Kangarooos!

Recently the Nashville Zoo opened a new exhibit about Kangaroos. You are able to walk through and actually touch/interact with the kangaroos at their discretion.  Since we have the yearly pass we thought it was a great way to spend a weekend afternoon. We had lot's of fun, Maddie ate a snow cone bigger than her, which I gave to her at the beginning of the trip so of course she was covered in sticky sugar the rest of the trip! The kids loved the Kangaroos, Maddie has no fear and I was afraid a Kangaroo would just pick her up, put it in its pouch and jump away!  We took a picture with the a kangaroo behind us and I literally had to put Maddie in a tight grip because she wanted to pet it! We hit up our favorites, the flamingos, birds, turtles, and goats. The goat we were petting ate our zoo map, and as I grabbed it back I was terrified I was going to get bit!  A fun day at the zoo and a great new exhibit to our favorite zoo!

Maddie and the Giant snow cone!

Kangaroo's!

Liv and Own learning about the Kangaroo's

...and Maddie and Thomas

Hard to tell but there is a kangaroo in the grass behind us

birds

Maddie trying to scale the fence

Liv in the bamboo woods

The girls looking at a Llama

our map after the goat at it!

Large turtle

Lunch time~

Liv at the playground

Yes I made Maddie pose

Fearless Maddie walking on the ropes over water

Another year of Soccer for Olivia!

Olivia is now in her 3rd year of soccer, and she is one of the best on the team! She the smallest and shortest on the team but is one of the fastest runners and very aggressive on the team. Between myself and my husband we have both played almost every sport EXCEPT soccer, so we have had to do some research and look up rules and how to play. Of course Steve went out and bough Liv a full size soccer net, the best gear and ball to practice. It's still close to 100 degrees here so we have to make sure she is fully hydrated and doesn't get heat stroke. Although Maddie seems to be the one who doesn't do well in the heat. Steve will come straight from the office in a suit and sit to watch Liv practice for an hour while Maddie cries and complains of heat:{ Regardless the coach came up to us last week and asked us if Liv would be interested in playing in a year above her age, we said no due to the fact that she is already doing ballet 2 hours per week and on the competition team in addition to soccer....Mia Hamm watch out!

Liv and Maddie practicing

Liv wanted sunglasses like the girl next to her..I said no..mean Mom

Liv and her teamates

Liv and her teammates ( they are so tall!!)

practicing passing the ball

ready for soccer!

Liv running and dribbling the ball!

Liv loves to dribble the soccer ball

Maddie glued to the iPhone during practice

Maddie hamming it up at a practice

Liv ready for practice!

concentration pose

Olivia's Last first day of Pre-K

This is Olivia's first year of Preschool!

her backpack was heavier than she was!

Maddie, Me, and Liv

Daddy, Maddie, and Liv

Liv and Maddie last year on her first day of preschool

                           

Liv ready for pre-k last year

                                       

The best day of all summer finally came, Olivia went back to school! Downside is that that Hurricane Maddie can be a bit destructive until her sister gets home! We put Liv in a new pre-k that is close to our new house. She has already made a few friends, and gotten in trouble for talking ( big shocker). I ALMOST got a bit teary eyed then flash backed to the last 4 months and quickly pulled myself together :) Once I picked her up she had a WONDERFUL day, talking non stop about the class, what happens if they get in trouble ( their name gets taken out of a beehive on the wall...gasp!) and all the fun actives they will do this year. It's great for Liv socially, academically, and her own identify to be prepared for full day kindergarten next year.

sisters posing for the camera

Liv doing her casual pose

holding her school bag

Grocery cart hell!

Note to self: next time the girls politely ask if they can have their own mini carts at the grocery store, scream "NO," and have flashbacks of this day shopping. It started out calmly enough, heading to the store around 8 am along with ever other elderly shopper, but due to the nap schedule and ballet later this was the only time free today. The girls were so excited there were two mini carts (which never happens) so I (stupidly) said sure, picture a calm shopping experience- not the usual run through isle and get everything as soon as possible before a child breaks/throws tantrum/climbs shelves etc..... Olivia has had her own cart before and does wonderful, she loves to help, pick out items and feel like a big girl. Maddie, I assumed would copy Liv...boy was I WRONG. We started out in the fruit isle with Maddie immediately ramming into orangesdislay that of course all came down. I with the help of a lovely worker we cleaned them up, while Maddie belted out the "clean up song".  After a quick lesson on how to push I assumed Maddie would get the hang of it...again WRONG.  Maddie threw every candy/toy/cookie/random item she could while I quickly put them back...did I mention we were still in the FIRST isle. The rest of the trip went something like this, Maddie looking down ramming into Olivia, shelves, and a construction worker. When I told her to look up, she looked at the ceiling, she'd get caught on a corner and immediately it was the end of the world. I'm not big on bribing my kids, but for the sake of the store's and myself's sanity, Oreo's were opened and eaten at 8:15 in the morning.

Innocent.......don't be fooled!!

Liv calmly walking down each isle

Maddie's 100th ramming into a random isle incident

2 seconds before nailing her sister from behind

  

Beane girls meet Pooh and Dora!

We headed to the local indoor bouncy house when they had Pooh Bear and Dora as special guests. Maddie and Liv both LOVE Dora still, and Maddie still loves Pooh. It was a great way to beat the heat ( 100+) and burn some energy before school starts!

Girls ready to play!

Yes, this is what my child does when we see a public water bubbler

Girls trying to get in a bouncy house!

Meeting Dora and Pooh!

Very realistic

Maddie hugging Pooh

Dancing with Pooh

The girls were so excited!!