winter break

if you can call it winter.  we've been running around in shorts and flip flops.  and i love it.  although, it sure doesn't feel like christmas.  but, it's a lot of fun to go on walks to look at lights in the evenings and not have to bundle up!

cody took this week and next week off, so we've enjoyed some much needed daddy time.  yesterday we took a fun trip to the cameron park zoo in waco.  mae was a little more timid than i thought she would be at first, but when we were walking out of the zoo she said i want to see more animals.  so, i'm pretty sure she had a good time.

the thing i love most about this zoo is that it's not too big.  mae was able to walk the whole time.  we were there close to 2 hours, and she had a blast the whole time.

she liked the parrots that said hello and her name.

  there were hardly any other people there, so we were able to walk right up to the animals without having to wait at all.

and she loved the elephant.  

we ended up having a little picnic in front of the elephant, and he squirted some water out of his trunk, and made some great noises which mae loved.

another thing i love about this zoo is there is a playground in the shade!  so we were able to sit and mae could run around for a bit.  they had these cute cut outs to stand behind.

 mae loved being a butterfly, and izzy loved eating the wood.