Nashville 2013

We went Memorial weekend to Nashville for a visit with Paw Paw ( Taylor's dad).  We drove during the night so that the girls would sleep and it wouldn't be as hot.  Good idea!!!  The girls were so excited that we finally had to tell them at 10pm to close their eyes and go to sleep...

We got there about 2 am and the girls had to play for a minute.  The next morning we slept in and then got up to play.  Paw Paw was at work :( but Emily and Sydney were there.  Shelby was at a basketball tournament out of state, so we missed her!  Emily made cinnamon rolls, which is one of Lily Kate's favorites.  She loves them, especially the "ice".  Here she is eating just the "ice" off the top...

Emily with Lily Kate and Lucy Cullen, enjoying their cinnamon rolls...

The weather was beautiful!  It was warm, but not too hot, and we stayed outside most of the day.  Here are random pics of the girls playing outside...

Emily painted their fingernails and toenails, which they loooooved!!!

And there was chalk, for these budding artists...

And Taylor and Sydney enjoyed the outside too...

Sunday we went to the Nashville zoo!!!  We got the girls a double stroller...

but most of the time they weren't even riding in it...

 We saw Macaws (or big birds)...

And monkeys...  This monkey was swinging and jumping and being so silly.  They were Lucy Cullen's favorite, she actually cried when we walked off.

And then she got happy...

Lily Kate stayed happy the whole time...

We saw elephants...

and giraffes... (These two giraffes really really really liked each other.  I think I saw them kiss!!!)

Lucy Cullen with Sydney...

a quick family pic...

Lucy Cullen and Emily...

The meerkats were sooooo cute!   They were moving constantly and would sit up and just look right at you.

Sydney, Emily, and Lily Kate went into the Meerkat tunnel.  Lucy Cullen was too scared and I was tooooo pregnant to crawl in there...

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We saw zebras...

and tigers!!!  Lily Kate was roaring at them, but they didn't pay her any attention.  They were kinda lazy tigers...

this one was even yawning...

So sweet...

Lucy Cullen has gotten into a kissing stage, and she pokes her lips waaaaaay out.  I love it!

Lily Kate loved the alligators...

and this fish had 4 eyes!!!

We took a picnic lunch of pillar pillar sandwiches...

and powdered donuts...

We did ask somebody to snap our pic, here we are minus Paw Paw...

The lemurs were also very cute.  They looked so cuddly, but I am sure they aren't...

Almost finished with the zoo, the girls snacked on Teddy Grahams...

We went back to Paw Paw's for naps and just played around and then ate pizza for supper!!!!  I feel terrible, I didn't get any pics with Paw Paw.  I WILL do better next time!  We left the next morning, but had such a great visit.  Now it's time for them to come to Bogue Chitto!!!