Mandy's Wedding

Toy Joy

He was in heaven! Oddly, he really did not ask for anything big. He wanted two plastic stars...11 cents each.

Turtle Pond

The Tower

Damon and I told Austin this is where we went to school. He said that he would go here too if they had glue and scissors.

Pom Poms

Austin REALLY liked these...they are just like Longhorn Barbie's pom poms.

The Co-op

Cheating

We told Austin that if you look at the box while you are doing the puzzle it's cheating. For some reason, after he heard that, whenever he saw us working on the puzzle he asked us if we were doing some cheating. Damon tried to explain to him that he was putting the puzzle together--but Austin insisted that Damon was doing some cheating!

And this comes from a kid who LOVES to do puzzles!

Not the Rainbow Fish

...but this is a great specimen to show you how Rainbow Fish took his scales and gave them to his friends!

Invasion of the Jelly Fish

Austin and I went for our morning walk and there were jelly fish EVERYWHERE (along with the seaweed). I have never seen so many wash ashore at one time.

Strollin'

Hawk! (too many weeks to count)

This will be the final posting concerning the hawk--he is starting to deteriorate and lose his coloring. I don't think we will be visiting him much more.

Milk that Cow

We FINALLY found a 'cow' to milk. Ever since we have started reading Old McDonald Had a Farm to Austin, he has wanted to milk a cow. It is very intriguing to him. This cow is not real, but the 'udders' are fairly realistic, and they squirt little streams of water. Austin could have milked for hours!

Lots of Berts

Austin loves a book titled, I Completely Know About Guinea Pigs, and it happens to be all about guinea pigs! He was thrilled to actually see some.

An interesting note about this situation is that he has never shown any interest in having one as a pet...NOT that I am encouraging it! However, he would like a mouse.

At the Aquarium --Tiger Exhibit

I love how they posed for this picture!

A Bunch of Monkeys

Turtle Pond at the University of Texas

Austin LOVED the turtle pond. We fed the turtles a bunch of cheerios, and they looked like the catfish in Kemah!