Park Fun

We just love to swing. It makes us really happy!

Lexi...

Lilly...

Ha ha!

Read the following poem...

One elephant went out to play

Dry bones

Cows in the kitchen

The ants go marching

There was an old lady who swallowed the sea

Five little men in a flying saucer

Ten fat sausages

Down in the jungle

I AM the music man

Ok, so it wasn't as much a poem as it is titles of children's books, but I can explain why it is extra funny. Last night I read Eric one of my old art professor's profile on UMHB's website and it cracked us up. I ADORE this man and think he is one of the best artists I have ever seen. The little paragraph were he explains his artwork was obviously written by an artist who sees the world slightly different than my husband and I.

This morning, Eric said he had a poem for me. It was a poem written in the style of professor Dunham. I thought it was cute enough and funny enough to share. I hope you all enjoyed it. :)

Valentines Day and Some People I LOVE...

We have had a wonderful Valentines Day. I can't imagine life with these three amazing goobers!

My Valentine....

My Furry Valentine...what a cutie, right? :)

And my little girls...whom I also love, love, love!

Lexi above, Lilly below...

This morning, the girls got up and found some Valentines stickers and bracelets on the table waiting for them. The girls and I enjoyed some peanut butter and jelly sandwiches and milk for lunch...
Then after dinner, Eric set up the Valentines presents that he ordered for us. He is so thoughtful! He got 3 separate gifts for his girls. He got Lexi these gorgeous orchids. She was impressed...
He got Lilly these orchids in the pretty teacup...totally her style.
He got me a little box of chocolates, a sweet little bear, and these pretty flowers on the left side of the picture. Aren't they lovely?!! My friends got me those beautiful tulips today. I am such a lucky girl!!

And on a slightly different note, Lexi and I went on a date last night to get some panties for potty training. Lilly has been fully and happily potty trained since the beginning of January. Lexi is going to need a different kind of motivation. So, we got some cute panties and had an ice cream cone. We'll give it a shot and see what we can do. Beautiful little ice cream chin...

Eric's Birthday Fun

Eric had his birthday on the 10th and we did our best to make it super special for him. We are now a couple in our thirties. :)

We hung out that morning around the house and made a simple breakfast.

Lexi wanted to look for birds with Mommy out the kitchen window.
I made some cupcakes for both mine and Eric's birthday, plus Valentines day. They were the cutest little things with these vintage picks in them. I think Eric enjoyed eating them. :)
While waiting for Daddy to come home from work, I gave the girls 3 rolls of streamers and let them loose in the living room. I told them to decorate the whole house for Daddy's birthday and this is what they did...yep, looks about right.
Originally the streamers were all over the couches, but they had fun throwing them at each other while waiting for Eric to come home.
I decorated Eric's chair and the girls each requested a balloon on their chair too...
When he came home, we met him at the door blowing noise makers and singing "Happy Birthday!" I think he was excited. Of course, the chicken I was cooking was slightly more frozen than I had originally thought, so my sweetheart cheerfully ran to Subway for us and got some yummy sandwiches.

Here are a few pictures of the adorable vintage cupcake picks that I found at Hobby Lobby. I found these right after Christmas and KNEW that I had to make cupcakes with them.

Turning 31!

Today was a super fabulous day. I turned 31 years old! It seems weird to say that, but it's true and I am okay with it. :) We had a nice breakfast and snuggly morning after learning that school was closed due to the weather and Eric got to be home with us all day.

Then after learning that the roads were okay for traveling, we met my friend Miranda and her kiddos at Cracker Barrel for lunch.

The last two years, Eric and I have had dinner at the Cracker Barrel for our joint-birthday celebration. We go out on my birthday, so I don't have to cook. We started the tradition of taking pictures of me with my girls. I LOVE seeing the pictures together and seeing how much they have changed and grown. This year, I let Eric pick a different restaurant, but still wanted to take the same picture. Since I was there with Miranda for lunch, I got my wish. :) Thanks, Miranda for taking the pictures.

This year on my birthday...

And boy was it cold this year!!

Then we went out for dinner as a family and had a nice time hanging out. Lexi had a blast crushing crackers on the table and Lilly had a blast standing up in the booth dancing. I am sure we were great entertainment.

Time with friends and family...now that is a what I call a nice and perfect birthday. Tomorrow is Eric's birthday and we made cupcakes tonight that are too cute! I'll post some pictures of those tomorrow.

Braids

We just love braids around here.

Snow Day, 2-4-11

I am thankful we got some snow for a day or two. That's about all this Texas girl really needs each year. Here are some fun pictures of our excursion out into the cold stuff...

Lilly and Mommy
Lexi
They had fun dusting the snow off of everything.
Lexi's snow angel was pretty good...
Lilly's was too...
Lexi...


You better not, honey!

Still dusting things off...
We weren't outside too long, since we don't have "snow" clothes. We made them go back inside as soon as their clothes started to get really wet. :) Although, I don't think they minded peeling off all the layers and thawing out with hot chocolate by a warm fire.