David and Lia's Quiet Time

David informed me the other day... "Mommy, Lia and I are going to do quiet time now.... okay?"
And there they are. David even ran upstairs to fetch his pillow and blanket. Quiet time quickly turned into "boat games"... they pretend they are on a boat and David uses a broom for his paddle. Sometimes the paddle turns into a sword or a gun... But this day they both played very nice and I heard lots of giggling.

"Lia's a girl..."

I got it... Yes, my 2 year old does her own laundry AND makes such astute observations as these!

Someone is stealing the avocados....

Lia is my little helper around dinner time... especially if she's hungry. Or "I'm Hungy," she likes to say.

And so I don't forget... Lia has it all figured out. We hear this mantra every day: "Lia's a girl, Mommy's a girl, Daddy's a boy, David's a boy, Emily's a girl..." I'd like to get a video clip of her doing this too. ;-)

Emily has Strep Throat

I was suspicious last night when Emily told me her ears were hurting.... I gave her some Tylenol and she felt better, but I was pretty sure we'd make a doctor run the next day. Yes... wails of pain could be heard this morning so off we went to the doctor. But, it was not an ear infection but Strep throat. So... antibiotics have been picked up, a milk shake was purchased for lunch, and Emily is now resting in her room. While we waited for the prescription to be filled we were conveniently able to go to story time at the library... so that was kind of cool. Emily will be cleared to return to school tomorrow once she takes her second dose of medicine tonight. We never know what each day will bring! Luckily, strep throat is a relatively easy fix. :-)

The Midnight Unicorn

Emily got to say thank you to Tony for giving her such an awesome Unicorn picture for Christmas. It is hanging in her room so she can look at it while she's in bed.... She made this sketch of it with the new sketch pad her Nana gave her this weekend.

Congartulations to Ben and Andrea - Just Married!

We went to Dallas on Feb. 27th to see my cousin Ben get married to his fiancee, Andrea. It was a beautiful wedding... though I didn't get too many pictures. Obviously, I was too busy enjoying myself to do a good job at the picture taking! We all had a ball at the reception. Chris and I managed to dance together many many times which is what I love to do the most!

Emily befriended the lovely flower girl, McKenna. They danced and played all night!

I did manage to get this great shot of my cousin Joe dancing with my Grandma. She looks so happy here!

We were lucky to stay with my cousin Tony and get in a good visit with him. After mass on Sunday, we headed home. The drive home always seems very long... but we did find a great highway rest area to stop at. It had a park, a museum, and a nature trail. Score! So the kids played, we took a nice walk, and learned a bit about Sam Houston, cotton plantations, and more! Chris will remind me what I forgot so I can edit this later. ;-) I will also add a better picture of Andrea and Ben when I get one.

And before I forget, we listened to the entire audio recording of God's Troubador, The Story of St. Francis of Assisi by Sophie Jewett on the way up. It was an awesome story! Now how about that for some Lenten reading!

Snow Day - Tue Feb 23

We got a little snow last week... which is a big deal for us!!! It didn't last long and it didn't stick but it was very cool to see those big snowflakes coming down.