BooBoo & Pop-Pop's Visit to San Antonio!

BooBoo & Pop-Pop (Derek's parents) came to visit us for the weekend, and we had such a wonderful visit with them! Shelby was THRILLED to see them when they arrived on Thursday!

One of Shelby's friends from school folded her artwork into a fan on Thursday at pick-up, and she was enamored with it!

This picture cracks me up--this is Shelby to a T right now! When I look at this picture, I can practically hear Shelby saying: "Well, the thing is Mommy..." or "Mommy, I have one thing I need to tell you...." which is what I hear approximately 1.5 trillion times per day. And every time she says it, her hand is moving just like it is in this picture! ;)

When BooBoo & Pop-Pop came to visit last Spring, they brought her card games & introduced her to playing cards. Over the past year, this has become one of Shelby's very favorite pasttimes! It's usually a special activity she gets to do with Mommy & Daddy after Hadley goes to bed at night. It was really fun to watch Shelby play cards with BooBoo & Pop-Pop a year later. Last year, Shelby was following "BooBoo's rules," and this year Shelby was reading the directions to them! ;)  Now that she can read the rules, she's become quite strict on rule-following! If you step out of line, she will find the directions and recite your infraction! ;)

Shelby is still a pretty picky eater. She loves Daddy's French toast & Eggo waffles but won't touch pancakes. Well, the morning of BooBoo & Pop-Pop's arrival was Pancake & PJs day at Shelby's preschool, and of course she LOVED the pancakes! (It's a totally different ball game when your peers are eating something!) So we got to make our first pancake breakfast with the girls while BooBoo & Pop-Pop were here, and it was quite the hit!

BooBoo shared her story of being a FlapJack champion, so Shelby got to have a go at it..that was a hit, too! :)

Wrestling with BooBoo :)

One of the highlights of our visit was a trip to the Rainforest Cafe on the Riverwalk! This was my first time going to Rainforest Cafe, but Derek & his sister did went when they were younger so I think BooBoo really enjoyed getting to take the girls for their first visit! It was such a cool place! Shelby loved the thunderstorms and getting to walk around & explore the restaurant with BooBoo. I think Hadley enjoyed all of the creatures from a distance, but she definitely wasn't a fan of the storms. ;)  I made quite the mistake at one point and told her to hurry and finish her banana before the gorilla ate it--I can't even describe the fear I stirred up inside her! Her eyes got as big as saucers, and she kepting saying "Gorilla no eat my banana! Mommy, hold you! Keep me safe!" ;)  Thankfully, our meal was delievered right after that fiasco, and her dinosaur chicken nuggets were a sufficient distraction. :)

We had such a great weekend! We are so thankful they made the trek to San Antonio to see our little life here in Texas! Their visit definitely got us excited for more family time this summer! :)  But seriously, how is it almost May?!?!