Long week leading up to the ZOO

Sunday June 26th we celebrated Aunt Nae's birthday. After church, we went to Nita's and Pop's to eat lunch with the family. Nita had made a roast with all the sides and two plum rolls! Renae decided after lunch we should all go outside and play ping pong. Melonee really enjoyed being outside and running around in Pops shop. Dottie fell asleep during the ping pong battles. Ryan went to check on her and Nita was asleep with her. I believe that both of my children are going to be cuddle bugs!

Monday I got the girls ready to go shopping with Lovey and Great Aunt Kay. Dottie also had to get her six month shots. I always dread getting the shots. For some reason the nurse always bruises her and she has knots on her legs for a couple of weeks. Melonee went shopping and got ice cream while Dottie and I were at the doctors office. Then we met them at Aldi to get some groceries. The girls usually go home with Lovey on Monday nights. Papa and Alice are always ready to see them. I think they took the girls to a Mexican restaurant for supper that night.

Wednesday we went back to Lovey's. We enjoy getting out of the house! Also, Lovey got a swing set for Melonee to play on. Melonee likes to play in the beauty shop as well. That afternoon we got the girls ready to go to VBS at church. They were having the county fair...so Ryan met me at church and we took the girls around and showed them the animals. Melonee loved the ducks. She stood over the cage for a good while. By the time we got home the girls were worn completely out. They went to bed with out a problem!

Thursday we went for a stroll down the street. Melonee loves to get in the stroller when we go down the street! Dottie is also beginning to like this as well now that she is sitting up. When we got back home I thought that it would be nice to go see Ryan after lunch. So sure enough the girls went down for a small nap...we ate lunch...off to see daddy! He took us to the gym at Sunset middle school and we let Melonee loose. She ran all over that gym. We laughed because she shakes her shoulders when she runs and takes the smallest steps. However she is quick! Ryan took Dottie for a run in the stroller and she just giggled. Well, daddy's break/lunch was over and we went back home. On the way home, it came an absolute flood! I could hardly see the road! After we made it home, the rain made for a good napping situation! That meant I could get ready for my Bible study! Ryan came home and as I was getting ready to go Nita, Pops, and Matthew came over to help Ryan with the girls. Melonee gets so excited to see Matthew. When I got home, Dottie was asleep but Melonee saw me come in and she perked back up. Just when I thought I could lay her down she would come alive! I ended up bringing her to our bed...it is amazing how she just smiles when her head hits our pillow. However every time I got up she cried...not sure what is going on but we let her sleep with us that night!

FRIDAY!! Story time day and daddy gets off at lunch!! This is the day that is like a rat race to get the girls ready and out the door to story time by nine-thirty. We make it! They start out with the if your happy and you know it....a story....playing....puppet show...and the freeze dance. We like the freeze dance. Dottie sits in my lap and watches everyone with amazement. On the way home, Melonee falls asleep and Dottie is waiting for lunch.  After Dottie had lunch, she passed out!  Both girls are asleep!!!  Ryan came home and started mowing the yard as I got ready to take the girls to the zoo.  Also, Kayla had call and asked if she could take the girls to Lovey's for the night.  This actually turned out great because I was on call that weekend.  So I had the girls packed for their overnight trip as well.

Melonee finally woke up and ate her sandwich...then we were off to the zoo.  Melonee was so excited to see all the animals!  We put Dottie in the stroller and she also enjoyed looking at everything.  We started off going to the jungle, which turned out great...there were tons of shade and a little breeze.  However, it was still hot so we had to really watch the girls.  Melonee really liked seeing the pink flamingos.  The experience at the zoo is actually quite pleasant regardless of the heat.  The shading makes for a fun day.  We only got to do half of the zoo as it closes at six, however, Melonee loved all the animals especially the alligators and the petting section. After the zoo we flew home to meet up with Aunt Kayla.