We love the zoo!

Yesterday we hit the SD Zoo with our friends Jill, Ramey, Mandy and Ellie. There's always something new to see at the zoo, including lots of babies this time of year. Here's the new Giraffe baby, born April 16th. He's so cute!!

And we must have picked a good time to go because a lot of the animals were out, either playing or lounging. Here's the Speckled Bear and her cub was in the tree trunk so we missed getting her picture.

We also decided to go on the air buckets. It was our first time as Tatum and I are both not fond of heights, but we loved it. Tatum was a little reluctant to get on but loved it once we were flying above the trees. And we got to ride with Jill and Ramey first and with Mandy and Ellie on the way back, so much fun!

Here's the view from the bucket, such beautiful architecture in Balboa Park!

And here is Ellie, Tatum and Ramey showing us how to line up for the ride back in the buckets. Our little babies are growing up so fast! We had a wonderful time with you girls, let's do it again soon!

Happy Birthday Shauna!!

Tuesday was Shauna's birthday so we took her to Disneyland! She got to wear a big pin that told everyone it was her birthday and she enjoyed all the ride conductors announcing that fact to all that could hear. :)

Tatum loved being at Disneyland with her Shauna. She sat by her on all of the rides and couldn't wait to show Shauna some of her favorites like It's a Small World and Winnie the Pooh. We all loved It's a Small World since it was cool and indoors. I think it hit 90 degrees at the park!

And of course we had to go on the up and down where we all got to ride on a horse! (except Grandma who was nice enough to stand by Tatum and sacrifice) :)

And we topped the day off with a yummy birthday cupcake for Shauna. We even sang to her and she blew out her candle! What more could you ask for at the Happiest Place on Earth!

I think Tatum enjoyed the cupcake the most...

Here's her cheese face with cupcake. We're still working on the cheese face. :)

Annual Gathering

A group of my mom's teacher friends have been getting together for years. It started when they had kids and now their kids have grown up and had kids. We only get together once a year but when we do, we all have such a wonderful time. Here is Tatum sitting with her 15 month old friend Darby. Such cute little girls. :)

And here is the only boy at the moment, Cameron. Tatum really took to Cameron and wanted to be his mother, helping Colleen change him. Such a mommy.

And here are the girls, Colleen, me and Rachel.

And the "older girls", Jane, Barbara G., Judy, Bev, and Barbara W.

And the "older kids" with the new kids, such a big group!

Easter!!

I don't know if you can see these pics. We had a wonderful Saturday at the park with friends enjoying an Easter event. But when we got home, Garrett decided to play with the camera and ended up erasing all our photos and videos from the day. :( Thanks to Jenny, here are a few shots of Tatum enjoying the park festivities...

She loved the bounce house the best but they also had a large slide that her and Daddy went down together. There was a petting zoo (Tatum wouldn't get near it), ponies to ride (Tatum had a melt down on the pony, barely could get her on the saddle), arts and crafts and a place to plant seeds (this was one of Tatum's favorite parts and we're hoping our seed will turn into a plant and sprout soon)...

A blow up bunny which was much more enjoyable than the real Easter bunny below...

I don't know if you can see the pic but Tatum was horrified by the fuzzy monster! Mental note, when she tells you she can't wait to sit on the furry character's lap and talk to him, don't believe her. She feels the same about Disney characters...

And the festivities finished off with a candy hunt in the park. Tatum loved it since she's got quite a sweet tooth. She kept running around, seeing candy, yelling, "Oooo, candy!" and scooping it into her basket. She is also very good about sharing her candy which she enjoyed doing with Mattie after the event. What a fun filled day!

Easter morning started with a visit from the Easter bunny! He left Tatum a basket of goodies outside and she was so excited.

Wow, the basket full of Dora books and toys was just what she wanted!

Then it was off to church.

At least one of us wore her Easter bonnet. :) This was her favorite part of the outfit.

After brunch, we came home and realized the Easter bunny had also hid some eggs in Grandma's garden, how exciting! Every time she'd see another hidden egg, she'd get so excited, very cute.

Here's another one!! What a wonderful Easter!

And before Easter dinner, Tatum and Daddy worked on her ever progressing play house. Now it has a door and windows. Tatum said soon she can make us lunch in her house, she can't wait!

Another wild week in Irvine

Our week started off with a fancy party at Uncle Tom's senior living center where we all enjoyed good food and Uncle Tom even showed us some dance moves.

Then we had our annual garage sale where Leanne was trying to sell Isaac. Could he be any cuter?!!

Jenny threw Mattie in for half price but still no takers so...

I put Tatum in for free! We ended up keeping the kids but they sure did look cute!

Daddy started construction on Tatum's play house. She even got in there to help Daddy with the hammering.

Too much hard labor cramps a girls style so we were off to South Coast Plaza. They changed out all the horses on the merry-go-round to bunnies for Easter, so exciting!

It wouldn't be a visit without playtime with Mattie. Look at those shades!

And ti wouldn't be a visit to Irvine without a trip to Disneyland either.

We saw their new parade, really cool!

And when you have annual passes, you get to go on rides you'd never think about going on like the Mark Twain boat. Tatum loved it!

We also met Jenny and Mattie at the Irvine zoo where Mattie enjoyed the petting zoo and Tatum wouldn't get down from my arms. Silly girl.

And the week ended with some fun egg dying. Easter is just around the corner!!