This week's reading...

How to protect your toddler from petting-zoo germs
http://www.babycenter.com/404_how-can-i-protect-my-toddler-from-e-coli-and-other-bacteria_1245007.bc
Should our disruptive toddler sit with us in church?
http://www.babycenter.com/400_should-our-toddler-sit-with-us-in-church-even-though-shes-di_500670_0.bc?scid=mbtw_post22m:896&pe=2UvIawE

Pictures!!!!

My Cousin's Wedding!

Over Labor day weekend, we went to Charlotte, NC to take part in my cousin's wedding. My family and I had the opportunity to spend some wonderful time together for 5 days. The wedding was wonderful...we all had so much fun with countless after parties and countless drinks:) It is just so nice to see two people fall in love.

"Habesha Kemis"- Ethiopian Traditional Dress!!!

Aliyah wearing "Habesha Kemis"- Ethiopian Traditional Dress

I scheduled for us to go take professional family pictures for FALL but we failed. Aliyah did NOT want to cooperate at all. She woke up from her nap so early, the whole day was VERY challenging!!!

Aliyah's new obsession!!!

Aliyah is obsessed with the iPAD! Daddy downloaded apps just for her like ABC's/colors/spelling/coloring, but also loves piano and animal noises! J and I have concerns about how much she wants it...first thing every morning, before bed....before she leaves the house...she always comes into our room where we charge it and asks for "cow". We started limiting her to 5-10 min per day or maybe 15 min:)! Yeah she calls it "cow" since the first time she used it was when she heard animal noises:)But I can honestly say she uses it better than I can...flips through the many pages of apps, adjusts the screen size, restarts the programs, etc...Hopefully the benefits are outweighing the negatives!

Mom and Aunt Azi visiting Dallas!

My mom from Ethiopia and my Aunt from Sweden came to visit us in May. We had a BLAST!!! They stayed with us for 10 days but it felt more like 10 hours. I forget how good it feels and how much fun we have together until they come and leave. They had so much fun with Aliyah they almost wanted to move to Dallas:) Miss you guys!!!

 

 

Dallas Zoo opens 'Giants of the Savannah exhibit

We went to go visit Savannah exhibit at the zoo. It was beautiful. It now has HUGE habitats compared to the little cages they had for the elephants, giraffes, impalas, and ostriches, it also has beautiful cheetahs and lions that you can watch through the gigantic glass wall of the air conditioned food court. The cheetah thought there was NO glass and tried to get Aliyah...it was kind of scary!!!

Since it is so hot out we will be going in the evening since the zoo is open for members only after 5pm and we can't wait to go again soon. The Giants of Savannah really makes the trip worth it.