Farm

I wrote this out a long time ago but forgot to post it. Sorry, Amanda. :o) 

So here is some of the farm stuff I did with the Beluga. I will admit that my nerdy teacher self had a lot of fun with this! We are going out of town to visit family but when we get back we want to go to the petting farm at the zoo too! 

First, these were some of the yard sale finds that Marin hadn't got to play with yet. 

So I pulled them out for farm fun!

1. A cow xylophone to bang on while we sang farm songs. 

2. The cutest wooden shape sorter except instead of shapes it was farm animals that

you put in the barn. Cute. Cute. Of course, she just wanted to pull out the animals and eat them. :o)

3. One of her favorites was the farm puzzle. Each animal made its sound when you put it in the puzzle and then it sang Old MacDonald. She actually would try to put this one back together. The sheep made her mad though. :o)

4. BOOKS! (My favorite!)

5. We read Click Clack 123 and Click Clack ABC and then she played with magnet numbers

and letters on a cookie sheet. This was a bigger hit than I expected. She would drag the magnets around and take them off...eat them a little...then drag them around the cookie sheet again.

 It was fun to watch her. 

6.  Our first little felt board story. :o) I glued felt on the back of the cookie sheet to make a felt board then we sang "Five Clean Squeaky Pigs". She didn't really care about this though. She liked the song but it wasn't a whole lot of fun for her to take the felt pigs on and off. And they didn't taste good either. :o)

7. My favorites....the square felt farm animals. I found a little pattern/tutorial online and decided to make these for songs. I put different fillings in each one to give a different texture. I haven't finished all of them yet (I blame my friend Amanda for introducing me to the Hunger Games trilogy). 

8. Our farm shakers! She does love these....corn kernals with lima bean painted farm animals (cow, chicks, and pigs). Lima beans were a big math manipulative trend when I taught Kindergarten so I did some for Marin. 

Playing with the magnets.

I put her in her high chair so I could do dishes and she played with the magnets in
a pie pan the whole time. Very helpful. :o)

Pulling out the farm animals to chew on. 

Since climbing is one of her new favorite things to do, I put her chunky farm puzzle pieces on the tv cabinet for her to climb up and get. 

She got the cow! 

Since she loves songs so much, I think I will try and put together some music stuff for her next! Then it is all about FALL!!!

17 Weeks and some kicks!

Our little one on the way is growing and growing! We had an appointment on Friday and heard his or her heartbeat and everything sounds perfect! It is hard to believe, but our next visit (October 7) we will get to find out the gender of our new family addition. So very fun! We really aren't sure what we are having. During the first trimester, I would have said another girl because I was sick like Marin. And although I am still pretty sick in the 2nd trimester, I have so much more energy this go around than I did before. So....maybe a boy. :o) Either way, we are so excited and are looking forward to finding out! 

Another note for this little one....I have already felt some KICKS!! I asked the doctor if that was even possible this early and she said yes. And that most times the 2nd time around, moms feel kicks sooner. We've got another KICKER!!! :o) So good to feel you moving around in there, little one. We love you! 

Midland!

This was mine and Marin's first trip to Midland, TX to visit Bear and Honey. We had such a GREAT time.    Marin had a blast with their puppies. Bear and Honey have 3 dachshunds and she crawled around with them and had tons to say to them. It was really cute. Of course, I didn't get one picture. Argh. I didn't get one picture of Marin with her Bear and Honey either. ARGH! ARGH! Next time....

But I got a special little spa day with a manicure and mini makeover....thanks again Robin. And we both we treated to some very delicious meals and just some good, quality, family down time. It was a wonderful trip!

Bear and Honey had a pool in their neighborhood.
Marin was in heaven. 

The baby pool was perfect for walking around. 

So. Much. Fun.

This one you can see her two teethies a little bit...

She got to eat a graham cracker.
She had it everywhere.
We had to bathe her after this snack.

And on our way home....such a busy little traveler.

Her favorite....she could stand and look out the window the whole flight. 

Quick trip to Alabama

Burke and I had a trip planned to Midland to see his family but his work trip ended in Birmingham. So instead of him flying back to pick us up, we just met him in Alabama. Marin and I had a little bit of time to see my family as well. I did a HORRIBLE job at both places taking pictures. Horrible. Argh.

Playing with spoons. So much fun. 

Teasing Maye Maye. She knew how badly Mom wanted to hold her and she
would just give her a sneaky grin every time.
Eventually she gave in and went to her. :o) 

Crawling race with Maye Maye.
Marin won.
Mom had one of those dogs that sings and dances/flaps its ears when you push it's paws.
Marin LOVED it. She would dance right along with it.
When the batteries died, Mom just started flapping her arms and singing.
Marin loved that just as much.  

Dinner with the Abercrombie family!
We love our aunt, uncle, and cousins.
Side note: This family fights over who gets to hold Marin.
I am going to have to bring a timer the next time we go down. :o)
Again, thank goodness we are having another baby. 

Go Aggies!
We got to see my nephews football games.
It was fun and thankfully not too hot.
But I will say, I am not at all impressed with the coaches of these "little" guys.
Someone (and maybe it will be this pregnant hormonal aunt) needs to remind them this isn't
the NFL....they are 3rd and 5th graders. Lighten up, please 

Daddy explaining the plays to Marin. 

Walking around with Aunt Cissy! 

Museum of Science and Industry

Another free pass from the library.....and this one may have been our favorites. We will definitely go back. We want to try and go at Christmas time because they have Christmas trees from around the world. Fun....

The U-Boat was probably our favorite. If we weren't cheap and didn't have an
8 month old, we would have probably paid the $7 to tour the thing. But
we were losing the Beluga fast so we kept moving.....

Keys....all she needs is keys. 

The bunk beds in the model submarine. 

Marin is steering the submarine. Its harder than it looks. 

Apollo 8

And Marin's favorite part of every museum....the kid play area. And I won't lie,
the other kid part was pretty neat too. Burke and I played with all the gadgets as well. 

Crawl, climb, crawl, climb....

The mirror was her favorite part....

Peek A Boo

Climb, climb, climb

The farm section of the museum....it was really neat too.
You could "drive a tractor", milk a cow, plow some fields, etc.
Marin was ready for a nap though.
Again, good thing this was FREE!!