Family Fun in Dallas (or as JJ says, "Dawas")

Lots of photos from our weekend trip to the Big D!  First stop on Saturday was Legoland Discovery Center in Grapevine.  It's located inside a shopping mall, which was kind of weird, but there was nothing wrong with this place as far as JJ was concerned!

Considering his plan of attack.

Building a tower on the shaking platform.

Doing the Merlin ride with Daddo.

This simple slide was one of his favorite parts of Legoland.

Cookie Monster twins!  Thanks to Aunt Jess, Uncle E and Jonah for JJ's new t-shirt! (And thanks again to Nana for my shirt.)  I think Daddo was embarrassed to be seen with us.

Foam Lego pit!

The boys.

Getting ready to see the 4D Lego movie.  JJ's first time at "the cinema".  He liked it (even wore the 3D glasses! should have gotten a picture of that), but we were glad the movie was only ~15 minutes.

Mixer truck made of Legos!!

Sunday morning we went to NRH20 Family Water Park.  I'm pretty sure this was JJ's favorite activity of the weekend (and it was definitely mine).  We want to go back again and stay longer.  We adults were bummed that we ran out of time to go on the adult water slides.  They were calling to us!

The first water you encounter when entering the park is this fountain.  JJ wasted no time.

Playing in the Tadpole (toddler) area.

 Frog slide!

A little kid's dream come true!!

(The big bucket at the top continually fills with water then dumps out onto unsuspecting park-goers.)

JJ tried some of the stuff on this giant structure.

Taking a break with Wesley-boo.

Snack time

JJ's first trip around the lazy river (he then went around again with Mom).

Final activity was the Tigers game on Sunday, which can be summed up in two words: hot & sweaty.  We didn't come close to staying for the whole game, but the Tigers lost anyway, so maybe it was for the best.

 Fire truck!

Until next time, Dallas!

Pease Park

Here are a few photos from our visit to Pease Park.  Two thumbs up for their sprayground, and there were also a couple nice playscapes and (importantly for JJ) swings.  Wesley was a big fan of the grass.

(Not the best pictures.  Trying to stretch forward and point the camera at the baby without letting go of him.)

Bye-Bye to July-ly

Where did the month go?  The last few weekends have been pretty relaxing and included some trips to the "jumpy place" and the pool.  Our August looks much busier with several out-of-town trips and a visit from Grandpa Campbell planned!

JJ continues to hone his climbing skills at inflatable places.
He tried a new one, Wazoo, recently.

Wesley watches and learns.

Techie boy shows off the picture of him taken seconds earlier.

Chilling out at home, showing off his cute plaid shirt from Eric & Jess.

In the past couple weeks Wesley has started to get up on all fours and rock.  He is not crawling yet but he seems to be very close.  He can easily turn 360 degrees on the floor, rolls around easily and scoots himself across the floor using his arms.

Watching the turtles near Central Market.

Doing some yoga poses!  Wesley is becoming an expert at downward-facing dog.  Fortunately this has not yet resulted in a face-plant but it's probably only a matter of time.

Having sampled sweet potatoes, squash and carrots in the past couple weeks, Wesley dined on his first green vegetable tonight: green beans.  We still have yet to find something this boy won't eat!

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