Inman Easter 2012

On Saturday of Easter weekend, we spent time with the Inman family at Gigi and Grandad's. Jill prepped plenty of eggs, and the kids had a fantastic easter egg hunt in the backyard. Since Allen hadn't done any egg-hunting since last year, when he was 18 months old, we weren't sure what he would do. Without any instructions or models, he was egg-hunting with fury! His sweet bigger cousins let him get a head start, but I'm not sure that he needed it after we watched for a minute. He went out the door running and didn't slow down as he threw as many eggs in his basket as he could. When his basket got so full that eggs were falling out when he ran, he had his Daddy help hold it while he finished gathering eggs. After a great dinner and fun egg hunt, we all played and relaxed outside. What a wonderful Easter Saturday!

All Good Things...

We ended spring break with some time with the Baez family. Allen loves hanging out with his Baez cousins, Nathan and Baby Junior! After a heavenly spring break week, we had a little time to rest and recoup before Monday catapulted us back into reality. We couldn't be more thankful for such a fun week together!

Arboretum

On Friday of Spring Break, we went to the Dallas Arboretum to enjoy a beautiful day with family and flowers! All in attendance were: Allen, Asher, Kayla, Alyssa, Diana, Jill, Aunt Sue, Uncle Ellis, Grace, Grandad, and I. Grace is our Taylor cousin, Mary's daughter. Sue and Ellis were in Dallas to stay with her for a few days, and we were happy to spend a day with them all! There was lots of room for the kids to run around and play; they had great fun. Allen's favorite part was the water fountains, creeks, and pools.

Friends Day

Spring Break Thursday was Friends day. We spent the morning with Allen's sweet friends: Braylon, Cason, and Annabelle (and their sweet parents - my friends). They had a great time playing at the park and were just too cute not to get some shots. That evening I had a special treat with my friend, Michele Daughtery, who gave me tickets to "In the Heights" as a graduation/birthday gift. It was the best show I've ever seen! Fun Thursday! Look at these cute kids!

Dallas Zoo

On Wednesday of Spring Break, we continued our "staycation" with a trip to the Dallas Zoo and (after a nap) a dinner picnic and park play with Aunt Deana and Nathan. We don't have pictures of the park play, but Allen and Nathan had a great time eating, kicking the soccer ball, climbing on the playground, and running! We do have pictures of the zoo. Allen knew it was scheduled and kept saying, "I wanna go to zoo!" So, when we did, it was very exciting. We decided to get a family annual pass that we hope to use a few times this year. When we bought the pass, they gave Allen a stuffed Koala. I was irriated that we had something to carry before we even got through the gates, but Allen loved it! He held it almost the whole day and slept with it that night. We rode the monorail, explored the Children's zoo, and saw the new Koala exhibit; all of which we had never done before. Allen said his favorite animals were the giraffes, which were really cool because we got to feed them, but really he loved the goats! As soon as he went into the goat gate, he started talking to the goats in a sweet baby voice, "hi goats" and tried to feed them the hay that was on the ground. He told us about one goat, "This is my goat." He followed it around petting, talking, and feeding. When we were later told that the goat's name was "Allen," we finally agreed it must be his goat. Along with the new Koala exhibit was a new bird exhibit. (I can't remember the name of the birds.) Of course, Christian is such a fun and generous Daddy that he bought us nectar so that we could feed the birds. We went into a big bird house, and they landed on us and drank the nectar. We were concerned that Allen would get scared, but he loved it as much as we did. We got some great pictures of us with the birds and Allen's expressions, especially funny is the one on my head. It was another priceless day together as the Baez Bunch!