A Beautiful Day for the Zoo

Instead of tumbling class for Reese last Friday, we headed to the zoo with Jodie, Pallen, and Connor.



Courting a female peacock (a.k.a. peahen), this male peacock showed his amazing feathers all spread out.

I actually caught Reese standing still while looking at the rhino.

I think Raly might have a little crush on Pallen!

I'm not sure what Reese and Connor were doing, but they did "it" for about 20 minutes.

Watching the birds in "Bird World."

Taking a break to eat cotton candy (my favorite part of going to the zoo).

Grandma Connie's Here!

Shortly after Connie got here (safely, I should add, since she had to take a detour due to multiple funnel clouds/tornadoes near I-70), we headed to the local carnival. The kids got to pick four rides as it seemed quite expensive. Reese was funny; he didn't know what to think of it all. He walked around in amazement at first. In this picture, he was staring at a small dragon roller coaster.
The four wheeler was their first ride. They both enjoyed it.

After the ferris wheel and an elephant ride, they decided on the train.

Then, we had burgers at Five Guys Burgers and Fries. It's our new Sunday night favorite often with our neighbors, Jon, Jodie, Pallen, and Connor. I think Connie liked it even though they got her order wrong (they left off the onions). Reese likes the (free) peanuts best of all. In fact, that's about all he eats...along with his soda (a.k.a "beer"), he's in seventh heaven.

When we got home, Connie and Raly went for a walk and Reese and I played while Rhett made his lunches for the week (five peanut butter and jelly sandwiches that he takes out of the freezer each morning). He's sure easy to please when it comes to food. For dinner (a.k.a "supper"), he'd be thrilled to eat a peanut butter and honey sandwich.

I'm Married to a Sucker!

So, here's the story: Rhett heads to Radio Shack to buy a $3 battery, a $3 battery. When he comes home, he's carrying two new toys: a remote control car for Reese (one that can spin out, wow!) and a remote control Tinkerbell! He can be such a sucker, much like his father (no offense Mike) and come to think of it, much like my father, too (no offense Dad). Of course, Raly immediately reinforced this "sucker" behavior by telling Rhett, "You're the best!" Come to find out, they were 50% off. Okay. Nevertheless, the kids loved their new battery operated toys.

Raly loves flying Tinkerbell around the house. She hopes that when she goes to heaven she will be able to fly like Tinkerbell.


Reese loves his car, and so does Todd, I think. It's hard to tell.

Todd barking /howling at the car. I wonder what he's thinking????

"Give Kisses"

Reese loves to get kisses from Todd. He often rolls around on the floor trying to get kisses. I think they will be good buddies. However, right now, they both have unpredictable behavior so you never know how things will end.

June Fun!

Because we will be in Kansas for part of July, I packed June with many classes/activities: tae kwon do, art, t-ball, gymnastics. Here are a few pictures:



Raly is in a Tae Kwon Do class. She has had two lessons. So far so good.

Here she's in a fighting stance. She's very serious in class, but seems to be enjoying it. I hope she enjoys it twice a week throughout the month.














This is one of the "blocks" that she's learning. It's cute to hear her yell, "Yes, sir."
















Both kids are enrolled in gymnastics at the same time. Yeah for me! The pictures are poor, sorry. Left, Raly (in black) is doing a front roll on the floor beam. Reese (in the white shirt) is helping a friend do a back roll on the wedge.









Below, Raly used the post to walk her feet up before throwing her legs over the bar. She's enjoying this class also. Today, she received a ribbon today for climbing to the top of the rope wall (I guess that's what you call it), then over the top and back down (sorry no pic of this, I was busy talking).















Reese enjoys the class, but he's not the best listener (shocker!). I'm hoping for lots of improvement! He's definately the youngest of the group. Raly helps keep in him "in line."