birthday parties!

zach and zoe had quite the weekend with ethan's 3rd birthday saturday and then cousin lucas's 5th on sunday. ethan's birthday was quite the party...when we pulled up to the party it was as if the fair was in town!! :) we had facepainters, balloon makers, waterslides and pools...gotta love the wilbert's!

jenn was in town with the kids so we celebrated lucas's 5th sunday afternoon. the weather wasn't as cooperative, so the bouncy house didn't get as much play as hoped. bouncy house or not, the kids all had a great time!

children's museum

i've been wanting to take the kids to the houston children's museum for quite some time now and jason and i finally got around to doing it this weekend. i'm not sure what i was expecting, but it far exceeded my expectations. there was a so much for all ages to do, but the best part was upstairs in an area designated for kids 3 and under. perfect for us, since zach could crawl around and zoe could run around to her little heart's desire!

i see a lot of the children's museum in our future...

pics from my phone.

happy canada day and the 4th of july!

still a proud canadian at heart, but living here in the states, the beginning of july is nothing but patriotism in our house. i still vividly remember going to canatara park every july 1st with all the international food booths and people everywhere. my parents (namely dad) would always be cooking and selling at the chinese booth and we'd venture off, stuff our bellies, play games and be beachside until the evening when we go to centennial park for fireworks. oh the good 'ol days!!

i had the z's sporting their roots shirts on canada day, but this was all i got. :( it was during the week (obviously not a holiday here), and for whatever reason they were GROUCHY when i got home from work that night!

and for the 4th this year, we went to a pool party over at our friends allison and sean's new house. zach and zoe had a great time with cate and could not get enough of the water! summer is undoubtedly here!!