Trip Stage 3: Texas

After visiting Oregon, we drove into Boise on Friday night and flew out early Saturday morning. The kids did  awesome again on the flights. I even got to bring aboard Wynn's car seat for the longer flight, so he slept about half of that one. Wynn got pretty clingy to mama during our trip, but he immediately warmed up to Grandma and Grandpa Pack. There is something about going home that just feel comfortable. Every time  I walk into my parent's house it just feels familiar and good. The Texas heat wasn't too high this time of year so we got a lot of time outside enjoying the warmth. Sydney was fascinated by the warm wind and still is talking about Alaska's cold wind and Texas' warm wind. Wynn was in heaven playing with all of grandma's trucks and cars since we have yet to get many of those with his birthday just around the corner. Grandma Pack has a gift for playing with children. Her imagination amazes me. I can play with Sydney and keep her attention for a few minutes, but Grandma can hold her attention for hours. Whenever we come home from a trip to see her, Sydney creates and recreates things she played with Grandma for months. We visited a nature museum while there that had local animals and a dinosaur walk. Sydney wouldn't go within 15 feet of any of the dinosaurs except for the "happy" one pictured below. Wynn was fascinated by the weird noises they were making and tried to imitate them if he could.  They enjoyed the animals so much we decided to take them to the zoo the next day even though its quite a drive. They both loved the zoo. It was just the right temperature and partly cloudy. Sydney loved being able to feed the birds and see big animals like the giraffes and elephants. Wynn's favorite were the birds too though. He made friends with a hawk who seemed intrigued by his little laugh and face on the other side of the glass. He was a little nervous about the macaw's shriek but decided to try and see if he could imitate them too. Andy, Dad, and Kevin decided to build Chinese lanterns and even though we didn't fully succeed it was fun to try and Sydney got to run around and play with Brooke. All the cousins got to dawn their Halloween costumes on Saturday night for a mini Halloween party and then trip to the trunk or treat. It's too bad Sydney didn't get to enjoy all her candy since we left the next day, but she had fun being a ghost and telling everyone "Boo!" Both kids loved visiting so much family and its been somewhat rough getting back into the humdrum of daily life, but we glad we got to see everyone and look forward to their next visit! Get ready for picture overload...

 This is as close as she'd get to all but one of the dinosaurs

 Obviously Wynn wasn't as nervous

The "happy" dinosaur

Feathered friend

Their favorite game... too bad Wynn can't keep up on his own yet

Wynn learned to point and say da for "that" while we were at the zoo

Picnic party 

She has the most dramatic facial expressions for everything

Trunk or treat with Grandma and Brooke :)