Category: Home Life

We picked Amelie up from museum school and headed straight for the zoo to see the GIGANTABUGS!!! It ended up taking two trips to see them all, so I am going to do a separate post with all the photos of the animatronics. They were very cute and the girls had fun seeing the giant versions of regular bugs.

The orangutangs were moving a lot and going to the side and reaching up to visitors like they were trying to get food. I have never seen them act like that and they would switch spots and make the same hand motions. The girls and I watched and laughed at them for quite a while.

The girls like to pose on the Komodo dragon every time we go to the zoo.

Dani is getting better about group photos 🙂

It was a very nice day at the zoo and the coolest thing we learned was that the alligator in Texas Wild is 72 years old. I took quite a bit of video of Dani walking around, which I will get edited together for a future post.

Dani loves to take baths in our kitchen sink and so I thought she should be introduced to our kiddie pool and water table before surgery. She liked the water table a lot more than the pool, but I expected that and she spent a lot of time watching and laughing at stuff her big sisters did.

In addition to playing outside, we gave her a long bath every day leading up to the surgery and then let her run around in her diaper since we knew she would be trapped in the cast for months.

We also spent many evenings outside on the porch swing and playing in the front yard.

At the beginning of May I thought we should try to do as many fun outside things as possible. Once the surgery happened we knew it would be harder to get around and we couldn’t have Dani out in the body cast getting overheated. We planned to go to the zoo, but when we drove up the main parking lot was already full and they were directing cars to the gravel lot on the other side of the street. We drove in and realized we had never had to park so far away and that the zoo was just going to be too crowded to be comfortable. So we decided we would go ride the Forest Park Mini Train since Dani had never been on it.

We had about 15 minutes to wait for the next train ride, so the girls wandered around the waiting area playing and picking up rocks. Once the train pulled in and the other riders got off we snagged the last car, which was fun for the big girls. At the halfway point the train stops inside Trinity Park to pick up new riders and for people to buy snacks. Mike grabbed popcorn and bottled water and we were ready to go. Dani went after her box with her typical gusto!

Once the ride was over we decided we would check out the Clearfork Food Truck park off University. The food was delicious, but surprisingly expensive for food trucks. Once we finished eating the girls had a good time playing in the seating area.

It was a really nice day and then we headed home for the girls to get a nap. I also told the girls that we would get to the zoo before Dani’s surgery so we could see the GIGANTABUGS and they were really excited.

So cute!

My sister Tahni came to visit us in April and we had a great time! It was so good to see her again and of course she loved meeting Dani. The big girls were thrilled to get some Tahni time too. We went out to eat at great places like Alvardo’s and Freebirds and had lots of time to chat and play.

While Amelie was at museum school the rest of us girls went to Central Market, Trader Joe’s and a little vintage place I thought Tahni would like. Tahni snapped this photo of Nadia giving Dani candy. 🙂

We were so sad to see Tahni go! Come back soon!