Zoo School

One of Meredith's favorite times the year before kindergarten was her time at zoo school, so we were very excited to let Jillian get to have all the fun with the animals just like her sister.

Jillian loved getting to wear her cheetah dress and zebra shoes to the first day of zoo school!

As we walked into week two, I decided that Jillian spending the morning at the zoo was not enough.  I went ahead and got us a pass so she and I could spend every Monday afternoon at the zoo together, too.  I think we are going to love these Mondays together!

2, 4, 6, 8!

Meredith's elementary school has a rich tradition of football starting all the way in kindergarten.  And that includes the tiniest, cutest cheerleaders you could imagine.  There wasn't a kindergarten team for the girls last year, but there was a group of girls jumping to join the First Grade Squad including Meredith!  She is having a blast with all her friends!

One of the fun parts of cheer is wearing your spirit uniform on Fridays before the game to school - she couldn't be more excited the first Friday she got to wear hers!

Then it was game day!

Before the game, we ran into Katie - this girl is 2 grades above Meredith and goes to a different school but they have been friends since Meredith was born!  We loved this photo pop!

A little pre-game stretch

look at that smile!

"Hike that ball and move it down the line!"

Man - those freckles!

And the kick!

 And the dimple!  This girl has my heart!

And her team leading their first cheers!

Post game with their coach!  Go Highlanders!

Beach Party!

Another yearly favorite in my parent's neighborhood is the Beach Party!  This year was even better because our good friends who have twins Meredith's age moved in two doors down from my parents! So that meant extra friends for us and for the girls! 

And yay!  Another opportunity to ride in the back of Papa's truck is made even better by throwing in some friends!

Fun burying each other in the sand

And then fun dancing with Papa!

The Doc is In!

Jillian is a fan of the new show Doc McStuffins - especially because of Halie the Hippo, of course!  Daddy is off today and we heard that Doc was coming for a special visit to our museum, so we decided it was a perfect outing for just the three of us (since big sis is at school)!

Jillian was super excited to pack up her Halie the Hippo to take to doctor up!

It was HOT.  And there was not much shade.  And there was a way long wait, but we finally got our turn to go in through the exhibit and this girl was thrilled!

Who cares that is over 100 degrees and people are passing out near us - Jillian was all about adding a doctor's coat to her wardrobe!

Finally! We got to go in the mobile doctor's office so Jillian could give Halie a check-up

 Then, after another wait so Doc could cool off inside, we finally got our chance to meet Doc McStuffins!  And the day was worth every minute with how excited this girl was!  It really was a fun, fun day!

A rare shot of just these three Hanks' - a special lunch with our baby girl after our fun outing!