Ryne is 5!!!

I still can't believe my baby girl is 5!  Where did the time go?!  We wanted to have tons of fun on her actual birthday so we planned a really special day.  We started it by having a Mommy and Ryne sleep-over on her birthday eve.  When she woke up she was surprised to see a cake, balloons, and banner!  She was super excited to eat cake for breakfast!  Reese thought it was pretty cool too!  

my big 5 year old!

making silly faces...

Reese tried to copy!  :)

After our sugar high breakfast we headed to the zoo.  It was a beautiful day for the zoo!  There were no crowds either which was awesome!

They have a really neat play area for the kids.  Both girls enjoyed running around "getting some energy out".  They also have a neat little petting zoo which Ryne loved.

One of her very favorite parts though was chasing a squirrel!  He was taunting her big time!  He would stay just out of her reach but never went too high on the tree for her to reach.  It was pretty funny to watch.  :)

hmmm...

posing with a rhino!

Reese cracked us up chasing this poor guy all over.  He ran like she would really be able to grab him!

Trying out the hurricane simulator.  Fun!

Trying so hard to be as big as sister!

The birds were awesome!!  They were so friendly and would land on you where ever they could.  I was only in for a few minutes and had a constant rotation of birds landing on my head, shoulders, camera...whatever!

Ryne about died laughing because the bird flew off her and towards this kid who completely flipped out!  ha!  It was pretty comical!

She got to feed the giraffes and that was super cool!  There was one zoo employee that was obviously very chummy with the giraffes.  They kept coming up and nuzzling him, pretty cool.

We rode the carrousel at the end.  Reese loves it so much!!

Daddy and his girls!

Love these two so much!

She told me to stop taking pictures!  ha!

She isn't alone...Jeremy is just ducking!

We took this picture and then she climbed down.  On the way down she kinda fell and landed on her ankle.  We ended up having to go in for x-rays but they think all is well and it will just be sore for awhile.  

She picked out this panda on the way out.  One happy girl!

We had Ryne take a nap on the way to our next destination...she had no idea we had anything else planned!

Last minute trip

We had pictures with my step-sister-in-law (?!) Jamie last Sunday afternoon.  She is amazing and I can't wait to see them!  Jeremy had to drive to The Woodlands, TX that night.  We were talking on the way home how we should have just planned for us girls to tag along.  Well, the almost birthday girl heard that and starting begging to go!  So we rushed home to pack, drop the dogs off at Pops and Gran Jan's and hit the road.  Both girls fell asleep after about an hour and slept until we got to the hotel.  Then they were ready to party!  It was after midnight before we got everyone settled in for the night.

Jamie snapped this picture on her phone to post to Facebook...I snagged it!  :)

excited for a road trip!

This little stinker did not want to go back to sleep!

The next day we were up early (6am) thanks to a lovely skylight!  Daddy went to work and us girls had a fun day exploring a new place.  

Hanging out on the balcony before leaving for our day of fun!

Our first stop was the mall.  They had a really nice mall super close to the hotel.  We got there before any shops opened but still had fun walking around.  We found a pet store and both girls loved watching the kittens and birds through the window.  They also had a nice play area.  The girls had it to themselves and had a blast!

tweeting at the birds...so cute but very high pitched!

After playing for awhile we went to Build A Bear.  Ryne loves making new friends there!  She picked out a cute pink and purple bear and added a fun birthday song sound chip.  Super cute!  Reese picked out a rainbow bear.  She held on tight and didn't even want to hand it over to get filled!  It was so sweet watching her put in the heart.  She kept trying to put more in so the lady let her bear have 3 hearts!  :)

The girls and their creations!

Our next stop was a movie theater to watch Wreck It Ralph.  I have no idea why I thought a movie with both girls by myself would be a good idea.  Reese was bored with the popcorn after the previews and then the battle to keep her still started.  Reese and I ended up walking the stairs...we probably made 20 trips.  My back actually started hurting from being hunched over holding her hands.  She was loving it though!  Ryne said the movie was cute though and has asked to go back to watch it again!  :)

Both girls were pretty worn out by then and crashed as soon as we got to the car.  I let them get a nap in and then we headed to wait for Daddy to finish up.  While we waited we played on the resort grounds. They had sand volleyball, horse shoes, sandboxes, and a bunch of other stuff to keep the girls happy and burn off some energy before the long car ride home.

There's Daddy!

We had so much fun and I am so glad that we decided to tag along.  It was totally worth the drive and lack of sleep!  :)