Learning About Magnets

Bailey was really interested in magnets today.

HOT Rangers Game

We went to a picnic and Ranger's game with my company tonight. It was over 100 degrees F with no wind to speak of. Bailey enjoyed meeting some new friends, but overall it was very hot and miserable. Travis' face in this picture pretty much explains it.

We left in the 6th or 7th inning and headed to a local restaurant for an appetizer and dessert. Then we got a laugh as we drove around this building to park to watch the fireworks. It is a bowling school and museum. I didn't know there was such a thing.

Bailey got to watch the fireworks from the sunroof as Travis and I watched from the air conditioned car.

The grand finale.

Not a Tent

Bailey thinks this box of checks that we received in the mail today is a tent. He doesn't believe me when I tell him it isn't a tent.

Discovery Center

Today we spent some some with some dear friends of mine, then Bailey and Reagan headed to the Discovery Center!

Always a crazy face!

Putting on a show.

Reagan wanted to put on a theatrical production. Bailey just wanted to be a boy.

This is a Discovery Center favorite.

Talking Like a Robot

Row your boat gently UNDER the stream

If you sing "Row, row, row your boat" and Bailey corrects you saying "No, its UNDER the stream" here's why.


Yes, that is Travis singing "under the stream" while gargling water in the shower. Bailey thinks that is the way the song is supposed to be and he loves it!

Fun in the Water

The sprinklers were turned on for about 10 seconds to check out something in the valve box. That was just long enough for Bailey get all wet, clothes and all. We the sprinklers on for a few minutes since he was having such a good time.

Star Wars

While Bailey watched a Star Wars movie, Travis headed up to the attic to bring down two more boxes of Star Wars toys from when he was a boy. Here he is, preparing to show Bailey the toys.

B is really excited!

I'm told one of these At-At Walkers was given to Travis by his Aunt Alana.

Playing...

Flying...

Now, back to the movie!

Running in the Flowers

Bailey thinks these are bluebonnets. He is having a great time running around in the pretty flowers.

Last Swim Class

Today was Bailey's last class. It was fun day. He got to jump off the diving board and go down the slide. Then he finished up his class by practicing his swimming skills.

Last year he jumped off by himself. He was actually starting to learn how to dive too. We'll have to keep practicing this summer.

Who is the one child with all of the energy who can't wait to go down the slide? Bailey of course.

Fun in the Water

After running AROUND the sprayers for several minutes, Bailey finally decided to run through the water.

He headed straight to me to hand me his glasses, then went back in for more.

New Shed Here and Old Shed Gone!

Travis has hated his old shed ever since we moved to our house. It is short, so he would always hit his head and it is very small. We were thinking about buying a shed to use until the shop and storage room are built. Our neighbor had an extra shed in his backyard that was basically empty, so he said we could borrow it.

I wish I would have taken more pictures of the process to get the shed up on the trailer, then over to our yard. It consisted of using the tractor to lift it up, then putting tires underneath, then Travis backed the trailer underneath the shed. Sometimes it is very helpful to have a neighbor with twelve wheels and tires laying around.

Travis made a ramp to get up into the shed.
Bailey is posing with the shelves and yard tool holder that Daddy made. Of course is isn't allowed in here without me or Travis.

Travis wanted lots of pictures of the shed demolition. He is overly excited to be finally getting rid of this thing.

Bailey got to help too!

Travis has been smoothing off the ramp and surrounding areas so that it is more easily maintained. Hopefully we'll get some sod on this soon.

Eggs, Gardens and the Park

Who are those monkeys?

Aunt Lindsey and Bailey!

We got misted on.

Lindsey still being a monkey!

Funk Soul Brother???

Fat Boy Slim's song "Funk Soul Brother" was on the radio today long enough for Travis to decide he needed to find a different song (maybe 20 seconds). When they got home Bailey was singing this song at the top of his lungs, making up his own words, of course. I had Bailey recreate it for me to video, so I'm sure its not as good as the original.



Yes, I'm WAY behind on blog posts. Updates coming soon?

Snow

We got several inches of snow this morning. We all had a great time in the snow. Here's B going down a hill and face planting in the snow.

Fort Worth Stock Show

We headed to the Fort Worth Stock Show today, which included admission to the Fort Worth Museum of Science and History. We first headed to the swine barn and B got to pet a pig!

Bailey got to see some baby chickens coming out of eggs.

He really liked the baby chickens and baby ducks.

We saw a commercial dairy milking demonstration. I was a little grossed out by what the cows eat. Aren't cows supposed to eat grass? The man talked about how organic milk is "ultra-pasteurized", so that is why is lasts so long. When I mentioned that not all organic milk is pasteurized, the guy almost fell off his chair. "Um, I'm not allowed to talk about that."

This rooster really liked Bailey.

We saw some sheep, cows and tractors, then headed over to the museum. It was totally opposite from our last experience at the museum (free Museum Day when it was absolutely packed). Sometimes Bailey was the only child around!

He loves the grocery store area.

Here we are waiting for the 4-D theater experience. It was mostly a propaganda video (big bang theory, etc.), but all that aside, it was pretty neat. We had a dinosaur spit on us and we had dragonflies flying into our legs.

Then B headed to the Dinosaur Dig area.

Back to the train area where he was the ONLY child around.

Blurry, but neat regardless.

We headed to the carnival area where we got to ride in bumper cars and Bailey go to ride a train.

We had a fun day!