Half Day

Today the girls had a half day of school. Avery was done at 9:45 am and Allie was done at 11:45 am. Once Allie got home we got our things together and headed over to Lackland.......

it was sunny out so we had to grab sunglasses before we left

Once we got there both girls new we were where Daddy worked. Allie thought I must be surprising them and that Daddy was going to be there. That would have been a good surprise. I let them down easily and said we'll have to have lunch with him the next time we were there (we were stopping at the BX food court for lunch). After lunch we headed over to the Bob Hope Performing Arts Center to see a Sesame Street performance. We saw a similar performance four years ago (when Allie was 2) at Scott AFB. It's put on by the USO. Allie thought she was too old for the show yet she wanted to get up there to shake their hands. The other two sat and watched and played with their new Elmo toys (the same ones we got four years ago).

3rd row seats!

After the show was over we went to the park on base. It's a huge park with lots of shade. The girls had a blast and Blake took about a 20 minute nap. When he woke up he was excited and ready to play too!

even though it was pretty shaded the smaller area for Blake's age wasn't as shaded as the rest at this time of day. And it was still really hot.

He wasn't quite as happy because he had shoes on. He's not use to them yet.

It was a fun, busy day. Hopefully they are exhausted enough that they will sleep in a little in the morning!!!!

Now this next picture is just from earlier in the week. We went outside to play with chalk. Blake was in heaven. It was pretty much the first time I've ever put him down on the ground outside.....besides the one time in Idaho when we realized the grass was razor blade sharp there. Allie practiced writing her spelling words for the week.

I also should mention the sweet moment between Blake and Avery while we were at the Sesame Street show. Blake was extremely tired. He only had about a 20 minute nap all day prior to the show. He wasn't to the point where he was whiny yet, but he was being very lovey. He and Avery have been getting to be good friends lately. He reached for her and put his arms around her and gave her a nice big, gentle hug.....and patted her back. Then he would look at her and babble something like he was telling her something really serious and then hug her again, pat her back and lay his head on hers. He did this 3 or 4 times before Avery had had enough. I think these two are going to be a lot alike in their personalities.