Cosley Zoo

Preschool begins again soon, which means our summer trips to visit Jake at work are coming to an end.  After visiting Jake for lunch, Hayden and I stopped at Cosley Zoo to visit some of the animals!

I think he liked the train way more than the animals! :)

 He was shocked to learn that some birds sleep standing up! :)

Family Bike Ride

We decided to head to the park we use to always go to pre-Hayden for a family bike ride.  Hayden did an AWESOME job riding his bike. It was the farthest he had ridden yet!  Plus, he didn't complain once, he was just super proud of himself.  After, Jake and I complimented him for doing such a great job he said, "I know, I did do a nice job!" :) 
Surprisingly, half of the park was closed due to construction.  Hayden was happy though, because after our bike ride, Hayden was able to check-out all of the construction trucks. :)

Aviation Day (Plus car show & Farm Day)

Today, we were celebrating Aviation day!  After a muffin tin Aviation breakfast & reading a few airplane book, we head to a local airport to watch some planes take off.  Hayden was most excited about the mini-gas station they had at the airport. :) 

We were then going to head to the aviation museum, but never made it.  Instead, we stopped at a few local events; there was a car show downtown that Jake and Hayden wanted to stop at, but one of the cars did have an airplane on the hood of the car so that worked in aviation day :).  We also stopped at a farm that was having their annual Farm Days.  Aside from feeding the horses and taking a tractor hay ride, they were launching corncobs with parachutes that also tied into our theme day (yes, a stretch, but still worked).  Then we headed home to make our airplanes and flew them in the backyard!

 Muffin Tin Aviation Breakfast: Cloudy Marshmallows, Blue Sky Scrambled Eggs, Airplane Peanuts, Banana/Graham cracker bi-plane, and Airplane French Toast

Superman Movie

The new Superman movie is filming near us, so we went to see how they changed downtown Plano with their movie sets.  We were able to walk around and see some of the new "buildings" they added.  So neat to see that there is a "real" 7-11 where a parking lot use to be, or a Sears "store" where a road really is, but currently closed.  Can't wait until 2013 to see the actual movie... just wish we could run into Russell Crowe or Kevin Costner who is rumored to be shooting around town!

Fake 7-11

Fake "buildings" for scenes

 Back of "buildings"

Souvenirs & Much needed Family Time

After arriving home really late Thursday night, I was greeted by Jake with a fire pit & s'mores waiting for me, as well as a clean house!!  Thank You, Jake, that was very sweet!! :)  The next morning, I gave Hayden some neat souvenirs that I found in Florida for him; a shark's tooth, a mini-palm tree, a conch shell, and Florida pen.  He liked the conch shell the best... I told him the story about when I was little, every time my grandma came back from Florida she would bring back a conch shell and told us if we listened carefully, we could hear the ocean... Hayden loved that story as much as I did when I was younger. 

After giving Hayden his goodies, we spent the afternoon at the pool!  I love that Hayden's new favorite thing is sticking his head underwater and grabbing the diving sticks... huge difference from the beginning of the summer!

A week of Daddy & Hayden

Last week, I went to Florida with some friends, while Jake took the week off of work and had fun with Hayden!  I'm surprised Hayden even missed me with all of the fun they had; train museum, go-carts, mini-golf, car show, sleepover with cousins, park hops, fun lunches, etc.!!  Glad they had such a fun time!!  Jake didn't take pictures of everything ;), but he did take a few for me!!

Lights & Sirens Parade

Hayden was so excited to hear that the Lights and Sirens parade is back!  He loves watching all of the old fashion cars, as well as the ice cream and fireworks! :) Definitely, a fun summer tradition!

Happy 10 Year Anniversary

Today, we celebrated our 10th wedding anniversary!  I can't believe it has already been 10 years... wow time has flown by!!  Since silver is what you are suppose to give for the 10th one, Jake gave me a silver smart phone :), and a beautiful silver family necklace!  I gave Jake a silver c.d. with a picture movie from the past 10 years on it, and he gets another silver present in a few weeks. 
 Since our anniversary is a celebration of our marriage, but also the start of our family, we included Hayden in on the gifts, and bought him a Thomas t-shirt. :)  For dinner, we enjoyed hibachi at Domo 77.  After dinner, we made a wish with our anniversary cake, then watched our anniversary video.   I am looking forward to another 10 years!! :)

Off to the Races

It has been so unbelievably warm and humid the past few days, so we have been trying to go outside to play in the early morning.  Today, Hayden enjoyed playing in the dirt with his excavators.  As he was digging, he found some Rollie-Pollies, so we better to do with them, but have a race. :)