February 24 - Countdown to Disney

Happy Monday everyone! Our Disney trip is less than 2 weeks ago and to say the kids are excited is an understatement. Julia checks her Disney fairy calendar every night and announces how many days until we leave. Our customized wristbands arrived last week (they have RFID tags and we can use them to check into the hotel, open our hotel room door, serve as entry into the parks, pretty cool) and we set up our fast passes over the weekend. They are also really excited about the road trip because it means they can watch movies for almost 2 days straight. Less than 2 weeks to go!

The cold Texas weather (it does get down to the 20s and 30s here...occasionally!) seems to be gone and we've had a beautiful last few weeks. We went to the zoo last weekend with our neighbors and the kids had a great time. After the zoo, we took the train ride around the park and saw a really neat house made out of sticks (a creation by a local artist). The kids spent about 45min running around in it, it was definitely unique. 

Funny story to start your Monday...
JD has been telling Luke he needs to eat lots of food to grow hair on his chest. We were out to east a few weeks ago and Luke downed 3 slices of pizza. A few minutes later Luke said: 

"It's not happening?!" - Luke
"What's not happening?" - JD
"The hair. It isn't growing on my chest. Where is it?" - Luke
JD and I almost fell over laughing. JD told him it will be about 10-15 years. Hehe. 

Little Golfer

Waiting to see the train at the park

Cheeta!

Girls at the Zoo

February 18 - George Washington

5min ago..

"Mom! Guess what? We learned all about George Washington today. Tomorrow we are going to learn about Abraham Lincoln." - Julia

"That's great. What did you learn about George Washington?" - Mommy

"A lot of stuff but the most interesting is that he wore a WHITE WIG!" - Julia (giggling)

February 12 - Can I Call You Chris?

Thank you for all the wonderful birthday wishes. I had a great day! Julia and JD baked a delicious cake, spoiled me with fun gifts and JD and I even went out to dinner (just the two of us..first time we've been out on a date since June). Our new babysitter (Christina) is the older sister of a girl from Julia's girl scout troop. Luckily the kids (and Amelia) loved her. While she was here Luke asked her "Christina? Do you mind if I call you Chris?" and asked her to jump in the bath with them! Meanwhile, Julia was busy showing off her hula hooping skills. Her new favorite activity is hula hooping, she does it before breakfast, while watching tv and before bed. She's worked her way up to two hoops at a time. 

Last Saturday was the school fair at the elementary school and the kids had a blast. I manned a booth for several hours while the kids enjoyed the activities with JD. They especially loved the bounce houses. After the fair, the kids went to Siddhant's birthday party (he is one of Julia's best friends from kindergarten). The kids made their own pizzas and cupcakes and really enjoyed themselves!

Julia & Siddhant

Ice Cream Headache

February 2 - Little Rider

See this little dude? This little dude started riding his bike yesterday without training wheels. He's only 3 years old!! So proud. Go Luke go!!