Me, V and R for the last four summers.

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The Museums!

  
We went to see Neto today at the Nasher Sculpture Center. We also wanted to check out Erick Swenson's exhibit as he is one of dad's ole Good/Bad buddies.  Mom thought V would love Neto, but it was actually quite scary to her.  First we had to put on booties and that made her very mad.  Then when we were walking in Neto is was loud and swinging and really difficult to walk through.  It was a very interesting experience.  Vallie asked me why we had to wear the booties, and I told her, "Artists like to make us do weird things sometimes."

What Vallie really loved were Swenson's slugs climbing the beer stein and the headless people in the garden with the large feet. (Luckily she missed Swenson's deer- but it was my fav!)

Vallie kept asking me if we were going to go the, "Museum (she) went to as a baby."  She remembers the trip we made to the DMA when she was 18 months old! 

So Auntie Em and I took Val to the DMA to see some Jackson Pollock paintings.  Vallie really loves Jackson Pollock paintings because of an Olivia book!  At the DMA she made some of her own sculptural art, we saw the Pollock pieces, and ate some lunch.  It was a great day!

Some kids going through Neto:

Dallas Aquarium

Today we went to the Dallas Aquarium.
V was so excited!

These flamingos were cool:

But not as cool as dad's new look!

Vallie liked watching the penguins

She also enjoyed this sea turtle:

 

But she loved this river otter most of all!!  She kept saying, "He likes me! He's silly! He really likes me!"

 

Vallie and Mommy's day on the Square

Vallie and I were not going to go to the city Eggstraveganza, but for some reason we did. Vallie rode in the bike trailer and we cruised down. Things were a little hectic and crazy even before the eggs. We found Redding and V and R grabbed hands and ran all over the park.



The actual "egg hunt" was more like a mad rush of children frenzied with too much anticipation. Parents were scooping up handful of candy, and children were scrambling to beat each other to the eggs. Most of the candy was full of ants, so I'm not sure why people were being so crazy about getting candy. Here is a little video sample of the madness.


We didn't get very much candy, but I don't really want V to have this ant candy anyway!!



Afterward, Vallie and I rode to the Square donut shop and bought some fresh carrot, apple, orange juice. It was muy delicioso.




We even met dad on the square for a picnic! It was a great Square day. The only upset was having a tire blow out on the way home! Can't wait for our next bike trip!




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B-day Post

Val and I made t-shirts for party favors for her bday.

We had a great party! All of Val's friends and family made it for the cupcake party! We had a balloon shaped cake formed with cupcakes and real balloons around too!


V was so happy to eat yummy cupcakes.



She was also really happy to see all of our boyfriends. (Did I mention that Vallie only has boy friends?)



It was a great day and we ended it by playing with bubbles!

Awaiting the big day....

Tonight is Christmas Eve and tomorrow is the big day! However, I've had a super busy week already! Last weekend Grandpa and Grandma came to see me, and this week Gigi and Grandpa Ross came for a visit! I love hanging out with my Auntie Emily and Aunt Sesame too, and tomorrow I get to see even more family! Yeah for NanNan, PopPop, Aunt Carrie, Uncle Chris, and Aunt Leigh!

Btw, Check out my pretty tree! (Thanks Uncle Jesse and Aunt Jessica!)


P.s. I like my cowgirl hat...Gigi brought me some super cute dress up stuff:



I've spent the whole week making Christmas crafts with my family. I tried to eat everything, but mommy wouldn't let me.








Thanks to Grandma for my pretty Christmas dress! I wore it to the Christmas Eve service, and you'll never guess who showed up! That's right! It was Santa!!!!


We ended Christmas Eve with the Denton County Winter Wonderland show. The lights were crazy and some people got out and danced in front of them, but we missed that in our video... sorry...

Well, now I'm just waiting for Santa to put presents under my tree! I gotta go to sleep! I hope he brings me Muuno!
Enjoy the cookies and milk!!!!

A Day at the Symphony

Yesterday, mommy and daddy took me to the symphony. I went dressed as a ballerina. We sat up really high and it kind of scared daddy when I got near the railing. I danced to Star Wars and then we walked over the the museum. They had a really pretty garden and a pretty gigantic red fork.