Spring Pics

I could eat them up they are so cute!

Take me out to the ball game

So it's not the greatest picture but, alas, the only one I took that survived and captured the special time Wyatt and Daddy had at Wyatt's FIRST A&M BASEBALL GAME! This is, of course, a moment of huge import, therefore, must be documented despite the weak photography.

Wyatt and Daddy drove up to B/CS to watch the game and stayed up really late. Complaints from the little guy? Let's just say when Daddy called on his bluetooth I could hear a VERY excited son jabbering non-stop in the backseat something about "hit da ball" and "run home" were all I could make out. He arrived the next morning after spending the night at Millican happy, dirty, and tired, clutching his ticket like it would get him into Wonka's candy factory.

Wisest Dollar Ever Spent

Yall know those dollar bins in the front of Target? Well, I was wandering around in there awhile ago and threw a spray bottle in the cart thinking, "Maybe this will keep the kids occupied."

Let's just say I returned to get another one lest WWIII explode amongst the siblings.

They have been a huge hit!

I will never throw another used cleaner bottle away now. I had an empty Windex bottle which was an even bigger hit since it held more water and had a much more powerful spray action.



One word of warning: rinse and clean former cleaner spray bottles well.





Why you ask?








Just trust me on this one.

Cajun Country

"Ga lee! Jus huntin' gators with my pod nah Ty."



Southern Louisiana has been heck on Wyatt's language skills!

Cinderelly

"Do the dishes!



Do the moppin!



They always keep her [and him] hoppin!



Do not be fooled. My kids actually enjoy "playing" with the broom and dust mop. Two seconds earlier they were fighting over who got the broom until I set the timer to take turns. I have to say that of all the disagreements Seth and I have had in our wonderful decade together we have never had a throw down over who gets the broom.

Or the dust mop.

Now if I could somehow channel this "play time" into scooping all the dirt into a pile instead of all over the floor...

Neighborhood Park

One of the highlights of our new house is the neighborhood park within walking distance. Each one of my kids has embraced a random, unforeseen part of the park I would never have guessed.


Wyatt has taken to "burrowing" down in the bottom tire especially when he has a little snack baggie.




Shelby loves this whateveryoucallit. After watching her climb and swing and flip, I finally enrolled her in gymnastics.


Our current park attendance has been curtailed by the summer heat but we'll be baaaaack!

Little Boys

Reasons I love this picture:

-it includes all of Wyatt's favorites:
Toy Story sunglasses
his tractor
a trip to the park
his Superman shirt (which he has no clue about-just likes it)

-his little smile

-the fact that his glasses are slightly crooked

-his wispy, white-blonde hair

-and many more unexplainable reasons that every mother has when she looks at an "ordinary" picture from and "ordinary" day.

Summer Duet

fresh mowed grass and itchy ankles
coconut-scented sunscreen and chlorine
frozen treats and sticky fingers
mosquito bites and kickball
grilled steak and watermelon wedges
late nights and lazy mornings
fishing and napping
freckled shoulders and flip-flops
parades and American flags
sandy toes and sea-salted hair
best-sellers and hammocks

Ah, today's youth...

So, when I graduated from high school the peak of technology was power point, and, if you were really advanced, you could make it swirl into place with cool sounds. Fast forward a decade plus and envision my recently purchased iphone/life-saver. This baby can do it all and is incredibly user-friendly. It has an amazing camera that has usurped my "old-school" camera's place. No you may have noticed two key words pop out at you: user-friendly and camera...


pretty decent pic of my flowers




dog butt



more dog butt





princess pjs???

Hey wait a second!

These are not pictures I took!







Ah-ha! The culprit!

Yes, folks. My four year old has mastered the iphone camera. She can take a picture, flip back to the entire roll, back to the camera for more pics. This is all without me teaching her or letting her touch it. Crazy right?

Makes me wonder what our kids will reflect on.

My bet is that none of the modern achievements will surpass mankind's greatest milestone: Atari.

Who doesn't miss that guy swinging from vine to vine?

Houston Rodeo

Off to the rodeo decked out in our "dude" gear. Wyatt opted for the Bass Pro hat over his cowboy hat.




Shelby's first roller-coaster. Big, BIG hit! As you can see, she is masking her fear well.




FYI-Wyatt juuuuust didn't hit the height requirement in case you were wondering why he got left out of the fun.




So, Wyatt was fading a bit towards the end of the morning which perfectly matched Mommy's first trimester exhaustion. Fortunately, a cherry Icee perked everyone up on the way home.