Fun with Poppy

Benjamin loves to sit in the corner of the couch and he had so much fun playing with Poppy on Sunday on the couch.  He thought it was SO funny when Poppy would slide him down by his legs.

Love this silly boy so much.

Daddy and Benjamin

Sunday morning Benjamin was very excited to give Dada the card he picked out for him.  Benjamin also got him a leaf blower but we gave that to him on Saturday so he could use it after cutting the grass.

Benjamin really did pick out this card because it had the "trifecta" on it- a dog, a hat, and a ball- Benjamin's 3 favorite things right now!

Then they spent the morning playing with balls and reading books.  A great Father's Day morning!  

Little Ham

Benjamin had so much fun playing with MawMaw on Saturday afternoon.  MawMaw came over to help us get ready for hosting Father's Day on Sunday and Benjamin loved spending time with her.  And I loved all of the help getting everything ready for Sunday.