Monday we were able to spend the day at the Dallas Zoo. We got there early enough in the day that it wasn't too crowded. We went to the new Australian Koala Walk Through, which wasn't much, a couple koalas and kangaroos. Still, it was fun for Mariska. We were also able to get samples of Tillamook cheese, which was fun because it's super delicious but I'm too cheap to pay that much for cheese. And then the girls were able to spend an hour playing in the childrens' play area with the little stream and slides. Around 12:30 it started getting super crowded. We decided to head out and as we got to the carousel, there was a line like we've never seen before! So, as sad as it made Brynley, we only rode it one time... I was able to end her fit quickly by telling her we were going to get chicken nuggets. We stopped at Burger King and Aldi on the way home. It was a very full day and the girls slept very nicely that night!
Tuesday was kind of a bust because Brent and I both woke up sick. Brent had sinus/throat issues and I was up all night writhing. It felt like someone was grabbing and twisting my instestines behind my belly button as hard as they possibly could. I assume it was just something I ate, but the pain didn't end until later that night. So I guess it might have been a 24 hour thing. So we didn't do much except basic housework, like laundry, that day...
Wednesday was pretty cool. We took the girls to our friend's house and Brent and I spent the day up at Ikea. It's about 45 minutes away. We arrived and were really pleased to see that it wasn't crowded at all. We spent several hours walking "the maze" and left with a few fun things... namely the pictures for our big green wall... pictured below....
Thursday thru Saturday were "project days", fixing up the walls, going through the closets and trying to organize everything (which I'm still not done with).
It was a great Spring Break. Now Brent is back at work, Mariska is back at school and I'm here avoiding cleaning the bathrooms. We're also waiting for some severe storms to hit. I hope our trees survive. They are so cute with all sorts of little leaves on them.
Brynley in bed. She was awake when I took the video of Mariska that is below, she saw the camera and had to "say cheese".
Brynley has become attached to this baby doll binky... it's been conveniently lost several times.
We finally got Snape's dog run set up. It's 5X10, so it doesn't take up too much space, but he can still walk around some. I am so done spending money on the stinkin dog. But he's gotten much more mellow the last few weeks. He's not jumping up at the girls nearly as much, he's no longer biting for fun, unless he's way too excited, and he's not digging anymore! Our yard doesn't look like a mine field anymore.
We had a pretty awesome sun set the other day...
Elephant ears at the zoo...
See the mommy chimp with the baby on her back?
This is our green wall. We LOVE it!! I'm going to get curtains that match and eventually we'll add some more red to the room to match the couches.
We can always tell when Mariska falls alseep... she sounds like this almost every night. It makes us laugh.
