Joshua's First "Big Boy" Party

Good friends with a now 2 year old....invited Joshua to the party. His first "big boy" party where he was the one invited....Jake and Sophia just got to tag along. It was at Art Works....and he loved it!!!! So cute!

I overheard this conversation not long before it was party time:

Sophia: Joshua...we're going to Christopher's party. You know...your best friend.

Joshua: I know!!!!!!!

So cute!

Cupcake Party!

9 little girls, lots of cupcakes, sprinkles and PINK!!! What could be more fun?? Treasure hunt outside!
The pull-string pinata...next time I'll go with the regular kind. I ended up having to tear the bottom to get the goodies out.

Don't you want some of this??? Think there are enough sprinkles on it???

Happy Birthday Sophia!!

What a difference a year makes!!! My 4 year old last year....Now... my big 5 year old....who has grown 4 inches!!!!!
So much love for this little girl. Happy 5th Birthday!!! We love you!!!!

Future Home Boy?

Joshua is rockin' the gangster look! And...in case you think your hair looks bad in the morning...don't worry....Joshua's is always worse!

Barn Dance

The annual Barn Dance at Northwood Elementary is pretty funny!!! The kids "dance" for the parents.... Too bad I forgot the video camera this year. Jake was a pretty cute cowboy! And love that the hat he's wearing was Mike's when he was a boy. That's well-made and very tough hat!!! It's had a long and rough life. Sophia wore it on Wednesday for the Cowboy Breakfast at her school!

Action shots of him and his partner...Kiera. The girls do most of the leading!!

Seuessical....

Last week Jake was in the 1st/2nd grade performance of the PTA program "Seuessical"...all based on Dr. Seuss books. Too bad I didn't get any pictures. I did take video...but it's not uploading to the computer right now. He did a really good job!! I was proud of my little guy. I know he's been self-conscious of the band-aid he had to wear...and up until the day of the performance he kept saying he did not want to go. I didn't want to push him. But, then he changed his mind and wanted to participate. He was quite the little singer!!!

My Texas Girl....

In the aftermath of the "Big Snow 2011"....Sophia and I were running errands on Saturday. We were walking into a store that had a lot of salt on the sidewalk. Sophia looked down and said "Wow...there must have been a lot of people eating pretzels around here." I about fell over laughing!!! True sign of a girl who never sees snow or ice. The only logical explanation for large pieces of salt...is that they must have fallen off large soft pretzels!!!

3 Bugs in a Rug...

It got very quiet in the house....so I wondered if something was wrong!! I went into Jake's room and found 3 cute bugs in a rug!!! I love that they are getting to the age where they can all play together....nicely...sometimes!

10 years....

Mike and I celebrated 10 years last week. I can not believe it's been that long!!!! We've been through a lot of laughter and tears!!! I wonder what the next 10 years will hold but...

I hope it doesn't go by quite so quickly!!!

I am so blessed to have such an amazing husband!

A Texas Snow....

As you can see....it "snowed" in San Antonio on Friday. More like a very light dusting of powder...but it was enough for San Antonio to get very very excited! And enough that schools and highways were shut down. The kids loved it!!!! Well...the boys loved it. Sophia told me that she did not like the snow and wanted to go to school. We had a snowball fight and made a teeny tiny snowman. Good times!! Maybe next time it snows Sophia will venture outside!