fun with friends at the quarry

we met up with t and her crew at the coolest new splash park . . . the quarry! it is a huge hit with all the kiddos because there is sand AND water to play in! and a hit with me . . . because there's no standing water so i can actually enjoy watching them play! the girls love playing with the w boys! it is so cool that each of them has a pal! the kids played hard for several hours . . . in the 100 degree heat! a perfect summer day!

a trip to the austin zoo

oh how we have missed our bff's! we had such a fun time hanging out at the austin zoo for the afternoon! so many cool things to see . . . and even better friends to hang out with! :) it truly amazed me how interested the kids were in the goats! hello, we have goats! they still thought it was so fun to feed all the farm animals! i think the highlight of the afternoon was the lion . . . roaring and spraying, the GIANT pig at feeding time, and of course the train ride! :) ken had a story about EVERY single animal in the park, b.c. LOVED the choo choo and talked about it the whole way home, kam thought the turkey was pretty cool, and mck was happy to be with a&d! can't wait to see our bff's again soon! :)

bentley and sawyer

my friend liz from elementary/middle school came to visit with her adorable 15 month old miracle baby, sawyer! b.c. and s had so much fun playing together! s is the littlest walking kid i have ever seen . . . and b.c. was eager to pick up a few new tricks from him! they had lots of fun sharing toys, chowing down together, even enjoying a bath together! we couldn't quite manage to get the boys on the same schedule so our outings were limited, but it was nice to have some down time at home playing! what fun! can't wait to get together again soon! :)

super bowl sunday!

we joined our bff's for a great game of football and yummy snacks! :) (okay, so the kids and mommies weren't really into the game . . . but it gave us an excuse to get together!) the kids had so much fun playing together, we had so much fun chatting, and b.c. enjoyed checking out his first football game! :) he was decked out in his football shirt and taking in all the action! :) the kids finished the evening by eating cupcakes with yellow and black frosting (not sure what i was thinking there!). they thought it was fun . . . i was stressed! kam was proud of herself for picking yellow and not being a mess! :)

summer evening at the splash park

we met our bffs for a picnic dinner (well, if mcd's and pei wei qualify as a picinic . . .) and let the kids run around in the splash park. in case you haven't heard, we are in a MAJOR drought situation here. no rain. period. and even if there is any rain it hasn't been enough to make a difference. well, wouldn't you know we get settled in at the splash park and see some pretty ominous looking skies behind us . . . only to be followed by thunder and lightning . . . so, our stay was short, but the kids still managed to have fun. mck enjoyed being a "bucket head" and playing in their usual mud hole! ken just ran around like crazy getting soaked! mck loved pouring water on herself! and little b.c. didn't get wet but enjoyed sporting his super cool swim suit (yes, i know he'll hate me for it later on, but it was too cute!). can't believe we have to start waking up at the crack of dawn in a day . . . the end of summer stinks. :(

a real treat . . . lunch and play with the big cheese!

i surprised the kids with a lunchtime trip to chuck e. cheese today . . . another little "last hurrah" before school starts in less than 2 weeks! we met our bff's there and the kids had a wonderful time! pizza, coins, tickets, and soda . . . what more could a kid ask for? ken and mck are pretty independent there . . . they like being able to walk around and play games/rides all by themselves . . . and kam, well she totally has the concept down and would like to do everything herself . . . "mommy, i need MONEY!" she kept telling me! :) b.c. enjoyed his first trip to cec by sleeping for the first hour and a half, nursing, checking things out for a bit, and then letting us know he'd had enough by screaming as we packed up our stuff and headed to the car! :)

a trip for 4 to the splash park!

yea! :) a water day! b.c. made his splash park debut on monday! :) he did so great! we sat in the shade and hung out while the girls played with their friends. b.c. did great until he got hungry! he really slept well in the texas heat. ken and mck had so much fun playing with their friends g and r! they all played soooo nicely! you could tell it'd been a long time since they'd seen each other! ken and g were trying to recruit all the babies in the splash park for some time in the little splashers and playing with buckets. mck and r had more fun hanging out on the blanket eating snacks and posing and then getting totally soaked together! kam was happy with either group or just filling up buckets and dumping them out! her favorite part was having ms. s pull all of the "rings" out of the chex mix! :) what a great start to the week! :)

the bailey girls' first sleepover

the girls and i had our best friends over for a movie night and sleepover! we all met for dinner, then tried to wear the kids out at the park before heading back to the house for play, p.j.'s, snacks, and a movie! the kids had a great time . . . we spread the sleeping bags out in the playroom, turned on despereaux (one of our favorites!!), and served up some yummy popcorn and sweet tarts! :) the kids were really good . . . until the movie was over . . .

servin' up snacks!


settlin' in for the show!

i think miss s. and i were up and down the stairs about 15 times investigating nosies or tattling! around 11:15 we split the kids up and put one in each bedroom upstairs (thank goodness for our new house!)! we got to enjoy a girlie movie of our own along with some much needed girl chat! :)

the girls did great, of course, because they were in their own beds . . . the caswell kids wanted mom to camp out with them, so poor ms. s. spent the night on the floor. :( we'll work on that next time!

can't wait to do it again soon!

spring splash day

with the weather so nice and warm . . . nearly 90! . . . the girls needed a splash day! we pulled out the "pool" and their new sprinkler (SO cool!) and let them have some fun! :) ken had a friend over from school, so they had a blast running around with each other! mck had fun pouring watering cans of water over her and being the first to test out the sprinkler! and little kam loved just being with the big girls and hanging out in the water . . . she still a little too timid for the slide and isn't quite sure about splashing! :) we cannot wait for summer! :)

zilker kite festival

as is tradition, we went to the zilker kite festival with our bff's! :) the kids had a great time! ken and mck were into picking out the "cool" or "pretty" kites and kam was just amazed by them all! every time we go outside now she wants to see kites! :)

there were seriously kites EVERYWHERE and the wind gusts were a little crazy. . . daddy had some trouble getting the kites to stay up for too long before they'd come crashing down on a poor bystander!

we finished the afternoon with a delicious lunch at hula hut on the lake and headed home! the weather was PERFECT! we couldn't have asked for a nicer day! :)

zilker park

we celebrated the beautiful weather (and a school holiday!) by meeting our friends (ms. t has 3 boys the same ages as my 3 girls!) at an amazing park in austin. we played on the playscape, had a picnic lunch, walked by the water, rode the train, chased birds, and enjoyed a little afternoon treat! we even managed to get 5 of the 6 kiddos to sit for a picture together! (that's quite an accomplishment!)

the girls loved the train ride. i put kam in a seat while i got the girls settled in their seats and when i went to sit down with her she started crying . . . she wanted to ride all by herself! :(

we spent the majority of the day at the park until kam was repeating "puppy, puppy!" over and over again . . . i knew it was time to hit the mini-van and give her her snuggly! :) the kids (okay, me too!) were worn out so the ride home was nice and quiet! what a wonderful day at the park with wonderful friends!

bouncing baileys

ken had off from school today so we headed to a bouncy place with mck, kam, and a g (a friend of ken's). we arrived just as they were blowing up the inflatables . . . it was a treat just to see them all growing big before their eyes! the girls had so much fun running around, bouncing, and hiding from each other! kam thought she could do everything herself . . . even the big slides! luckily it wasn't too crowded, so we could take our time climbing to the top! what a fun friday!