Trip to Texas Part III Elmo Birthday Party

 Saturday morning started with a morning swim at the hotel pool.  Well, in theory at least for Miss A who decided she would rather watch people swim. 

The birthday party started at Chloe's house at 3:00 that afternoon.

Below is a picture of the birthday girls eating dinner.

 And then they both opened gifts.

 I included this picture only because it shows the outfit best.

Below Miss A is checking out one of Chloe's gifts with Mr Don and Grandma Margaret.

 Then the birthday girls had cupcakes.

  Can you believe the decorations.   Adorable. 

On the rockers with travel pillows given to them by Kay.

Below is a candid picture of Audrey and Chloe's cousin Ashley I thought was sweet.

Chloe and Audrey sang "happy birthday" to themselves while they were playing next to the fireplace.

Trip to Texas Part II

 Miss A getting current in the hotel lobby Friday morning.

 Before we headed to Dallas for a day at the World Aquarium.

 I thought this building was pretty cool.  Apparently Ross Perot and family have donated half the cash to build this $100M + Nature and Science Museum.

 Chloe and Audrey with their fathers watching the manatees at the aquarium.

 Miss A feeding a toucan a blueberry.  She has been talking about this for days.

 Random cuteness in the rain forest.

 Miss A talking to Mr. Don (aka Chloe's daddy).

 We were there for the otter feeding time. 

Lots of hugging which was unprompted by the adults.

  Back at Chloe's house and playing with Uncle Raymond!

Chloe was incredibly generous with her toys as well as her family too.

After dinner Friday night the girls tried on these adorable birthday outfits.   Sandra made these for r for the joint B-day party we celebrated the next day.

Trip to Texas Part I

This past Thursday we flew to Texas to visit friends / China travel mates.  We have not seen our travel mates since we left the White Swan in Guangzhou, China 14 months ago.

 Safety girl holding onto the tram rail at the airport. 

 We had a flight delay and Miss A entertained herself with her manket which she imagines as a "big white dress", "sound suit" or "cape".

  "Please no more pictures".

 And back to goofing.

 Finally en route to Texas.

 I told Audrey I was going to take a nap so I would be rested and ready to play with Chloe.  This suggestion worked!

 On the bus to the car rental center.

 Quick lunch at Red Lobster before heading to Chloe's house.

 Chloe and Audrey playing in Miss C's tent.

 They got along so well!

 Another quick nap on the way to dinner at a mexican restaurant.

 Chloe's Uncle Raymond (pictured above) was the best entertainment.

 Chloe's grandma (a travel mate) is pictured above sitting between the girls who shared a sundae after dinner.

  Just random cuteness.

 One of many hugs they shared over the weekend.

 Beautiful Chloe.

 Looking at the pictures Aiyee (Chinese for Aunt) Karen took.  Karen also traveled with us to China.

I re-sized this picture extra large to show Miss A's arm around Chloe.