no more training wheels!!

Jack is becoming a big kid!!! :)

It's been a few days since my last post, so here's what's been going on...

Mommy & The Birthday Girl
Allison's new bike from Grandma

We're having a low key day today...and it was MUCH needed! We took mom to the airport today so she could fly home. Karl's at work today and Ying & Dottie headed out yesterday.

My baby girl turned THREE on Friday - crazy! We took her to dinner at Red Robin and she LOVED her huge ice cream sundae that they brought her - she wasn't so sure about them singing to her though. My mom gave her a new big girl Princess bike for her birthday, so she enjoyed riding that. AND Jack learned to ride his bike without training wheels!!

We had her big party on Saturday at one of our favorite pools. It was a success. :) Everyone seemed to have a good time at the Ariel-themed party. Our house is populated with more Princess stuff now!!

On Sunday Karl & I did childcare at church. I was going to do it by myself, but when I was up to over 20 + kindergardeners I knew I'd need his help! I had a not-feeling-so-great day yesterday...so that experience pretty much zapped me!! I did squeeze in a nap ...and then we had another birthday party last night!

Allison has ballet this afternoon...so hopefully she wakes up from her nap in a ballet mood! She wasn't feeling it last week....

I need to make some bows for an order...so that's all the excitement from here!! :)

Beach Babies

Yesterday we drove down to Galveston so the kids could experience the beach. They LOVED it. It's not exactly the beautiful beaches of Florida...but they still loved it. They each were "buried" in the sand and then LOVED burying Daddy. We stayed at the Hotel Galvez, which was cool, but we had a little "issue" with the thermostat. Karl would like to blame that one on me...but I am innocent!!!!!

We went to an old time ice cream parlor after dinner which everyone enjoyed! We took some video of them riding on a horse & boat inside, I'll try to figure out how to upload video!! Hmmm...

We drove back today and then Allison had her 2nd ballet class. Apparently today she wasn't feeling it... Oh well. It's still cute.

My mom flies in tonight for Allison's big THIRD birthday (which is Friday)! How can she be 3?!?!?

I need to post more on my lovely epstein barr virus...but maybe tomorrow. I have to go finish dinner! :)

Boy, I'm tired!

And now I know why!! Yesterday I was diagnosed with Epstein-Barr Virus! Fun times! I get to experience this fun for 6 to 8 weeks!!

Ok, on a HAPPIER note, we are taking the kids to the beach today!! Yeah! We are driving down to Galveston. The kids are SOOO excited. :)

I should be packing up, so it's a short post today!

Happy 4th of July!

Happy 4th of July! It seems like it was just the beginning of June! Crazy....

We had a nice day today. We met our friend Tiffany and her family again today for a little pool time. If you hadn't gathered, that IS our entertainment here! Anyway, we went to Crainbrook Pool today. They had a fun jungle theme today and did hot dogs, lemonade, etc. We had a good time...until Jack scraped his toe and then it started to rain.

Our awesome neighbors Bob & Ann had the kids and I over for hamburgers tonight. They are so good to us! Their kids are 10 and 12 and they are so sweet to J & A!!

The kids are in bed and I'm going to relax for a little bit and then go to bed myself! No fireworks for our family this year......

Out of the mouths of babes

So here is a random funny story...
So yesterday before Karl left for work we were all upstairs hanging out in our bedroom. Jack calls it "family time". Anyway, we were watching the show "Dirty Jobs" because my husband and children LOVE that show. Usually it's very kid-friendly. I don't even know what the segment was about ...but at the end Mike Rowe says "and now I have crap in my pants". So Jack says "he has crap in his pants?!?!" ...then Allison says "CRAP IN HIS PANTS" (she says everything loudly). By then I am DYING but trying to be the responsible parent and emphasize we don't SAY that word. Karl was just trying to hold back the laughter. So then Jack says -- "what's crap anyway?". So Karl tells him ... it's another not nice word for poop. So Jack says "crap means poop" ...then Allison says "CRAP MEANS POOP!!!!". Eiy yie yie. I was really having a hard time with being that responsible parent...but we just ended the conversation with that fact that kids don't say the word "crap".........

We spent a good part of the day at another pool -- one we hadn't been to this year. We met our friend Tiffany & her kids. The kids had a BLAST together. It was fun -- I got way too much sun and I'm sleepy. :)

We drove down to the airport tonight to have a quick dinner with Karl ... then back home. :( When he saw that the 4th would be spent in Vancouver he thought that would be cool and then I reminded him Vancouver was in CANADA.

Alright...I'm going to let Maggie inside and then head to bed. My pillow is calling my name.....

Happy 4th of July y'all!!!

I should be...

...well the list is long. I should be getting clothes out of the dryer that just buzzed, I should be emptying the dishwasher so I can reload with last night's dinner dishes, I should be wrapping Allison's presents, I should be ... well you get the idea.

Instead, I'm just sitting here. Ok, well I AM typing,but that's it. It's been crazy around here. I do not know what has gotten into my kids, but holy cow. Allison is napping now and Karl took Jack with him when he went for a haircut. Alas...quiet ... just the hum of the computer. It's wonderful.

We went to the new "aquatic center" today - still very cool - but Allison just whined the whole time, so that wasn't so fun. Oh well.

Alright, I may post more later ... but right now I'm going to get myself a cold Dr. Pepper and just veg out on the couch. Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh