Happy 3rd Birthday Hayden!!!

Hayden turned the B-I-G 3 over the weekend!! He's all grown up :-) He had such a fun and busy weekend. He really enjoyed blowing out candles and opening presents just for him!

The Big Boy!

Opening his goodies! Yes, Annabelle Puma must always be involved whether we want her to be or not!! We're in a weird smile stage it seems :-)

Hayden chose to have Backyardigans again this year, so we did...time for wishes and sweet treats!!

Gym Party with Friends!!!

Hayden had his friend birthday party at Excite Gym, and it was so much fun for everyone! There were a lot of tired and hungry kids after all the running, playing, and jumping. Everyone had a blast!

Happy days when you turn 3!!!

Parachute time got everyone involved and laughing!

Jumping with his very first friend, Miss Emerson!!

All the friends :-)

Zoo Day

Last week we headed to the Dallas Zoo with my mom group. Hayden had fun running around, and on the rare occasion looking at animals. I used to go to the Dallas Zoo when I taught, and I was never impressed. If you are going to have a zoo, at least give the animals some room to roam. There is a new part since I was last there for the elephant, zebras, lions, and all the African Savannah folk. It was very nice and a vast improvement from where they used to live. I've seen it, and I'll stick with Fort Worth!

Those silly penguins!

Checking out the animals of the Savannah and always keeping track of where we were on the map and where we were going!

Hanging with some crocs and friends.

Riding on the monorail around the exhibits with Connor-Boy!

Playing in the children area :-)

Last but not least a ride on a zebra before we went home!!

Getting Ready for Baby...

We have at most just over 17 weeks left until the arrival of baby boy number two. No, there is no name...you will know when there is! Things will have to monogrammed and labeled, so it will come before the actual day! We are getting a pretty good head start on the basic necessities. The diapers are being collected, the new outfits are being bought (Hayden's newborn stuff is all the wrong season :-)), the furniture is here, and the bedding has been narrowed down. For now, everything is just piled up in the guest room :-)




Hayden has a favorite new baby item...the snap and go stroller. He was so excited to see that Mimi got him a new buggy for his elephants and puma cat!

Back to School!

Hayden headed back to his wonderful pre-school last Wednesday. Sadly it was during a topical storm, and we couldn't do a traditional picture outside nor could he play on the playground. Poor teachers!! He went right in this year all by himself, with no tears, and has been doing great every day since. He goes 3 days a week this year! His new teacher seems really great, and his assistant teacher is the same from last year, so he is really excited about that.

Posing on the first day...before we entered the stormy weather!

The second day, for an outside picture :-)

Last year when Hayden started school, I tried to come up with a 'tradition' we could start every year on the first day of school. So again this year we did a special cake and a little present!

Already working in his new cutting practice book!

Cowboys Classic: TCU 30 - OSU 21

We headed to Cowboys Stadium, the home of the Dallas Cowboys, to attend TCU's season opener! It was a great day, especially since we won. We did some tailgating before hand, with burgers and hot dogs, and luckily the weather has finally 'cooled' slightly to a comfortable low 90's. It was really neat to see the stadium, considering Cowboys tickets cost an exorbitant amount and we probably would never have seen the stadium otherwise! It is about as big as it could be!!

Heading into the game!

Inside and the world's biggest TV screen...the lighting came out a bit off with the roof in the stadium open.

We had great seats right at the bottom of this staircase (first row!) and right against the gray platform...thank you Groupon!!!

Go Frogs (times 5)!!! I never caught him when he was just doing the two
fingers :-)

Congrats to the TCU Horned Frogs on your first victory of the season! We are looking forward to another great 12 weeks of college football fun :-)

Hayden's First Live Show!

We hit a milestone for Hayden this weekend..our first live stage show! We of course had to see Nick Jr. Storytime Live, since his favorite show, The Backyardigans, was there! It was pretty cute and he was entranced the entire time. You were not allowed to take pictures, so they are few and far between, and not fantastic! The lady in the red shirt monitoring that was sitting about 6 feet from us, so we had to be sneaky. It wasn't until the second half that I though to turn the flash off and see what I could get.

Entranced with his favorite's...

The Backyardigans! Got this off the website for memories sake!

Hanging out during intermission.

The Wonder Pets!

The ending dance number!

Hayden sang the theme song for The Wonder Pets, his second favorite part, for us at dinner and drank his milk out of his souvenir cup, complete with curly straw!