Check-Up

Kohen had his 5 year check up on Monday--

Weight: 36 lbs (right under 25%)
Height: 41 1/4 inches (right under 25%)

So I told him he better grow a little more to reach that 42" mark to ride the slides at castaway cove!! I was just happy he actually gained some weight.

Skating Party

Kohen's 5th birthday party was held at the RollerPlex Skate Center....This kid has been wanting his party there since he saw it was being built...He got some skates for Christmas and has went with TT (his aunt) several times....He is such a good little skater....He got a brand new pair of skates just for having his party there!!
Kresee's first time on skates...She was excited about the whole thing, but didn't quite know what to think...She gave it a shot and did wonderful...In the end, she was skating by herself some....

This was her favorite thing---swinging in between us.....

Reid, Bella and Kohen

Group singing Happy Birthday to Kohen....

Reid and Kohen goofing off during cake time....

Bella's turn to limbo...

Kerry's turn...He made it pretty far

Kresee wanted to limbo too and she did great....

Silly Presley:)

Kohen actually won the limbo game...He is always one of the last ones remaining but he was excited to win:)

Sweet pic with my big boy!

Playing Peek-A-Boo so she couldn't get her picture made:)

Lovely family picture--haha

Jude---he was Mr. Cautious and wore his helmet

The best part was that Kohen didn't ask for any birthday presents (we get plenty from family) and all his friends brought dog food to donate to the PETS Pantry....

Dallas Museum/Dino Exhibit

We went to the Dallas museum with the kids for Kohen's birthday. I have been promising to take him to the dinosaur exhibit because it ends May 1st. The kids were super excited, even Kresee.

The drive down was eventful as always. Between Kohen needing to know each town we were passing through starting with Henrietta and Kresee asking the entire trip "Hold me mommy?" And then the ordeal of what movie. He wanted Star Wars and she wanted Elmo. I made them compromise with Curious George.

But we finally got there and Kresee got scared immediately. She wasn't so sure about those dinosaurs anymore;) And I was determine to not have to pay for Kresee. If you are under 2, you are free. To the "super nice" ticket lady. So if I have a 2 year old (crap, already messed up) does she still need a ticket. "She's 2 or not 2?" Oh she's definitely not 2--almost like in a few weeks, but not 2 yet (I'm a horrible liar!)
It didn't help Kresee out that the big t-Rex was roaring!

Kohen loved it though...Walked right up to the triceratops...my pictures aren't in very sequential order..After we got through eating lunch Kresee said "I go see the dinosaurs" ..This is her doing her complete best at standing in front of him without being too scared...She was cracking me up..."Cheeeese"

Again, this was after lunch when she was a little more brave and didn't mind standing closer

IMAX--we went to the 1:30 movie about bugs after lunch....I haven't been to one of these since I was a kid...I remember seeing the beavers with my mom, dad, and sister...Kohen enjoyed it...Kresee had the best time which included not sitting in her seat, but on the steep stairs...She "ooohed and awwwed" and "wow, see the bugs" the entire 45 minutes...Ok, 40 minutes because she almost feel asleep on the floor the last 5 mintues...I even had the pleasure of taking her to the restroom as she said "I go poo-poo" 10 times on our way out:)
As soon as the movie came on, Kohen grabbed his seat thinking he was going to fall out...We laughed at him!

On to the dinosaur exhibit...It was actually our first stop of the morning...After being scared just in the entrance, she wasn't sure at all about this whole dinosaur thing....But she was OK, just didn't want to get too close...
Playing with the tools...

Kohen getting to compare his foot with a dinosaur's

And Kresee had to do it as well...

The area where the kids could be paleontologists was probably their favorite...

Hey, I made it into 1 picture...The thermal heat camera...That's me, Kerry and Kresee...Who knows where Kohen took off to:)...This area was all about the body and germs....In fact, Kerry made the comment that we actually found a place nastier than Chuck-E-Cheese (haha)...

Sitting in a big hand...I'm sure it was full of germs
The largest set of shark jaws....

Climbing through the spider web....

Looking at a tarantula...

Checking out a turtle....
Crawling through like an ant....
Milking a cow... The firetruck area...
Playing some music.....
The water area---of course one of the favorite things of the day......
Making some big bubbles....
Kresee loved the air and the ping pong balls...She could have set there all day....

No Kerry is not going to the bathroom (haha)...It was a balancing machine...It wasn't easy!
The chair that spins and spins and makes you dizzy:)

Kresee needed a turn on the chair...Then we had fun with her and stood her up so she looked like a drunk person:)...She thought it was funny..."I do it again"

After spending most of the day in the Science building, we wandered next door to the Nature Building to see what was in there...It was neat...All the animals were ones that could be found in Texas....

(from my phone so not so great) I needed to text it to Uncle Jayson to show him the Coyotes in the background with Kohen doing his Coyote sign:)

And Kerry couldn't get over this wolf....He was HUGE!!..and scary looking...I didn't know they could get that big....

This bear was huge....

I had to take a picture of this...Texas Mountain Lions...Did I mention Kerry and I were running back in February on the trail by the Dirt Hill and one of these bad boys ran right across our path...No, it was not a bobcat (we do know what those look like)...This was a real deal mountain lion...It was not as big as the one in the back but was larger than the one in the front of this exhibit...

This was a great spot...I laid out on the foam floor and just let Kresee play with the big blocks while the boys did all the things in the room...I was worn out!!I made Kohen go to the bathroom before we left the museum since he had NOT gone the entire day...I mean not since we left home at 8:00 am...The kid has the most amazing bladder...Anyways, he's mad here in front of some skull....

We weren't in the car 5 minutes eventhough Kohen insisted he was NOT tired and they were both out!!...Slept until we finally stopped in Decatur to grab something to eat...I asked Kohen if he took a good nap...He got really mad and said "I did not take a nap, I never went to sleep"...Okay, buddie:)