Ray Family Adventures

Tuesday, August 20, 2013

Children's Museum

Scheduling was a little tricky while Mimi was here. Charlotte was still taking two naps a day and Eliza was down to one. Some days, once Charlotte got up from her morning nap just about time to put Eliza down for her nap. Thankfully, they had been in Palm Springs and Charlotte was a little jet lagged and was sleeping in. So after morning nap for Charlotte and Eliza's nap one day, we hit the awesome Houston Children's Museum.

At "HEB"

Ringing up their purchases

Peek-a-boo

Elia trying to eat the fake food in the bakery

At "Niko Niko's" making some food

Inside the ambulance

Climbing!

Monday, August 19, 2013

Princesses on Ice!

Those who know my aversion to all things princess will get a kick out of this one. I have slowly given in and our little world is slowly getting infiltrated by princesses! We try to stick with all of the princess movies that have strong female characters, but I don't completely deny her if she has an interest. I just try to steer it towards those. So, Disney Princesses on Ice was here while Mimi, Carolyn and Charlotte were here and we went with Sophie Leedy. The girls had so much fun and so did the Mamas! It really was cute.

Cinderella, Belle, and Rapunzel

This picture kills me. Three princesses and one nose picker :)

"Little Mermaid" (Thankfully, Carolyn had this movie on her iPad so Olivia could see it before the show)

"Beauty and the Beast"

First Time on a Real Bike!

We have had this bike from Cousin Emery up in our garage for almost a year and just never got it down. When Mimi was here and we were spending a lot of time in the backyard, we brought it out and she finally got to ride a bike. She LOVED it and felt like such a big girl!

With her beloved Daddy!

A video:

Zoo with the Canadians

We had a great time at the zoo, but we were a mess! We had two strollers, two 4 year olds, one husband, and a nursing baby who missed a nap. All in all, we did great with all of that!

Our big mess!

Showing her BFF the way!

This never gets old! Feeding the giraffes is so so cool!

Can't miss the carousel

Inside the hurricane simulator

The Petting Zoo

Little gophers

MIMI!!!!!!!!!

We counted down the days and then it was finally here!!! We were beyond thrilled to welcome our BFF's from Canada to Texas!!! It was their first time in Texas and it was all I hoped it would be. We left Canada before Mimi's baby sister, Charlotte was born. I was so excited when I learned Carolyn was pregnant with Charlotte and loved watching her belly grow before we left. It was so wonderful to finally get to meet that sweet baby girl. We really had an awesome awesome time and wished it would never end. Love those girls something fierce!

Look at those happy happy girls!

Playing dress up was a very common activity while they were here. Olivia and Mimi are recreating last Halloween. Mimi is wearing Olivia's costume and Olivia is wearing Eliza's size 18 month lady bug costume :)

Olivia has been DYING to have a tea party. She has several books about tea parties and she just adores reading them. I figured this would be a great time to have some of her friends over to meet her best friend from Canada.

Their place cards made from a giant marshmallow and lollipop. She has a Fancy Nancy book that gives all kinds of great ideas for hosting tea parties.

She loved it all :)

How cute is this stinker?!

Love this girl and miss her as my sister wife!

Two little girls with so much wonder. Love this photo!

Fun at the park!

Playing with Baby Charlotte. Eliza actually has a little trouble "sharing" with her. It seems she didn't like another baby infringing on her "territory".