We left for Lubbock on Thursday afternoon. Our plan was to leave at 8:00 at night, but anyone who has meet us knows that we don't always stick to the plan. We went to the pool in the morning, had lunch and then had nothing else to do. So, we decided to hit the road! Why? I have no idea. It would have been so much easier to travel while the girls were sleeping. But after about nine hours on the road, we made it.
I had wrapped the girls about 6 presents each. When they would start wanting out I would pull out a present. They would open it and play with it for about five minutes and then be ready to get out of their seats again!
We left around 2:45 in the afternoon and I gave them their first present a coloring/activity book and crayons. 
Yes, Lyric is just wearing panties. She was wearing a dress and as soon as she got in the car she took it off. I don't know why, I guess she wanted to be comfortable... whatever works for ya!
Yes, Lyric is just wearing panties. She was wearing a dress and as soon as she got in the car she took it off. I don't know why, I guess she wanted to be comfortable... whatever works for ya!We took our first rest stop outside of Brownwood at about 4:40. 
We had a snack and walked around a little. When we were sitting on the picnic table we noticed a birds nest on the roof.
We then noticed an egg on the picnic table. It was sad to see the cracked egg, but daddy assured the girls that there were probably some eggs that did make it.
We went to Wal Mart in Brownwood. I don't really remember why, but the girls enjoyed looking at the toys. Lyric has been wanting some diving sticks, so we picked some up. We thought we could use them at the hotel pool. Little did I know they would come in handy in the car! I am sure they are safe for the one year old to chew on, right?
Surly they are safe for the two year old to chew on too, right?
They also make great juggling sticks!
The girls did sleep some on the way, but not near as much as I would have liked!
We had a snack and walked around a little. When we were sitting on the picnic table we noticed a birds nest on the roof. We then noticed an egg on the picnic table. It was sad to see the cracked egg, but daddy assured the girls that there were probably some eggs that did make it.
We went to Wal Mart in Brownwood. I don't really remember why, but the girls enjoyed looking at the toys. Lyric has been wanting some diving sticks, so we picked some up. We thought we could use them at the hotel pool. Little did I know they would come in handy in the car! I am sure they are safe for the one year old to chew on, right?Surly they are safe for the two year old to chew on too, right? They also make great juggling sticks!
The girls did sleep some on the way, but not near as much as I would have liked!
We finally rolled into Lubbock about 11:30. Thankfully Story and Cadence were sleeping, but not Lyric. Miss Lyric caught a second wind when we got there. She kept walking around the hotel saying how nice our "house" was and how big it was! It was after midnight when she and daddy finally went to sleep.
Story liked the slide, but she wanted Daddy to catch her. Daddy are you there? 
She didn't understand why I wouldn't let her crawl all the way out into the pool.
We all had a good time. Why didn't we visit this pool all simmer?
The girls were having a snack on the couch this afternoon and Story fell asleep. Cadence just couldn't let those perfectly good Dora animal crackers go to waste! You snooze you lose;-)
This evening both girls picked a rainbow one and we headed outside so they could eat them. Boy, am I glad we were outside--those things were messy!
Cadence and I shared an orange one because it reminded me of the push ups I had as a child. I had never seen any other flavor, but orange. 
Not only do they make different flavored push ups 
As if the ice cream didn't contain enough sugar! The girls loved them!
The girls wanted to work on their lapbook today, so we worked on Letter B book. Lyric did some coloring and cutting, but lost interest and went in her room to play. Story LOVED it! She colored, cut and glued! I have about 20 pictures of her working because every couple of minutes she would say, "Take my picture doing this... Take my picture doing this..."
It is really interesting to see how she colors compared to Lyric. Lyric used one color for each object and went way outside the lines. Story used many, many colors on each object and mostly stayed in the lines. 
I wonder if it is skill? Story's younger so you would think Lyric would be better... or is it just the want to do it? Story is much more into coloring than Lyric. It will be interesting to watch how their coloring "skills" develop as they get older. It could just be that Lyric takes after me. I have never been good at coloring and it is something I don't really enjoy. I will color with the girls when they ask me to, but I just really don't like doing it, maybe it is because I'm not very good at it:-)
It was so nice sitting under the trees on the blanket. 
Lyric was really excited about the Oreos! 
We discovered something about Cadence today. We gave her an Oreo, her first ever, and she opened it up and started licking the filling. Are children just born with the trait of how to eat an Oreo? It was really funny to see her eating that Oreo like a pro! 
After we finished our lunch we played on the play scape for a while, but when we got out from under our tree it was HOT!! Story had a tummy ache, so we didn't play too long. Of course before leaving we had to pet the donkeys. It took a while to call them over, but eventually they came and the girls got to pet them. 
Overall it was a fun day at one of our favorite parks!
I don't think Story really understood what her duty was. Not one of her strawberries made it to the bowl!
I didn't even think she liked strawberries that much. She rarely eats them. 
The fruit salad turned out really yummy despite Story eating all of her strawberries and Lyric eating some of hers! We put in mango, kiwi, strawberries, an orange that looked just like a grapefruit, but was really an orange and a plumcot.
