Our friends, the Vincenzo's, came all the way down from Northwest Arkansas (where we used to live) to visit us over the weekend and brought their 2 adorable sons, Anders and Hudson. Both of their boys are almost exactly 2 months younger than our girls. After the long car ride down, they were ready for an "adult only" night out so we took them to our favorite restaurant - BIN 303.
After a super-fun dinner and MUCH chatting and catching up, we were all refreshed and ready for our big Saturday at the Dallas zoo.
Love how our "macho men" have become total "dads"...pushing strollers (even double strollers)
at the zoo on a Saturday morning!
We headed straight to the food court first to cover the kids in sunscreen, feed the babies and grab a bite before seeing the animals and WOW, that part alone was an ADVENTURE! The Moms took the kids to find a table while the Dads went to get our food. Between poor Jennifer trying to nurse her baby outside with a cover on a windy day, two-year-olds with short attention spans (mostly referring to mine) and very slow service for food. It was pretty wild!! I had asked Eddie to get me something cool and refreshing like lemonade and he came back with this very thick, very red heavy syrupy drink...and have I mentioned that Chandler is very "grabby?"
This picture doesn't do it justice AT ALL. Chandler and I were both SOAKED with this mysterious red syrup drink and the day had not even begun. =) Then finally we were on to see the animals!!
I felt like the kids were very entertained by the animals for like 45 minutes.
And then they were more interested in just walking around and were having a hard time staying with us, so Eddie had the great idea of riding the monorail!
It was a much needed break!
Oh yeah, due to the sticky red concoction and the fact that it was 86 degrees outside, Chandler spent much of the day pantless. Classy, right?
After that we were all pretty worn out so we headed home and decided just to lay low and grill out for dinner.
The big kids got to run around and the babies just enjoyed being outside!
The next morning before the left, the babies finally got a chance to have a little playdate!
Loving them in their classic pink and blue...
Hey babies, smile for the camera!!
Chandler, open your eyes...Hudson, laugh at me...I'm making a fool of myself.
Seriously, guys??? All that work for the EXACT same picture? btw - love the morning hair, Chandler =)
Anders was VERY sweet and had LOTS of fun playing with the babies, too!
And Brooklyn? Right, nowhere near the babies. =)
And after that last little bit of playtime, they had to hit the road to make the long trip back to NWA and we were sad to see them go.
We had so much fun and hope they come back to visit again soon!
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