Attack of the Baby Duck

Several weeks ago, I took the boys to the park for a picnic. It was a gorgeous day outside, so we packed up the picnic basket and headed out. After eating lunch and playing a little, the boys decided they wanted to walk around a bit. For all you Woodward folks, we were playing by the wooden playground first then walked all the way around the lake over both bridges to the other playground. That is when the duck found us...

I shouldn't say found, I should say it adopted us. It followed us everywhere. It almost hopped into the stroller basket! It was crazy. Caden told me that it needed a momma and since I was a good one it might like me. How cute!

Caden tried to put it back in the water, lead it to the other ducks, and even shoo it away, but nothing worked. It followed us over two bridges, around the lake again, and even on to the playground. While the boys played it just sat in the shade quacking at them.

I was getting a little concerned, it followed me out to the parking lot and wouldn't leave. I called Cory but he didn't answer so I called Ed and he gave me some ideas. I didn't want to run over the duck with the car, so I was going to have Caden hang out with it on the grass while I backed out.

Well finally on the way out to the car, crisis was avoided. These nice ladies saw us and after I explained the situation, they graciously offered to take the duck to their farm! I am telling you that was the strangest 45 minutes I have ever spent at a park!!!

Here is the cute little guy!

The boys just sat and talked to the duck!Here is how he followed us!

Cole Loves to Eat

Cole is such a great eater, I hope he continues to be this way! He is now starting to eat more and more "real" food. I had to capture this at dinner last night it was too funny! He was eating chicken sticks, carrots, and apples. That entire tray was gone in about 10 minutes and he was fussing for more. He just grabs it with both hands and shovels it in! No wonder he is such a chunk!

Zoo Part 3

I totally forgot about this part...oops, VBS has kept me busy. Sorry!

Cole and Momma riding the train!

After the train we stopped and let the three older kids play on the playground. Cole was fussing to get out and crawl around so we let him. He wasn't so sure about the new texture, but had a good time sitting there!

Caden and Brooklyn posing...finally!

At the end, they got a little snack which Carter thoroughly enjoyed! Any guesses as to what the snack was?

The big kids also got a little taste of Grammie's ICEE

We had such a wonderful day! A big thanks to Grammie and Brooklyn for coming with us!

Zoo Part 2

The main draw for the zoo trip Friday was the new Dinosaur Exhibit. Caden became fascinated with dinosaurs this year at school when they did a small unit on the animals. He really knows his stuff now! He knew several of them by name, and then told me one of them was a honking dinosaur and all of a sudden it started to honk!

The exhibit has true to size creatures, the lighting was great and the sound effects were amazing! There were some you could control by pushing buttons and even an archaeological dig site. It was great and the boys loved it!

T-Rex...it was ginormous!!!

Carter loves this "baby dinosaur!"

Caden controlling one of them.

Caden called this the long neck...can't remember its name, but it is one of his favorites. He calls his Daddy the long neck one :)

Caden was in heaven!!!

Triceratops

This is the one that was at the beginning and scared Brooklyn! She isn't in any pictures because Grammie was carrying her through the entire time!

Zoo Trip - Part 1

Friday we headed to the OKC Zoo and a good time was had by all! Grammie and Brooklyn joined us this time and we had an excellent day!

Cole chilling in the stroller, he stayed awake almost the entire day!

Caden and Brooklyn chatting with a gorilla

Caden and Brooklyn

Carter posing for the camera.

Caden and Brooklyn loved these misters.

Everyone checking out the rhinos.

Blast from the Past Friday

Who are these two smokin' hot chicks?????

This is one of my favorite pics of my sister and me. It was taken on her birthday, May 27, 2003...I think? It says on my computer Jana's 22nd Birthday, so that is '03, right Jana?

We got all decked out and Cory took us downtown to Sambuca Jazz Club for dinner. It was so much fun! I loved that she lived with us for a bit in Houston and that we got to do fun things like this! Love ya Sis!

Boys...what was I thinking!

I look outside Thursday around 4:30pm and here is what I see...

Now what was I doing that I didn't see them do this, you ask. Well I was feeding Cole in the kitchen. I heard them laughing and playing, but hey they weren't fighting so I thought everything was okay. Well I was wrong.

They got the slip 'n slide out of the garage, hooked it up to the hose, lined it up in the yard, and turned on the hose. Their clothes got wet, so they stripped down. Our next door neighbors were laughing hysterically! They too had three boys, they feel my pain :)

Once I got over the shock and laughter, I got their swimsuits, fixed it for them so it would work better and then they quit playing. It's almost like I took the fun out of it for them!

Boys will be boys!!!

I Am a Big Boy Now!

Cole started crawling pretty well this week, video to come later, and now he is pulling up and standing quite often. I snapped these yesterday while he was playing. He thought he was pretty big stuff! Too cute!