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Monday, July 23, 2012

Our Summer Vacation!

Well, we had "sort of" vacation. :) Daddy was off for about two weeks so we used that time to explore the great outdoors! Mommy isn't very "outdoorsy" but the places we went were very pretty and interesting. Needless to say it was pretty hot, but we still really enjoyed ourselves. We stopped by a new park in RR that is SO cool. It's an all abilities park for kids. Foamy flooring, lots of slides and fun jungle gyms. Swings, sand pits, music and water stations and even a model of a tiny Round Rock town complete with streets and stop lights! It's so cute. You both ran around like crazy little monkeys! Hayden chased Natalie and neither one of you wanted to leave. It was lots of fun and I can't wait to take you back there again!
My favorite place was of course the botanical gardens. It is so lush and beautiful and it doesn't disappoint when it comes to wildlife. We saw a snake, several lizards, squirrels, bugs, fish and butterflies! Hayden seemed hot, but she liked walking around a little. Somewhere along the line we lost Sleeping Beauty's tiny pink shoes. I was a little miffed, but Natalie said, "It's ok...I don't mind." Ha....O...K. :)
We also went over to the Austin Nature and Science Center. That was a pretty cool adventure for the girls. Owls, coyotes, bobcat, bugs, etc. They are all rescue animals that were once pets! Crazy. Anyway, it was pretty there and the girls got to dig in a huge sand pit filled with dinosaur bones! Natalie wasn't too excited about it after she realized she had to work to get to them. haha....so like her mama. ;) Hayden was throwing sand and well it just got really hot and we were at the end of the line. So we sat in the shade in a pavilion under a fan and the girls had their snack. Soon after we hiked back to our car and headed to lunch. The girls also got to swim at the Rock-n-River with their cousins (which I don't have too many pictures of because I'm freaked about water and them in it-so I'm always on full alert). They loved it. Natalie was a lot more scared than Hayden but she still gave it all she had to learn a little. Sadly, I haven't taken her swimming as much as I should have the last couple of summers. I had good excuses but maybe not good enough. We are going to do some work this week and hopefully get her sea legs working better! Can't wait till she is swimming like a tadpole under water. :) All in all we had a fantastic week with Daddy, sticking close to home and going on our adventures! Here is the two of you playing in Nat's room at her vanity. I love how Hayden's feet are tucked up under her butt! :) So confident and that look on Natalie's face makes me think of me.
*(still trying to get other pics uploaded...stay tuned followers!) We love you girls.....to the moon...and well....you know. ;) XO!! MOM

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