"Wild" Weekend

Charlotte, Val and I went to the Race for the Cure Saturday. It was so crowded but Char did great. They had Bark for the Cure this year so she was pretty happy to just sit in the stroller and watch all the dogs go by.
After that, we decided to make good of such a nice Sunday and went to the Wild Wilderness Safari in Gentry with Val and Jonathan. Of course at the time I had no idea that the swine flu had become such a huge problem. Good thing they had hand sanitizer at every station. It was a lot of fun, probably more fun for us than for Char. Here are few pics.




This little baby wanted to eat Char's shirt right off of her. When I wouldn't let him eat that, he went for her pants!

She was having so much fun petting all the little goats. I think she was trying to hug this one.

The camels were much friendlier than I thought. Char didn't know whether to laugh or cry bc they were so funny but they just stuck their big fat heads right in our faces and made her a little nervous.

Val's fave: the llamas

We had to keep the windows up for the bossy emus.


This was at the beginning of the drive. By the time she got warmed up to the idea, she was practically hanging out of the window!



She was most interested in this snake. Maybe bc it was on her level and she could get up close to it.

Spring Game

This weekend was the Red and White game. They had some fun activities at the stadium before the game started so we thought we'd check it out. Also, since it was all free we figured this would be a good chance to see how Char would do at a real game. It didn't take long to figure out - we left just before half-time. I can't blame her for not wanting to stay, she slept in late so she hadn't had a nap and there was way too much going on for her to try to sleep at the game. Oh well. It was fun while it lasted. Here are a few pics...



I'm not sure where she learned this, but as soon as they started to "Call those Hogs" she knew just what to do! Chris and I were amazed and couldn't stop laughing. Woo Pig Souie!

Easter Weekend

We got up early (at least for a Saturday morning) and got all dolled up to take some pictures in Char's pretty Easter dress that my mom made again this year. We tried going down to the Fayetteville Square but soon found out that the Farmer's Market had already begun for the year and it was packed. Then I remembered driving by this place on my way, The Inn at Carnall Hall, on the U of A campus. It was so pretty and Char had a really good time running around everywhere and finding new places to explore. I think they turned out pretty well.














After pictures, we had to go straight to our Church egg hunt and picnic. Once again, Char was not too impressed with the whole idea of "egg hunting" and was way more interested in the playground.






I got to help hunt the eggs this time since Chris had to work.





She had a ball on all the slides. Jonathan and I took turns taking her down them while Val got the pics. The funniest part about them is her hair flying everywhere.



She just couldn't wait for me to get her turned around at the top so she went down on her own.




Blowing kisses

A big day to be outside!

Today we had a lot to do. After church we came home and went right to work. Char and I cleaned house while Chris finished up his new swing set for Charlotte. It's been in the works for about a week being held up by a lot of bad weather, but he got it finished this afternoon and we got to go for a fun test ride. Char seemed a little unsure at first but she was having a pretty good time once she got the hang of it.





After a few minutes on the swing, we were off to Gulley Park for our first Easter Egg Hunt. This one was put on by our daycare and I was supposed to go early to help hide the eggs. While I was hiding them, Charlotte followed me around and picked them all up, eventually finding the candy inside. Well when the hunt actually started, the novelty had worn off and Char wasn't too interested. She was more interested in the chocolate and all the dogs running around the park. She got about four or five eggs before she decided she would rather chase the dogs.

Monett girls

Last weekend a group of my girlfriends from high school got together. We didn't get to visit very much since we were all trying to keep up with the kiddos. From the bottom left: Molly with Alice and Ella, Janice with Parker (the only boy - lucky guy!), Stacy. From the top: Me and Char, Kara and Ellie.

Baby in a box!

Of all the toys we buy her, she would rather play with the trash!

Spring Time Fun

As the weather has gotten warmer, Charlotte's been loving being outside. She enjoys just walking around chasing Oscar and exploring. Here are a couple of pics of her playing with the sidewalk chalk and catching bubbles.