GattiTown

Taylor and I met Crystal and Somang at Cutie Patootie this morning in Frisco to do a little shopping. After shopping at my favorite kids resale shop, we went to GattiTown in Frisco. From what I was told, GattiTown was a kid friendly play place with a yummy buffet. When we first went in, we asked the guy at the front counter if there were play structures for Taylor who is 2 and Somang who is almost 1. The guy told us yes, so we went in. Well, you have to pay for the buffet before you can enter, so we did. We walked pass the little buffet and went to play area. Apparently the guy doesn't have children because there was no play structure for any kid. It was a Midway area. The only thing for the girls to do was to ride on the little carousel. We ate and then went a rode the carousel - twice. That was the extent of our adventure at GattiTown. I'm sure it is fun for older kids, but I don't recommend it for young kids. Plus, the buffet wasn't that great. I feel bad that I recommended it to Crystal.

Doctor Taylor

Taylor played with her medical kit this morning and it was precious. She doctored me up and then quickly moved on to giraffe and then on to lamb. Poor lamb, he kept falling off his seat, so he got more medical attention than giraffe and me.

Maybe we have a future doctor in the making! Doctor Taylor Theaux - it has a nice ring to it!

Back to volleyball

It's volleyball season again! Nathan and Nate are playing volleyball again and it started Thursday night. The boys haven't played in a year, so they were a little nervous - but played great. Courtney and Chloe met us up there and the girls played in the sand with their buckets and shovels. They had a blast. They also enjoyed sticking their heads in the sand with their bottoms up in the air. They looked like ostrich's with their heads in the sand - they thought it was hilarious.

I didn't have my camera with me, so sorry, no picks this week from volleyball. I'll get some picks next week. Hopefully the girls won't put their heads in the sand again. It took me forever to get all the sand out of Taylor's hair that night.

Sweet Courtney sent me some pics of the girls, so I just added them to the blog. Enjoy!

Moon Sand

Taylor got Moon Sand for her birthday and we finally opened it Wednesday night. Moon sand is sand that has playdough like qualities. It's pretty neat. I laid a tablecloth down on the grass outside, got tupperware to keep the moon sand in, and opened the sand for Taylor to play with. The set she got had a castle and king/queen molds for Taylor to make characters and build a castle with. Taylor seemed to enjoy playing in the sand and mixing the colors together. I was trying my hardest at first to keep the colors separate, but that lasted about 5 minutes. I gave up on keeping the colors separate and keeping the sand in either the tupperware or on the little inflatable table that came in the set.

Within 15 minutes, Taylor had the two colors of sand completely mixed and she was covered in sand. Her legs, feet, and hands were blue and pink! Since we were outside, I took her dress off and hosed her down. She thought it was great! Since her pool was still sitting on the patio, I decided to just fill it up and let her play.

Check out the blue and pink legs!

Parade float

Prepare to be amazed! Angie and I have spent almost every day working on some piece of the float for the last few weeks. It was a little stressful, but I really enjoyed working with Angie and constructing the float. We used the VBS theme of Cosmic City: Explore the Wonder of God as our theme for the float. We built houses like on the cartoon The Jetson's and put a few rockets on the float.

We spent most of Thursday at the church during the day and then we were back up there from 6 to 10:30pm Thursday night with help from friends to construct the houses and bolt them down to the float. Friday morning we went back up to the church at 10am to finish the float. I was the last to leave at 2pm and the float was done - what a relief!

Late night float building - constructing the houses

Practicing her royal wave for the parade

This morning we met at the church at 7am to drive the float to the start of the parade route. Driving down 2 major streets in Coppell on a float was a little crazy. We rode on the float because we were afraid the houses might fall over. Luckily, the guys had secured them perfectly and they weren't going anywhere. Our float riders and walkers met us at 9am and the parade started at 10am. Nathan walked next to us and handed out candy to the kids while Taylor and I rode on the float. We made it through the parade which I think Taylor really liked getting to wave at all the people. She kept yelling (in her soft voice) "Happy 4th, Happy 4th". I think I am the only one who could hear her, but it was precious.

The final product!

Taylor on the float this morning

Taylor and me getting ready to ride the float

4th of July Fireworks

The City of Coppell put on the 4th of July Fireworks show last night at the aquatic center. A ton of businesses and churches set up booths and the kids play till it is time for the fireworks. We went up there last night around 7:30 and walked around for a while and then laid out our blanket and chair. Yep, we only have 1 folding chair for some reason. Who knows. Anyways, we sat with some friends and just relaxed. Taylor did great the whole night.

Wagon ride to the aquatic center

Got her chair and is ready for the show!

Getting daddy

Playing with daddy

When the fireworks finally started around 10pm, she wasn't so into them. She ended up crawling into my lap and hiding her head in my shoulder till they were over. She was okay watching the low fireworks, but the higher up fireworks seemed to scare her. I don't think the noise bothered her which is what usually scares kids. She didn't cry at all, but she kept her head buried until we told her it was over and then she was happy as a clam. I will never understand kids!

Poor little thing.

I didn't get any pics of the fireworks since my hands were full with Taylor. I didn't mind - she doesn't like to be held much anymore, so I was happy to hold her.

Swimming

I have been neglecting my blog lately. I have been so focused on the float and other things lately, that I just haven't had a chance to sit down and blog. They've blocked it at work, so I can't update the blog in the mornings at the office like I use to. Anyways, I am going to catch you up - even though there isn't much to catch up on.

We did go to the aquatic center last Saturday and swam for 2 hours. Taylor absolutely loved it! I love seeing her so confident in the water. Last year (granted she was only a year old), she honestly hated being in the water. She hated the pool, the lake, and the bathtub. This year, thanks to swim lessons which were more of just getting the kids use to the water than anything else, Taylor likes being in the water.