A lot of work, a little play, but all good

This weekend was mainly a work weekend. Meaning I spent a solid 5 hours pulling all the weeds out of our over-grown raised garden beds. I thought about taking the easy rout and just turning the soil up, hoping for the best and pull the weeds bit by bit as they come back up, but I knew I would be happier in the long run if I did it the right way. So I showed up for my date with the weeds and with the help of my ipod taking me down memory lane as I listed to the songs that are in there and haven't been touched since I was in college, I conquered the weeds. The girls were all gung hoe on helping me dig up the weeds, but after about 5 minutes Blythe said "are we all done with this?" to which I replied "we are FAR from done with this," so she bailed and found some fun of her own. However, Jericho really enjoyed digging and even threw a fit when it was time to stop digging and go have a rest, I guess she'll be the gardener. As my nails were caked with mud, my back stiff from bending over, and my skin sun-kissed I didn't think about taking any pictures, but it would have been nice to see a before and after because BELIEVE me there were A TON of weeds.

By Sunday it was time for some play so we met up with our friends and went for a 26 mile bike ride. All fun for the kids as they reclined in their nice bike trailer and some work for us adults who were hauling said kids for those 26 miles. We biked, ate lunch, and did lots of exploring.



















And then there is the ever-challenging quest to get that perfect Bluebonnet pictures before the Bluebonnets have come and gone.

To the ZOO!

You know that little problem I have where when I start something I have to keep at it until it's done and no other projects can come between us, I'm a one project at a time wonder. Well that's where I am at now, stuck in the Hunger Games. The good news is there are only 3 books and they are a pretty quick read so I think this project will end today and life should return to our normal by tomorrow.

So I have very few words for you today, but pictures are better, aren't they?

My little Picasso

I jumped on the computer this AM to check e-mail and found this pictures lying on the desk and it made me smile, and I had to share.



It's so creative, complete, single colored, then multi-colored, but my favorite part...the little person on the bottom. Did you notice the person has a body! I didn't teach her to draw a body, but somehow her people drawings just matured from a head with arms and legs to a head with a body and arms and legs. When did this happen? I know I saw her working on this green masterpiece yesterday before nap time, but I'm not sure when the person was added. I guess that comes with 3.5..the body. How do they get SO much older every single day? I love this girl and love how creative and artistic she is, she must get that from her daddy.

A Date with My Girls

The girls and I went to our first theater production a few weeks ago. There is a local theater here called Magik Theater that does live productions geared at little ones. They are currently doing If you take a mouse to school. We have read If you give a cat a cupcake and if you give a pig a pancake so we were familiar with the author. I was a little nervous Jericho might not sit through the entire production, but she did a good job. It was advertised as a 40 minutes production, but ended up being closer to 55 minutes (Jericho and I had to sneak out and put a few more quarters in our meter!)

We decided to make the morning out of our Theater date, starting with a park date (what better way to run out energy before having to sit still).











Then we had a fancy picnic - toddler style



Then it was off to the theater.









And what's a theater production if it doesn't end with autograph's and a picture?

Our First Spring

It's official, spring is here, and our backyard is showing off. We did a lot of things to our Bryan house, but landscaping was not one of them, there wasn't spring it was just winter (dead grass) to summer (still dead grass unless you water like crazy). But this new backyard of ours, it screams "Spring is here," and although I claim to not be a flower girl, I have to admit that it's really pretty and I can't help but stare out the windows that overlook the backyard (which is easy to do since we have 14 of them). My grandfather would be ashamed that I don't know the names of these wonderful trees that are producing such pretty flowers, but I plan to learn their names, if that is any consultation.














We spent the weekend outside with fantastic weather and a show from the sun peeking out of the clouds, and the breeze running through the flowers and bending the branches as if they are waving to us. We practiced our balancing act, checked on our strawberry plants and dreamed of how beautiful the entrance to the garden would be if all those thorny, presumably rose bushes, bloom.













And since it's still Spring and not summer the evenings were begging Jason to teach his daughters the art of the Marshmallow roast.







It's March, it's Spring, it's a time for new beginnings, new life, new buds, new appreciations. What are you looking forward to this Spring?

Leap Day!

February 29th, not a day you see on the calendar very often...those poor babies born on February 29th - I think Blythe would be devastated to not see her birthday on the calendar every year.

We have some friends that recently (as in the last few weeks) took a huge leap and decided to leave home life for life on the road. Lucky for us their first getaway was to Boerne so we have been enjoying their company. Today we psyched them up for story time at the library followed by a picnic and they were both grand. Story time did a special queen and king day where all the kiddos wore crowns and sipped tea, kid-style.

The weather delivered, parting the rain clouds and bringing out the glorious sun just in time for our picnic. We ate, we chatted, we explored, it was better than a grand ball... I'll let the photos tell the rest of the story.
























Apparently tights and rock climbing don't mix very well

Jericho "I don't understand why you wouldn't want this cute baby to jump into your bed, shimmy in the covers and toss the pillows around right after you made the bed."



Sister learned how to do a forward roll


Mommy WOW, I'm a big girl now!


Blythe: "I make three-and-a-half look good"



Blythe: "Mommy, come quick look what I can do"