Picture Distraction

Listen.   I will address the whole lack of blogging thing later.   For now, I am just going to pull a little number I use often around here when the questions get a kind of hairy.   Distraction.

Mommy, I understand the baby grows in the mom’s belly, but how did it get in there?

Is that the ice cream truck I hear?   Distraction.

Mom, my friend Lila told me she has two dads, but no moms.   Who grew the baby in their belly?

I recorded your favorite show, wanna watch it now?   Distraction.

Mommy, can I wear this brawl (bra)?   That one came from Seth, by the way.

I am going to water the plants outside.  I know you love to soak yourself.  Let’s go.  Distraction.

So, why have I been absent from blogging???

Oh, look!   Pretty pictures from a trip to Dallas!   Look at those adorable kids!

Dallas World Aquarium

We love going to this place anytime we are in the Dallas area.   It is not just your usual aquarium setting, it also houses several exotic animals, and the rainforest trail is super cool.  

 

 

This shark dive bombing Kaelan was all fun and games until he really started banging the glass.    I really think he wanted to taste my child.   You can see the game was over for Kaelan after a few hard whacks.   We pretty much cleared the shark tunnel by freaking out all the other visitors.  We also chose to get going and not test that reinforced glass.

Like I said, all fun and games until someone gets eaten by a shark in a freak tank shattering incident.

I am guessing word of my savory child passed quickly through the aquarium, because this jaguar woke from his nap and made his way over to the glass to stalk Kaelan.  

Seth got to visit his favorite tall pink birds, the flamingos.

We hit the Rainforest Café (duh) for lunch, where coincidently, my boy who tried many times to hurl himself into the alligator pit  and piranha tank at the aquarium, was deathly afraid of the robotic animals in the restaurant.  Go figure.

 

Rangers Game

If we are in a town during ball season that has a pro team, chances are we will be attending a game.   Doug is well on his way to meeting  his goal of seeing  ALL the parks in ten years, so we plan to hit the east coast parks next year.  Yes, we have seen Rangers Ballpark a bazillion times, and yes, we are NOT big Ranger fans, but when in Ft. Worth……

Pregame, I decided to let the kids run their wiggles and jiggles out on the front lawn of the stadium.   They had a blast, but I found they still snuck some wiggles and  jiggles into the game in their pockets.  

 

 

 

 

This is a sweet moment.   They were telling each other endearing little secrets behind Seth’s hat.

Actually,  I think they were plotting who was going to beg for what treat in the park.

Seth you cry for funnel cake and snow cones, and I will whine for frozen lemonade and cotton candy. 

Got it?

 

 

We never make it through a full 9 innings in our seats, so long about the 3rd inning, we ventured out to hit the kid area. The kids and I spent most of the remainder of the game in there (minus our trips our for cotton candy, funnel cakes and snow cones….they won) while dad went out to catch some of the game. Couldn’t tell you what the score was. Can’t even remember who the Rangers played, but we had fun and dad got baseball fix, so it was all good.