Our weekend

I know, my posts are a little out of order, but oh well. Better late than never, right? This past weekend was a lot of fun; Dan & I absolutely love spending time as a little family. Friday night, we watched Snow White & the Seven Dwarfs; I love that Kate is old enough now to get into the Disney movies. She loves cuddling up on the couch between us while we eat our pizza and watch the show. So I think that Friday night movies may become a tradition in the very near future!

Then Saturday was a beautiful spring morning, so we headed to Olbrich Gardens, since Kate absolutely loves running around the gardens there and looking at all the flowers. After that, we tried a new restaurant (The Fair Oaks Diner); it got mixed reviews from the Armendariz party. I thought my food was very good; Dan thought his was gross. I guess the "gross" review wins; we probably won't be back, then!

Saturday night we watched Sleeping Beauty after going to the gym, both of which Kate also really liked. She has no fear; I know a lot of kids are scared of Maleficent (or any of the Disney villains, really) but Kate just sits there with a captivated look on her face like, "Hmm, this is interesting!" It's so funny how she remembers things about the different movies, too; her review of Snow White was, "Queen bad. Snow White good. Dopey eat soap. Ewww!" Then when I ask her, "Do we eat soap?" she says, "No, only clean body and hair." Or for Sleeping Beauty, she'll say "Fairies good. Mif-cent bad. Boom [I think she's trying to say "fools"]!" as she proceeds to shake her imaginary stick at her imaginary minions (like Maleficent does). I really must get a video of it; it is absolutely hilarious! It just amazes me that my little girl is talking in (basically) full sentences, and not only that, but remembering things from movies that she has only seen once!

Sunday I went to brunch at the El Dorado Grill with my friends, so Kate hung out with Daddy that morning. He needed new shoes, so they hit up the mall, and she had fun playing in the play area there. Then when I came home, they were riding her bike out in front of our place. Dan & I both have so much fun with this girl; I can't believe she is growing so fast!

Fair warning that a lot of these pictures of not of Kate, but rather the gardens, because I was so excited about my new camera and it's phenomenal picture-taking abilities!

 Please don't fall in, Kate!

This is the garden where she was baptized not quite two years ago. It was even prettier in July with all the flowers in bloom, though!

 Trying to get Kate to look at the camera by waving to Daddy 

 She loves elephants so much

 The beautiful Thai pavilion

On to the next sight!