Happy Mother's Day!

Happy Mother's Day to all the moms out there, especially to our two moms who taught us so much-including how wonderful and important it is to make special memories with your children. THANK YOU for all the special memories you have given us. If you love your mom and/or are a mom, you should check out this video by Taylor Swift called "The Best Day" . (It is a country song, but it's good and I dare you not to cry).

We had a Mother's Day outing to Pullen Park today. It turned out to be a gorgeous afternoon. Kate loved it-the playground, the boat rides, the train ride, the wildlife-everything! Here are some pictures of our adventure. Yes, we were pretending to be Dora the Explorer half the time-watch out for Swiper the Fox!

Here she is climbing the stairs, for about the twentieth time, to slide...
Piloting her boat...
Train ride, all aboard!

Paddle Boats

Daddy was nice enough to paddle his girls around the pond at the park. It was quite the adventure. We saw two snakes (yuck!), four turtles, and many ducks and birds. The snakes were swimming around the dock used to get on the boats. They were almost a deal breaker for me. Although they were pretty big, my biologist father would be so disappointed if I let swimming snakes scare me off, so away we went. Kate sat up front with Jeff and I was in the back making sure Kate stayed seated and keeping a look out for snakes! Yes, I'm a wimp.

One of our wildlife finds:
Thanks for all your hard work Jeff!
I have to thank Dora for setting such a good example for children. Kate had no complaints about wearing a life jacket or staying in her seat because Dora says to stay safe every time she and Boots (the monkey) get on a boat. We had a wonderful adventure!

Superstar!

Need I say more...