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Party Time at the Creek

The other night the Rays hosted their annual Mari Gras party, complete with beads, treats, and fancy masks. It is always great to spend some time with friends. While there are a few different pictures to choose from, I feel that this one of Zoe best sums up the evening.



Moving on. Monday was the first day that the weather was warm enough to even try to enjoy the outdoors. Since Zoe noted that it seemed like we never went down to the creek last year, we decided to trek across the bridge and down to the water. She brought one of her mother's unicorn drink holders to play with in the water.



It almost seemed like she was really missing the boats from Paris. As the sun began to set the temperature dropped so we made our way back to the house. After getting home from school today, Zoe, again, wanted to go down to the creek. This time she found a giant vine that stretched across the creek and decided that it would be a great place to sit/swing/climb.



She was hanging on it so much that I decided to take a little video of her swinging around. Things could have gone worse.


If this week is any indication of what to expect for the year, I think we're going to be spending a lot of time outside, and in the water. There are a few more pictures in the Flickr album if you care to take a look.

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