Fun at Zimms Zoo!!!

We had such a fun day today! We haven't really gone out much lately, so when my friend over at Zimms Zoo invited us over, I jumped right at the invitation! She had invited us to swim, but it was rainy this morning. She called to tell me that we could still swim if it stopped raining but the girls were planning a tea party and the boys could play with Legos if it didn't let up. So, I just sort of settled on the tea party and Lego idea since it wasn't very hot.

By the time we finally got over there though, it was bright and sunny and starting to get pretty warm! All the girls immediately started serving food and making tea for their party. They were so cute! They had made fancy cucumber sandwiches, shortbread cookies, cantaloupe balls and some marinated tomatoes with mozzarella cheese. Jayla and "Parrot" were all dressed up, ready for their fancy tea time together. :)


The boys were so excited to play with Legos, and "Brown Bear" has a TON of them! His personal collection is nearly as big as our homeschool group's Lego Club collection! They made some boats and then were ready to test them out in the pool. (Christy has some really great pictures of the older boys flipping into the water that I will add on here when I get them!)





So we had fun watching them swim for quite a while, then went back in for a little more Lego/tea party/Wii fun and some more chatting. It was nearly FIVE HOURS before we left, and I had no idea! I guess time really does fly when you're having fun!
Oh, and how could I forget to mention this beautiful little girl?! Koala is about 6 months old now and really lights up the room! She is so, SO CUTE! :)


Another great thing about our visit today is that I got to see two other friends who I have not seen in quite a while. A single man (Rocky) from the church we used to attend came over as well as Mrs. Troop, both of whom I have not seen in over two years! I only saw Mrs. Troop for a couple of minutes, but it was still good to see her. I have missed her a lot! She is so sweet and easy to talk to. Lots of wisdom! Her kids are all adorable too.

Rocky.....silly guy!
Thanks again for having us over, Zimms! I'm sure your house is a lot more fun than mine, but we'll definitely have to return the favor soon! And Jayla kept begging me to let her spend the night soon, so we'll have to have a couple of your girls over for that sometime too! :) Fun times!

Girls' night!

Jayla has decided she is going to form her own girl club, so my BFF Chrys jumped right on that and invited us over for a "meeting" last weekend! It was great! Jayla actually ended up spending the night (after staying awake until 3am), but I went home to sleep in my own bed and went back the next morning for brunch. :)

So, to sum up in words what we did together, we ate chocolate, painted nails, fixed hair, ate more chocolate, made Cocoa Rice Crispy Treats, did some scrapbooking, played Barbies, and ate more chocolate. :) Here are a few pics from our evening.

I just love her freckles!



Chrys was such a good sport. :)

Me, not so much. She kept pulling some tiny hairs!!! She was cute though. She kept saying in an adoreable little voice, "Isn't that so cute?" :)

Jayla did her own nails, but here Sammy is giving her a touch-up.

And here is Sammy with her new GIRL puppy. They spent all evening trying to come up with a name for her, and Sammy really wanted something Japanese. Some of the better ones included Puchi (little), Kibbles and, hmmm.....I can't remember any more of those Japanese words! Girls, what did you decide???



The boys joined us for much of the evening, as long as they were quiet. :) I love this picture of Daniel. He looks like he's three years old! And the one of Chrys and Patrick. So cute!

Finally, around 3am, she crawled into bed and closed her eyes!

It was a great night!