Catch Up Post

I’ve been very, very, very bad about blogging lately, so this post is primarily one to bring everything up to date.  We’ve been doing a lot of typical, everyday activities, but not much to write about.  Everyone has been healthy and growing.  I’m constantly amazed at how fast time goes by, faster and faster everyday.  The twins are starting to read and write, and Clare is talking in complete sentences.  I can’t imagine my life without these three little ones or their partner in crime (That would be you, George).   They surprised me with 30 tulips this morning.  It was adorable to see them so excited to give them to me.  It’s been a great Mother’s Day!   Here are some pictures we’ve taken over the last few months:

Helping Aunt Kelly blow out her candles

This one loves to swing!  I swear she would be happy if we did it all day long.

My monkey.

A rare one of all three in one picture.  This was on the playground at church while we were teaching Baptism classes.

Reading to her cat

Not sleeping.

Waiting for Fine Arts and Nature Club to start

Ready for the hunt

It didn’t take Clare long to figure out the logistics of the Easter Egg hunt.

A Success!

Painting rocks at the Bayou City Art Festival (we missed you Aunt Kelly :P)

Dyeing Easter Eggs

Nursing her doll (she’s a smart one!)

Before swimming lessons

My Snow White twins

Sweet Man

Naptime (love this!)

Lot at all the teeth!

Trying to make Emma go down a slide (don’t worry, I rescued her right after the picture).

We’ve been quite fascinated with all the caterpillars roaming our area lately

Loving her puppy

A rare one of us (taken at Marisa’s wedding)

Fun in the sprinklers (love the free fun!  I needed to water the grass anyway.)

Waiting for Daddy to finish his trail run

Here he comes!  I love how you can see the twins watching him.

Happy Easter 2010!

It’s been busy and fun!  We started out the morning with Easter baskets and a quick hunt here in the backyard.  We went and got donuts and then came home and got dressed for church. 

Here we are after Mass:

Because the church parking lot was full, George had to park the van on the road.  He happened to park right by a patch of bluebonnets, so we took a few pictures of the kids before loading them into their carseats.

We headed down to the bay house for lunch.  The twins had a great time perfecting their casting skills, which, I’m sorry to say, far exceed my own.  Any talent they have when it comes to fishing does not come from me.

Here we are in a canoe:

We just got home not long ago.  It has been a long but fun day, and I’m looking forward to a good night’s sleep.

Rodeo Houston 2010

A few weeks ago, George took a Wednesday off from work and we went down to the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo.  We went to the petting zoo first, always a favorite!  After the petting zoo, we went and wandered around all the animal exhibitions.  It was pretty crowded, lots of school field trips that day.  We stopped to eat and then hit the carnival for a bit before catching the bus back to the car.  It was a fun but tiring day.  Keeping eyes on three young kids in a large, crowded place is quite exhausting!  I need more eyes and more arms!

Jake makes friends with a llama

Grace and Clare make friends with a baby goat

Riding the Ferris Wheel with Daddy

Waiting in line for the slide.

On the car ride with Daddy (Daddy had to ride with Clare because she was too little to ride alone.)

Grace on the Giant Slide

Mommy, Clare, and Jake on the Giant Slide

Daddy on the Kids’ Car Ride with the Twins and Clare (hilarious!)

Snow!

Another one bites the dust…

Yep.  Grace has chicken pox too.

Smarty Pants!

Grace loves writing her letters.  So far she hasn’t intentionally written a word on her own, not even her own name.  However, a little while ago she called me into the playroom saying, “Mommy, I wrote cat!”  I got up to see and the first time it said A – backwards C – T.  I told her how great it was that she got all the letters.  I showed her the correct way to write it.  She erased the board and then went on to play with something else.  Maybe 30 minutes later she asked me to come look.  When I walked in, she had written cat all on her own!  I took a picture of her with her big accomplishment.  Her very first on-her-own word!

A New Haircut

I finally got too tired of fighting Grace about brushing her hair and pulling it out of her face, so we went and got her a “real” haircut.  I’ve trimmed it several times, but it has been a long time since she has been to get it cut professionally.  She has been asking to get a haircut for awhile, so she was very cooperative while it was being cut.  We all like the result, and it’s certainly an easy cut.  I think it’s definitely a good change!

A picture (or two) is worth a thousand words…