I'd like to introduce you to our guest currently residing in the attic: Tigger the Squirrel*. Tigger must be an exotic tropical squirrel who likes to live in extreme heat, because no joke, it must be over 120 degrees up there.
So, how did Tigger come to live here? Your guess is as good as mine. I heard 'something' scratching up there a few days ago during the day and JD finally discovered our furry friend yesterday morning. He found where he is coming in and has set a trap for him. As for the kids, I'm sure you can imagine they are really excited about this. This morning I was asked "How did Tigger (Julia named him) sleep last night?" "Where is Tigger?" "Is he stuck in the cage?" Let's hope he is catching and we patch up the hole fast....I'm not a fan of rodents of any kind!
*this is not an actual picture of Tigger the Squirrel, just something I found online
Happy July dimpled munchkin fans. Can you believe we are already in the middle of July. Julia starts kindergarten in 6 weeks, I can't believe it!! Where does the time go? I keep asking her if she stay 4 years old forever, this age is just so much fun.
This past weekend was really fun. We went to a friends house for swimming and pizza on Friday and then Hannah's 6th birthday part (swim party) on Saturday. We did a family movie night Saturday and watched the first 'Despicable Me' (it was really cute). We had a lazy Sunday at home relaxing and playing.
Here are some videos I took Friday of Julia...look at that tuck position!! I think we may have a future diver on our hands!!
The best day of the week for Luke? Tuesday. We have a standing date at Starbucks every week while Julia is at cheer. He loves the pumpkin bread and chocolate milk. This past week, when we were ordering, he flashed his dimples at the Starbucks employee and she said "Oh my goodness, look at those dimples. He is just too cute, here, have the pumpkin bread at no charge. Enjoy it sweetie!"
As is Starbucks isn't fabulous enough, we also get frozen custard after cheer with Julia and her friends (Emma and Evey). The last 2 weeks the owner has given Luke a free dessert because he is 'just too cute with those dimples.'
So here he is folks- the cutest little boy in Texas!
JD and I traveled to Virginia a couple weeks ago to celebrate our friend Andrew's wedding (to the amazing Tammy). This was our first solo trip without the kids and we had a rough start to say the least. We have a 7am flight out of Houston, which means we were up very early (left the house at 4:30am). Our flight was delayed over 3.5H due to crew rest and then a mechanical problem. Delta refused to rebook us to Richmond (our tickets were into DCA Reagan) and we luckily made our connecting flight in Atlanta after literally running from gate to gate. We flew to DC and couldn't land due to weather issues, so they decided to land at the other DC airport, Dulles. We were told we could get off the plane, but they were going to refuel and fly back to Reagan. Our luggage would not be taken off at Dulles. Ahh! So we exited the plane (around 4:30pm), got a rental car and drove....1.5H from airport to airport. Keep in mind this drive was only about 20 miles!!
Friday afternoon DC traffic, fantastic, let me tell you! Well, we arrive at Reagan to find out the plane was still sitting at Dulles. Delta told us they'd call when the plane arrived, so we went to the mall and did a little shopping. We never heard from Delta and went back at 8:30pm, our luggage had just arrived! We then drove 2H to Richmond. Yikes. Long day but we ended up having a great time. JD did call Delta and tried to get them to change our outbound tickets to leave out of Richmond, and being the customer savvy company they are....they refused! JD encourages everyone to fly Delta (hehe...NOT).
The Mill at Fine Creek - gorgeous venue outside of Richmond
The happy couple
JD and one of his best friends from Tampa, Ben
JD cooling off
Really cool grooms cake
The new couple left in an antique Bentley
Another cute one of Christine and JD
Want to see a great wedding video? Check this out! It's a flash mob!
Sorry for the lack of posts in June, it was a crazy month. A family member (I'll call them the 'FM' since they prefer to be kept anonymous on the blog) visited last month and we had a blast. We jam packed a lot of activities into a long weekend, including Julia's dress rehearsal, dance recitals (they did 2 performances), a trip to the children's museum, Luke's gymnastics, a trip to the Houston zoo (we got to see a baby elephant swimming in the water, it was awesome!!), a train ride around a park downtown, dinner at the Aquariam (really cool restaurant at the Kemah Boardwalk with a huge fishtank), Julia's cheer awards, pool time and fun at the house. The kids and FM had a blast!!! Amelia also loved having someone throw the ball for her. Unfortunately, FM had to leave but we look forward to FM's next visit. Thanks for visiting!!
In other news, summertime means..you guessed it, swimming! Our neighborhood pool is closed on Wednesdays but we go almost ever other day of the week for a few hours. The kids love it. I'm Julia's "swim teacher" this year and she is doing great. Her favorite thing is going off the diving board (of course) but she practices her swimming first for about 30min every day. We started off focusing on streamlining and kicking the first few weeks (she did 50 yards like this!) and now she's added her arms. She does a pretty good freestyle (still working on the breathing) and can easily do 25 yards now. She is definitely a little fish and loves the water! She is pretty good at the back float, handstands and taught herself a forward roll under the water. Diving for rings is also a prime time activity. Luke loves to jump off the side and LOVES when daddy throws him in the air. I love my water babies!!
Looking for boats and trains (from Aquarium restaurant in Kemah)
Splash pad fun at the zoo (Luke didn't want to play)
Strike a pose!
New pinwheel in the garden from FM
Throw me higher daddy!
Julia's jump 360 (she is fearless!)
And finally-happy first day of kindergarten Victoria!!! We hope you had a fabulous first day!!
