Another successful baby bounce

Thursday was our group's third baby bounce. There were 8 ladies who showed up. The host of this week's playgroup chose to include some Spanish songs. She provided a lyric sheet to help us non-speakers keep up.

I got many comments about what a great job I've been doing with planning activities each week. That made me feel great! Little do they know, I need to get out of the house and that is why I diligently look for things to do each week.

Next week we have a zoo trip planned. I am so excited to get D to the zoo and see the animals. He has really started to learn more animals and associate them with their sounds. This trip will be fun for him to see the large and colorful animals and will be fun for me to see his reactions to them. I'll take lots of pictures!

This weekend D's cousins are visiting from Austin and we plan on spending some quality time with them. We don't get to see them very often and I want him to spend as much time with them as we can. Here's one picture from last night when we went out to eat with them.



And another from this afternoon at the pool. Aunt Suge, enjoy!!

Baking Day!!

I love to bake!! I have visited many blogs that have inspired me to be more creative with my baking. This being a holiday weekend was a PERFECT opportunity for me to try something new.

Tomorrow we are having a cook-out (depending on the rain) and I am bringing dessert. I made a small square cake for the five of us to munch on after lunch. What's so special about a square cake, you may ask??? Well this one is red, white and blue tyedyed when you cut into it. I obviously don't have pictures of the inside, but when we cut into it tomorrow I'll snap some. Here's the top:



Sunday, the 4th, we have plans to attend the KC 4th event at the clubhouse. They are in need of sweets for the cake walk. I decided to try my hand at it this year. So I whipped this baby up today:



Not very special? Well, I am loving the surprise inside cakes and this one is three layers; top is red, middle is white, bottom is blue!! I wish I could get a picture of the inside of this one, but alas, I'll never know who ends up with it. Ah, that's life...

After baking all morning we went to our second baby bounce playdate. There were 8 of us, one a new member! The kids loved wiggling and then got to have some play time afterwards.

A few of us made plans to meet up at the EC 4th of July Parade tomorrow. Hopefully it won't rain and we can check it out. There is supposed to be LOTS of kid friendly entertainment. Rain, rain, go away...Come again some other day!!