Jacob's First Day of School

In September Jacob started back at preschool at First Baptist Humble.  He goes two days a week and LOVES it!  I can't believe how big he is!

Oklahoma!

The kids and I decided to book end the summer with another trip to Oklahoma.  Labor Day weekend has always been a family gathering for the Gilbert family so the kids and I headed up a week early to spend some time with the Sperling side.

We started our trip by spending a night and day with Micah's brothers family before Kate and Evan had to start school.  It was an exciting day visiting the famous Blue Whale on Rt. 66 and playing on the water slide in the back yard.

Then we traveled on to Wagoner to spend a few days with Grandma and Grandpa.  As usual the kids had a blast playing and helping Grandpa make slushy's.

From Wagoner, the kids and I headed to Stillwater to meet up with Micah, Nana and Papa.  We had a fun Labor Day weekend in Stillwater playing on the farm and going to a Cowboy football game.

Micah decided to take the Tuesday and Wednesday after Labor Day off from work so that we could go float the river.  This was our first time braving taking Hailey on the river.  It was a fun day since we were the only people on the river however, Jacob was getting sick and didn't enjoy the day as much as usual.  But he was a trooper and did his best to have fun.

At last it was time to head home and accept the fact that summer was over. 

Zoo Days

Since we live in the USA again and particularly Houston, I decided to buy a Houston Zoo membership so that I am forced to take the kids at least a few times a year.

Our first trip was with some of our new friends.  Jacob loved getting to wander the zoo and play with his friends.  The zoo has a temporary exhibit called "Dinosaurs" that Jacob loved.  We had to go through it two times!  We also fed the giraffes, rode the carousel and watched the Apes.  It was a really fun day.

When Coleton was visiting with Nana and Papa, Nana and I decided to take the kids to the zoo for a day. Our day was pretty similar to the last zoo trip except that it wasn't nearly as crowded or hot as our last visit which was a welcomed surprise.  This time we took some time to play in the splash park too.  Once again we had a super fun day at the zoo.