"White Girl" Bubble Fun

Watch the video. . .We obviously need to work on the "break down" moves before the upcoming dance recital. 

Our "Confident" Love Bug

Lowery's K-4 Spring Program was Thursday - the "love bug" program.  It was so cute and they all were precious.  All of the kids did great and we loved the little songs and motions.  It was a great performance by everyone.  Also, each child in K-4 was assigned a character trait award - a trait that best describes their gift they have used to God's will the past year.  Lowery's award was "Self-Confident."

UPDATE:  Some of you know that I was a little worried about Lowery's award at first, thinking that maybe it was code for "over-confident."  But I have talked it over with friends and her teacher and am feeling very good about this award.  I am very proud of her and am so glad that she has self-confidence (Lord knows I did not - let's only hope she can keep it through the 5th grade phase where she'll have rabbit teeth, bad hair and beginner's makeup syndrome.)   Of course I made a mountain out of a mole hill, us Moms are good at doing that, and am very proud and pleased (as I always am with our little love bug).  Thanks for all of you who talked sense into me!  

Ft. Worth Zoo

For ALL of you that are going to visit us in Dallas, let me just say that if you're bringing the kids the Ft. Worth Zoo is something to consider visiting!  We went last weekend and had a wonderful time.  I am shocked that Lowery chose that as her first "outing" in Dallas - we gave her the option of Six Flags, American Girl store or the zoo.  We thought of course she would choose Six Flags, but she surprised us with the zoo.

The zoo is really great - the animals are good and the viewing areas for the animals are really good as well.  It was cloudy and cool the morning we went, which helped the animals to be out and about.  But the zoo is laid out really well and has lots of shade - and also has some really good places to eat for a nice lunch (not your typical zoo food).  The only trouble we had was with the poor little train - we tried to ride it twice.  It just couldn't go.  So we will look forward to that next on the next visit and try to lose some weight to help it along.

Our favorite animals of the day were the elephants (some were doing tricks so that was fun), the lions, the white tigers and the birds (they have this neat inside exhibit where you can go in and feed them), the meerkats and the kissing orangutans.   Did not love the "herpetarium" - snakes, lizards and such.  Creepy!