411 The Walters Bunch

Sing happy birthday to both at the same time. Of the 6 people in our family, 3 of us have birthdays within a 10 days of one another.  I usually combine the kids birthday party into one big party and then celebrate my birthday with the kids and hubby quietly. We usually throw the kids' party on Labor Day, but this year since the water park was closing we celebrated the weekend before. We had a great time. We slide down the slides, jumped off the diving board, swam the lazy river, and played on the water play structure. T picked Monsters Inc. for his theme and AJ picked nothing, but wanted Boston Creme cupcakes for her cake. T got Mike Wasowski cupcakes. They both turned out really good out even though I wasn't too sure about using the lime jello in a cake mix. I think they turned out pretty cute.  School has been going well and we are 4 weeks in to it. They all start their gymnastics classes back up this week. I am glad because that is one less day of my figuring

My baby's $3000 smile! We have had a fun summer. We usually do not travel during the summer. It just gets too hot to camp so we will start our trips back up in the fall. This also gives us an opportunity to check out different amenities the metroplex offers. This month we did several things. One of our favorite trips was to the Palace Theatre in Grapevine. The Theatre has been refurbished to be similar to what it was like about 100 years ago when it opened. The history there was incredible. I could image the patrons dressed up in their best clothes watching the performance before heading out to their carriages to go home. I love the early frontier period. I find it so fascinating. I wonder if 150 years from now if others will regard us in the same way. We watched a ballet of Wizard of OZ. My 4 year old said he liked it, but prefers it when they talk (i.e. play not ballet).   We also toured the Bureau of Printing and Engraving. It was really interesting. I had no idea how long