Kylah and I picked Shelby up from Shriner's hospital to go on an adventure. The girls had no idea where I was taking them and it was fun to listen to all of their guesses, including "crazyland". We had a scary moment on the freeway with some hard braking to avoid an accident. We took the next exit and went to lunch at McDonald's. The girls both got chicken nugget kids meals. The toy was suppose to be Spiderman. Kylah got Spiderman and Shelby got an old toy, a plastic Furby. I traded it for a Spiderman toy for her and she was so happy.
When we got to our destination Shelby could see the letters but didn't know how to say the word "aquarium". On our way to the entrance they spotted some stuffed penguins in the gift shop window and guessed where we were. They were so excited.
We went exploring. It is the new location and not all of the exhibits have been transferred, but there was plenty to see. The tunnel encased in a tank full of sharks, fish, stingrays and a turtle was really cool to stand in. It was a bit crowded though and hard to take pictures in. We saw River Otters who were very playful and penguins swimming and on the shore. We also saw many varieties of sea creatures. The dessert sand turtle was very active and walked about his habitat the whole time we were watching which I guess is very unusual (luck us).
We got to touch the stingrays in the "touch pool". They are very soft on the top when you touch them.
We stopped in the gift shop to browse and the girls helped me pick out a small gift to bring back to the hospital for Kadence. Shelby picked the mood necklace with 2 dolphins for her. I secretly picked up a gift for Shelby and Kylah as well. Kylah got pink dolphin earings and Shelby got crabs. HaHa Leanne kept saying you gave my daughter crabs. The earings were sea crabs not an STD as implied. Leanne cracks me up sometimes.
Wednesday, May 7, 2014
Tuesday, May 6, 2014
Surgery day for Kadence
Today is the day for Kadence to get her rods in her back. I went to Shriner's to get Shelby to take her for the day and also to distract her. We are all pretty nervous about this surgery.
I brought Shelby back to my house where Kylah was anxiously awaiting her arrival. The girls played for a bit and then we went to Walmart for picnic supplies. They each picked out a lunchable and of course they requested puffy Cheetos again. We brought along Caprisuns to drink. They requested to go to a new park instead of the "train park" in Clinton where we went last time. I chose Layton park since it had swings a play area and ducks we could feed.
We got to the park just as it started to sprinkle. The girls of course said it would be ok to get wet. We ate under the pavilion. We got to feed a couple of ducks that came close. We decided to brave the park. It was raining but they are kids and think that makes it more exciting. They started with the merry-go-round. The park started to clear out due to the rain. It stopped a short time later and we had the playground to ourselves. We spent most of our time on the merry-go-round (I got to push faster and faster). They did venture to the other things but didn't stay there long. We then decided to go for a walk to feed the ducks. We were surprised at how many ducks were napping. We had the opportunity to feed some ducks and then were being chased by geese. I had to take off my flip flop and wave it at a couple of the geese to get them to back off.
On the way back to the car we found an overabundance of dandelions ripe for the pickin'. The girls loved blowing on them and making wishes.
We went back to our house and got dinner started (white cheddar shells Past Roni). We then made cupcakes as promised to Shelby the last time she was here. We used Kalli's mini cupcake maker.
Kadence's surgery went well and we are all hoping for a speedy recovery for her.
I brought Shelby back to my house where Kylah was anxiously awaiting her arrival. The girls played for a bit and then we went to Walmart for picnic supplies. They each picked out a lunchable and of course they requested puffy Cheetos again. We brought along Caprisuns to drink. They requested to go to a new park instead of the "train park" in Clinton where we went last time. I chose Layton park since it had swings a play area and ducks we could feed.
We got to the park just as it started to sprinkle. The girls of course said it would be ok to get wet. We ate under the pavilion. We got to feed a couple of ducks that came close. We decided to brave the park. It was raining but they are kids and think that makes it more exciting. They started with the merry-go-round. The park started to clear out due to the rain. It stopped a short time later and we had the playground to ourselves. We spent most of our time on the merry-go-round (I got to push faster and faster). They did venture to the other things but didn't stay there long. We then decided to go for a walk to feed the ducks. We were surprised at how many ducks were napping. We had the opportunity to feed some ducks and then were being chased by geese. I had to take off my flip flop and wave it at a couple of the geese to get them to back off.
On the way back to the car we found an overabundance of dandelions ripe for the pickin'. The girls loved blowing on them and making wishes.
We went back to our house and got dinner started (white cheddar shells Past Roni). We then made cupcakes as promised to Shelby the last time she was here. We used Kalli's mini cupcake maker.
Kadence's surgery went well and we are all hoping for a speedy recovery for her.
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