tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-45362261627932681372024-03-19T04:14:24.272-05:00Just Us and Our 2 GirlsHeatherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11584138716707909503noreply@blogger.comBlogger474125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4536226162793268137.post-47458135477360251782013-05-28T17:25:00.000-05:002013-05-28T17:25:35.219-05:00Fire Safety Day<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
Our neighborhood has organized playgroups and today was Fire Safety day! I was actually the one in charge of running todays event and I think it was a huge success.</div>
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There isn't a better way to have a fire safety event than to have the fire truck and ambulance come out!<br />
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Our fire department was great and opened up the firetruck and they just started lifting all the kids up to get inside and explore.<br />
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The girls really enjoyed being able to touch everything.<br />
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Grace even got up in the driver's seat! I don't think she could see over the steering wheel though.<br />
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And I think Grace's favorite thing was going for a ride on the stretcher.<br />
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After we toured the firetruck and ambulance we went inside for snacks and crafts! I set up four tables and each table had a different activity - coloring page, shapes to glue together to form a firetruck, build a fireman, and a cut and paste activity. Grace kept telling her friend "Let's go to the next center" after they would finish an activity. I think all the kids had a blast!<br />
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It rained a bit the night before but the weather ended up turning out pretty nice!</div>
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They started off with an egg hunt. The girls loved egg hunts but somehow our strategy didn't work out so well and the girls only ended up with a few eggs. Oh, well. They had plenty more to hunt at home.</div>
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They enjoyed finding a few eggs and there were lots of other things to do.</div>
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Because of the rain the field they normally used was too wet and from what others said it would have been better because there was a lot more room to scatter out (and probably more eggs too!)</div>
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This narrow strip of grass was all that was not soggy and muddy.</div>
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But there were bounce houses!</div>
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And probably the favorite part was the petting zoo.</div>
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But before we went to the petting zoo the girls rode the train!</div>
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They saw one of their good friends and she rode with them!</div>
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After they petted the animals we found their friend to say good bye. It was a lot of fun for the girls and it was just a short walk down the street. </div>
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I need to get back to blogging! It is a great way for me to look back and see what we were doing. Olivia broke my camera so I decided it would be a good idea to finally transfer the pictures to the computer. I had these as a surprise!</div>
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I had something to go to one day so Dustin decided to dye eggs with the girls. I didn't get to see any of the eggs because they were ALL GONE when I got home. I have two girls who think boiled eggs are sort of tasty!</div>
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But it looks like they had a good time. And we dyed eggs again on Easter weekend so I could see their creations.</div>
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The girls really enjoy anything that could be considered a craft. If you get out paint, glue, paper, crayons, scissors, etc. you are guaranteed that they will have a fun time!</div>
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It had been a while since we pulled out the paint. Olivia wasn't too sure about wearing a smock but once she got the paintbrush in her hand she was a happy camper. </div>
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She only used the red paint and we pulled out a for work sheets that cover the color red. </div>
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She always likes to draw/paint people. I'm not sure who she painted that day but she painted a person.</div>
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When she paints she works slowly and really concentrates on what she is doing. She wants it to be just perfect!</div>
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Doesn't her person just look beautiful? Before she was done she had pretty much covered her paper with paint!</div>
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I think Olivia may need 2 colors because she is 2 next time. She got bored a lot quicker than Grace!</div>
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My cousin made a trip to Dallas and stayed at Great Wolf Lodge in Grapevine. Since it was only her, her husband, and their little boy (who is just 2 months older than Olivia) they had a couple extra passes for the waterpark. We were the lucky ones that got to go with them!</div>
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We spent most of our time in the kiddie pool which was a blast for the girls.<br />
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Out of everything there I think these wave runners were their favorite.<br />
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We actually got to go TWICE! We went with them on Monday evening after they checked in. And since we had the wristbands we decided to go again on Tuesday morning. The first day I left my camera in the room but I decided to try extra hard to stay dry and take a few pictures on Tuesday. Staying dry is hard to do with all of the things that spray water everywhere!<br />
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They had a few water slides and both girls tried them out but they enjoyed swimming and splashing more than sliding.<br />
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Just look how big this place is! When we were leaving I realized we missed an entire section that the girls were big enough for. I guess we can check it out next time!<br />
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We did go through the not-so-lazy river. We did that with my cousins family and I was glad to have an extra adult to help with the girls. Since they only had 2 extra passes, Dustin stayed home to do some homework (Olivia was free).<br />
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And this is where we spent most of our time. Since it was a weekday, it wasn't very crowded which was great.<br />
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Just look how fun the fountain is!<br />
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Whew! What a busy month we had. February was packed with lots of fun. And LOTS of celebrating! It felt as if we celebrated Olivia's birthday almost the entire month (which we pretty much did).</div>
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We celebrated with our family in Oklahoma one weekend, the next we met Grandma Phyllis and Grandpa Mike at a hotel near the half way point to celebrate (including swimming, cupcakes, and presents), then the next weekend my Mom came to visit and we all went to the zoo.</div>
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Her actual birthday was last Monday, February 25. I like to do something fun for the girls on their birthday so we met Daddy at Chuck E Cheese for lunch. </div>
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This is their favorite game. They win lots of tickets on this one.</div>
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And Olivia can pull the lever all by herself! She needs a little help reaching the big button though.</div>
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Since we were getting lots of tickets on this game we played it for a long time. Then we played a few more games and came back to this one.</div>
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And since we were celebrating a birthday we just had to have cake!</div>
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Olivia got a birthday sticker when we walked in the door too. She was pretty excited to wear Chuck E Cheese on her shirt.</div>
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They even had candles and a lighter. Olivia loves to blow out candles!</div>
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So we lit them over and over and over!</div>
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Last month I took the girls to Let's Jump in Keller, TX. It is an indoor bounce house facility.</div>
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I wasn't sure how much the girls would like it but they ended up loving it! Look at that BIG slide... that was Grace's favorite!</div>
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When we first went in, Grace took off and went right up to the top of the slide. I thought for sure she would get scared (it was the biggest bounce house slide I have ever seen!) and I would have to retrieve her. But she proved me wrong. She went up and down countless times and had a blast!</div>
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Grace didn't slow down for a minute! She even made a friend and they followed each other around the entire time. I think they are going to want to go back sometime soon.</div>
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Everything was very colorful and pretty!</div>
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There was a very long dragon made from dishes - bowls, spoons, and egg cups. It was pretty neat to see. </div>
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There was a pond with lots of floating displays. One of the lotus flowers opened and closed. We even saw a mermaid!</div>
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We woke up and were surprised with SNOW! We had no idea it was going to snow. I even checked the weather before going to bed. </div>
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When Olivia woke up I opened the blinds so she could see outside. She started pointing and saying SNOW!</div>
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Grace was so excited! She had already seen the snow falling out the window. She checked out all the windows to see if it snowed all around our whole house. It did!</div>
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We had plans to go to a neighbors house and play this morning so we got all bundled up and went outside.</div>
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They got to play in the snow a little on the walk over. Grace likes to make snow balls and throw them. Olivia likes to eat snow. When Dustin came home tonight Grace told him that they woke up to snow outside. Olivia told him she ate snow!</div>
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Olivia was so bundled up in her big coat (that used to be Grace's and is a little too big) that she had a little trouble staying balanced. She leaned over to get a handful of snow and fell face first. Just look at all that snow on her hat! She wasn't too happy about that.</div>
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The snow didn't last too long. By the time we left the neighbors there wasn't enough to make snow ice cream. But this is the THIRD time it has snowed this winter! Next time Grace wants it to last long enough to build a snowman and make snow ice cream (with caramel and chocolate syrup!)</div>
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One afternoon we did a fun and easy science experiment. It kept both girls entertained for quite a while. They would have kept playing but I needed to get it cleaned up so I could start dinner.</div>
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And our favorite was the Dora from her Dora block set. Her head floated but her feet and legs sank she she was walking on the bottom of the bowl! </div>
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We spent Christmas with my family this year. We drove to Oklahoma on Christmas Adam after we got out of church and stopped by the house to eat and load our bags (and presents!) There was snow in the forecast so we had to dig out our cold weather clothes. </div>
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Christmas morning we woke up and the ground was wet. It had rained that night. While we were opening presents it started to sleet. And then it started to SNOW!</div>
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Olivia perked up after she had some snow ice cream. Maybe we should have made it earlier? </div>
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I don't remember when the last time I saw a white Christmas!</div>
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The Friday before Christmas was "Christmas Eve." We made sugar cookies and decorated them, went out for dinner, and drove around and looked at Christmas lights.</div>
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Before bed we set out cookies and milk for Santa. Grace made sure we bought some carrots on one of our grocery shopping trips so we could leave them out for Santa's reindeer.</div>
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The next morning (Saturday = "Christmas") Grace woke up earlier than normal and told me "My tummy feels like Santa came." Her tummy has been telling her some funny stuff lately! She waited patiently for Olivia to wake up. While we were patiently waiting for Olivia to wake up I put some hot cocoa on the stove to cook. I think the noise I was making in the kitchen made Grace's wait a little shorter. </div>
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The first thing Grace did was look in her stocking and look what was right on top peeking out! A new Glimmer fairy! This was the thing she always said she wanted Santa to get for her. I think if that is all she got she would have been happy.</div>
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After going through their stockings they decided to check out the big stuff Santa brought.</div>
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After moving their bog stuff out of the living room we sorted presents and started opening them. Grace couldn't seem to open them fast enough. As soon as she opened one it was on the the next.</div>
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They both got a lot of fun stuff! Grace got a fairy from the new Tinkerbell movie. And Olivia got a set of little fairies.</div>
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Just look how excited Grace was about her Easy Bake oven. We made cupcakes that afternoon!</div>
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We spent part of the day running a few errands (Christmas returns/exchanges before Christmas!) and Grace even got to pet a real live reindeer at the mall.</div>
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I like doing crafts with Grace and Olivia. And there are so many fun things to make around Christmas time!</div>
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We made salt dough ornaments and gave them to family members to hang on their trees.</div>
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First we made the salt dough. We mixed 1 cup salt, 2 cups flour, and 1 cup water together in a bowl. Then we rolled it out on a floured surface. Next was the fun part! We took our Christmas cookie cutters and cut out all sorts of shapes. There were Christmas trees, stockings, candy canes, gingerbread men, and even a reindeer. A straw works well for punching a hole in the top so you can put ribbon on them so they can hang on the tree. We put them all on a pan (it took several pans because we made a lot) and baked them in the oven (250* for about 25 min) until they were dry.</div>
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After they were cool Grace and Olivia got to paint them. I even got out the glitter for them to put on them after they painted (just sprinkle it on the wet paint). Grace made a LOT!</div>
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And Olivia took her time and made sure to put all the different colors on each of her ornaments.</div>
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After they dried we sprayed them with a clear spray paint to help keep the glitter from falling off. I am not sure how well that worked because by the time I was done tying ribbon on I was covered in glitter!</div>
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That wasn't all the crafts we did either! We made Christmas trees out of popsicle sticks. I cut green popsicle sticks to different lengths and then let the girls glue them to a brown popsicle stick. Then they glued on little sequins and other shiny little confetti pieces. Anything with glue is always fun for Grace!</div>
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And we can't forget about the reason for Christmas! We made a manger scene with baby Jesus. We glued two brown popsicle sticks (I painted them with brown paint since the package I bought was red, yellow, and green sticks) to construction paper. Then we glued little pieces of yellow construction paper for the hay, tan construction paper circle with the face Grace drew for the head, and purple construction paper cut out to be a blanket. And we glued a big yellow star (cut from construction paper) at the top.</div>
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One morning I ran a few errands and since Dustin was off he stayed home with the girls to finish our sugar cookies. We made icing and they got to decorate them! </div>
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And after they were finished with the cookies they decided to make a craft. He told me they had gone to the office to color while he cleaned up the icing and cookie mess. Later I found out they had been making me a gigantic Christmas card!</div>
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This is the picture he sent me while I was gone. They had to have a bath!</div>
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Grace thought it would be fun to paint her sister with her makeup and - lip gloss, nail polish, and glitter paint. I don't think Olivia minded one bit. BUt even after a bath there was still evidence of glitter and lip gloss in her hair!</div>
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We walked through the lighted forest! Both the girls really enjoyed seeing all of the pretty lights.</div>
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There was also a short musical that we watched. We ended up being some of the last people in line for the show so we got to sit in the VIP seats. Grace's favorite part was when it "snowed" during their last song.</div>
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There were also a few carnival rides. The girls wanted to ride the carousel and it went FAST!</div>
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While Olivia took her nap, Grace helped make her cake. We had baked a heart shaped cake the night before but we had to make frosting and decorate it. She chose a chocolate cake with cream cheese frosting and it was pretty yummy!</div>
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Before dinner we let Grace open her presents. Since she had her party over a week before her actual birthday she only had a few presents to open but she didn't mind. </div>
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We had Grace's birthday party at WOGA (World Olympic Gymnastics Academy), where both girls take gymnastics. </div>
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Olivia's favorite event is the bars. She loves the uneven bars the most I think!</div>
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Grace is in the 4-5 year old class which is held in the main gym. Upstairs they have their kids gym for kids 3 and under which is where Olivia's class is held. We decided to use this room so the younger kids could participate in all of the fun. Grace was excited to do gymnastics in Olivia's classroom since it was a new layout! </div>
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So many of Grace's friends came to help her celebrate! Brilyn came all the way from Oklahoma. Grandma and Grandpa and Aunt Brandy were there too. And Grandma Phyllis and Grandpa Mike flew in from Missouri and spent a couple of days with us.</div>
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Olivia is so funny! If we mention gymnastics she starts talking about her flips and swinging on the bars.</div>
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The bars are one of Grace's favorite event too but she really loves it all.</div>
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After the kids all played it was time for cake! Grace picked out some really cute cupcake liners that were perfect for her Tinkerbell theme.</div>
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This was the easiest party we have ever done. I dropped off the paper products and decorations when we were there for their class a few days before the party. When we showed up everything was ready!</div>
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Grace REALLY wanted a Tinkerbell themed birthday party. Otherwise, they would have provided everything but the cake. I think we may have her party here next year too!</div>
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After the party we came home and opened all of her presents.</div>
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She got a lot of stuff from her "wish list" and loved everything! </div>
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On her actual birthday she told me she wanted to do gymnastics that day. Gymnastic days are one of her favorite days of the week!</div>
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<span style="color: #674ea7;"> Four years ago...</span><br />
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Over the summer I saw a <a href="http://www.groupon.com//raf/UserReferral_rp/121015/10r1act/lk/uu11460619" target="_blank">Groupon</a> deal for a new play place that looked really fun called <a href="http://indoorsafaripark.com/" target="_blank">Indoor Safari Park</a> in Flower Mound, TX. They have a location in Plano that we plan to visit soon. There just so happened to be <a href="http://www.groupon.com//raf/UserReferral_rp/121015/10r1act/lk/uu11460619" target="_blank">Groupon</a> deal for that location the day we visited the Flower Mound one. If you haven't heard of <a href="http://www.groupon.com//raf/UserReferral_rp/121015/10r1act/lk/uu11460619" target="_blank">Groupon</a> before, what are you waiting for? They have some great deals - last week I got a $20 Toy's R Us coupon for only $10 and it could be used with other coupons! There is an app for iPhone so you don't even have to print out your coupon - just show your phone and they can scan the barcode. Super easy!</div>
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Anyways, yesterday we finally decided to check out this super fun play place. It was Safari themed and there were 3 different play grounds geared toward different ages. There was also a toddler area for kids 6 months - 2 years.</div>
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Olivia wanted to play in the big kid play area. This one was for ages 4+.</div>
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This was near the toddler area. It was geared towards older toddlers.There was a slide, ball pit, and trampoline in each of the play areas!</div>
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With your basic admission (normally $9.99 for kids and adults pay $1) you get a train ride and a robotic animal ride. There are also other packages available (they have things like miniature golf and pottery painting).</div>
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There was an area that had about a dozen train tables (they each had a different theme), doll houses, toy kitchens, etc. This was a big hit for my girls! </div>
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Grace has a doll house similar to this (basically a bigger version) but she had so much fun playing with this one.</div>
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We stayed for a couple of hours but I am sure they would have loved to play all day. I think next time we go we will eat at their little cafe and play all day! We went during the week and it wasn't busy at all. I would guess it would be pretty crowded on the weekends since you can have birthday parties there. </div>
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It's a great place to take your kids when the weather is too yucky for the park!</div>
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Just see for yourself how much fun this place is!</div>
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A few months ago I heard about something called Moon Sand from <a href="http://beebeebellies.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Jen</a>. She made it with her son and it sounded like lots of fun and easy to make. BUT... we were in the middle of moving. Fast forward a bit and we are settled into our new house and needed a fun activity. So Olivia helped me mix up a tub of moon sand.</div>
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I put a table cloth in the middle of the kitchen floor to help contain the mess. It probably would have been better to do it outside. </div>
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It was super easy to make! Flour and Baby oil and that is all. I think I put about 8 cups of flour and 1/2 cup of baby oil but I don't remember exactly. I am sure you could just add more flour or oil to make it to the consistency you want.</div>
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It is moldable so we used our hands to make mountains!</div>
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And I have no idea why I don't have pictures of Grace playing with the moon sand. It probably has something to do with her wanting to have a flour fight when she joined in :)</div>
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Our neighborhood has a lot of parks and several ponds with ducks. This past summer was pretty hot and dry so the ponds were down a lot and it was hard to find the ducks but we finally found some in the front pond. There is also a big playground next to the pond. </div>
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First, we fed all of our bread to the ducks. The girls love to feed the ducks and Olivia is getting pretty good at tearing little pieces off to make her bread last longer.</div>
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And then we went to play! Olivia thinks she is just as big as all the other kids and climbed to the highest part of the playground.</div>
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A few weeks ago we heard about a fun park in a town not to far from us. We had to check it out!</div>
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It is the <a href="http://www.windmillplayground.com/" target="_blank">Windmill Playground</a> at Frontier Park in Prosper.</div>
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Olivia likes to join the big kids in all the fun and found a little girl and followed her all over. They climbed to the top of the playground and went down this slide over and over!</div>
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Recently Grace has been wanting her picture taken every time she finds one of these photo ops. She wasn't too sure about this one at first though because it looked like a BOY! We decided that it must be a girl farmer wearing overalls because she was working in the hay.</div>
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Grace was so excited to visit the dentist. She took one if her Tinkerbell dolls to watch as she got her teeth cleaned. After she got X-rays of her teeth she wanted to show Tinkerbell the picture on their computer monitor! She sat so still and was such a big girl. <br />
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Olivia doesn't really like to have her teeth brushed. She likes to do it herself. But she liked sitting in the chair watching a movie on the iPad. I realized later they had tv's mounted above the chairs and had the Lorax playing the whole time. <br />
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Both girls got their picture taken with the huge toothbrush for the "no cavity club" wall. <br />
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<br />Heatherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11584138716707909503noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4536226162793268137.post-45796632598563011582012-11-07T06:00:00.000-06:002012-11-07T06:00:02.869-06:00Hurricane SandyI want to write about this because in a few years it might be funny to look back on.<br />
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We were visiting New York right before the hurricane was forecasted to hit. We thought it would hit after we left. We got to where we were staying just North of New York city and saw the news. It was supposed to hit earlier than we had originally saw. It was now scheduled to hit the day we were to fly out.<br />
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The next day it looked worse so we decided that instead of having a canceled flight and then waiting on stand-by for another flight we would just rent a car and drive. Monday morning Dustin traded the rental car we had for another one (it was less expensive to do it this way for some reason even though we got the same type of car) then he picked us up and we hit the road.<br />
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At one point we decided to take a more northern route even though it was longer to miss some winter weather on the route we had planned to take.<br />
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Here is a picture of the weather map of what we were driving through.<br />
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We drove onto West Point Saturday morning for the football game. The first thing we saw when we came in the gate was the new prep school campus. Dustin attended the prep school when it was in New Jersey but it has recently been relocated.</div>
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At the game we saw cadets from his old company and got a picture with their mascot - the G4 Guppy!</div>
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This is the bridge where Dustin proposed.</div>
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And the fall colors over the reservoir were beautiful.</div>
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While Olivia was napping in the car I took some pictures of Grace enjoying all of the leaves that were on the ground. </div>
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It was nice to be able to go back after more than 5 years and see good friends and family!</div>
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