BLUE

We've been having so much fun watching Blue this week. The kids love Blue sleeping with them.  Blue likes to wake Jade up b/c Jade likes to take Blue for walks.  T loves throwing the ball for her and they both enjoy feeding her her food as if it were treats.

Update

So much has happened, and all too quickly. The kids are growing up so fast. Jade loves kindergarten and T is enjoying preschool (who would have thought it). I can hardley believe Jade is a CTR 7 this year. Rob is doing insurance appraisals and I'm full time at Life Time Fitness in the Child Care Center. Gamie and Paw Paw just came for a visit and we had so much fun getting to visit with them. The kids enjoyed them being here.

Rodeo

Aunt Kristina came with us to the Rodeo. We had a really good time. We got to pet a calf and have ice cream. We went through the petting zoo and to the carnival. We rode some rides and had cotton candy.

Jade's Art Work

Jade loves to color. Her picture of the mouse is on the back of Rob's paper and his ink bled over to her side. The letters she puts on her art are usually a C (for her friend Clay) a T for T and a J for Jade, she'll also put in a Y (also for Clay) and other various letters (I don't know what they mean). She also enjoys cutting and gluing.She tapes her completed art work all over the house, and I'm not allowed to take them down. I get away with it though, by rearranging her masterpieces until she not sure where to look for them. So, Here they are Jade! Now- this is the way to file the kids stuff, wouldn't you say?

Playing with the Hutto Hippo

We were in Hutto, Tx the other day and the kids asked Rob if we could go see the hippo. I didn't know anything about him. Apparently they've seen him before.

In the Pool!

So Mom watched the video and said she got what he was saying even before me. She said he was getting a purse for his mermaid. Not SHARKS MOM! Okay, sure- I don't think I'll ever get this interpreter thing down!!

SHARK!!!

Though the weather seemed kinda iffy, the kids really wanted to walk to the park. We got to play for about 30min. before the rain started. I called Rob to come pick us up. I wanted to call sooner rather than later in case it really started coming down. (There's no cover) But, it never really became much more than a sprinkle, and even that didn't last long. (oops :( )
When we got home, Rob told the kids they could go swimming. That was a huge hit. They played Shark mostly. T would stand on the stairs and save Jade from the shark as she floated by on her kickboard. He'd say, "Hurry princess hurry" (really sounds more like herder). They probably stayed out there for a little over an hr., but they came back inside ready to get in the tub- teeth chattering. They stayed in their suits in the tub for another hour.

**Jade's New Bracelet**

I hope this works!! We ordered her a PINK one. I think she's gonna like it! I found a pdf file on google for a homemade thumb guard and I think Jade will like it better than the commercial ones. (They only come with 5 pink bands and the guard is clear).

"Wormie"

We had a really bad storm come through last night and the power went out around 8:00. We lite candles and had a good time singing the kids to sleep. This afternoon while I was cleaning out Train (the name Jade gave our pool cleaner), I pulled a gigantic wopper of a worm out of the bag. GROSS. The kids loved it! T tried to feed it grass. I tried to put it in the dirt by the house and T begged to keep him. So, I got an extra trash can from out of the garage and put some dirt in it. I put Wormie (why do they insist on putting an e on words?) in the trash can. Jade came out with a glass of what I thought was water and gave Wormie a drink. It was orange drink. T wanted a turn, so I talked him into giving Wormie a glass of water and promised him he could do this each day.

No More Thumbs

Jade is trying very hard to stop sucking her thumb and we are trying everything to help her. JT is the best help of all. Everytime he catches her sucking her thumb, he says, "You're sucking your thumb Jade, we won't get to go to Chuck E Cheese's. No sucka you thumb." We have her a finger cot that she gets to put on her thumb to help her remember it has yucky stuff on it. We paint it with "THUMS". It has cayenne extract in it. She says it's Hot-ACTUALLY she says "it's on fire."
The kids had to be put back to bed at about 4am. this morning and she told me, "My thumb's all better Mom, now I can suck it!" It was late, so I let it go. Today she hasn't sucked her thumb not once -ALL DAY LONG!
We went to Chuck E Cheese to celebrate. I have a reward calendar for going to Chuck E Cheese's if you don't suck your thumb for 2 weeks, you get 10 free tokens, but I think it may be too long for a start. I thought a trip to Chuck E Cheese in the beginning may help remind her Chuck E Cheese's is a lot more fun than sucking her thumb!! I'm going to give her tokens each day she doesn't suck her thumb and when the chart is full she'll get to go again.

Family Day

We went to Lake Travis with Craig and his kids. They had lots of fun running around in the sand. We didn't bring towels or suits (it's still cold), so we took their clothes off to keep them dry for the ride back home. It was a good thing, too! They were glad to have the dry clothes while we drove fast!!

Friday

Today we goofed around the house until 3:00. We played on the computers mostly, but we did watch "Free Willy" and the kids loved it!! They really like playing Nick Jr. and Playhouse Disney games. They are really good at making robots with Widget, matching shapes for Mickey, and counting money for Blue.

At 3:00 we headed to the skate park to play with Ms. Donna and the kids. Jade had a great time on the playground being a horse. T watched the boys skate and later tried running up the ramp as if he was on a skatboard. Willie is awesome on his skateboard! He had to take it easy today because of an arm injury.

Rainy Day

While it rained outside, we pulled out all our games and puzzles; and played inside. We put together a large floor puzzle of Thomas the Train. We wacked a mole and fed some very hungry hippos. T's hippo ate the most.
We also played a card game called, "Mixies". It uses three cards to complete a truck's front, middle, and back. We also played T's favorite Super Heroes matching game. It was lots of fun! In this picture Jade's worried T's going to wake up Daddy!!! (T's worried he won't)

At the Playground

Jade, T and Clay played at the playground today. They had a good time swinging on a bar, while T spent his time playing with an action figure. They all really liked this slide.

Comedy Night

Thursday nights are our TV night. Uncle Ryan comes over, we put the kids to bed and watch NBC. Occasionally Ryan gets there before the kids go to bed, and they love playing with him. He brought them a Socccer Snoopy tonight. They really like it. Jade shared her OREO cereal with him while they watched "Piglet's Big Movie". Ryans new favorite!! He'd occasional come into the office to check the BYU / Xavier basketball game. Rob got home around 8:30 and the kids went to bed!!! YEAH, now for the laughs!!!!!

Sunday Afternoon

This is how Robert and Jade spent the afternoon after church. Before they fell asleep, Jade called Grandma and told her we were coming over to visit. After 7, Grandma calls to see when we are coming. I got these two sleepy heads up and off we went to Grandma & Pa Pa's.
Aunt Kristina, Uncle Rick, Aunt Jefra & Uncle Ryan were there. We watched "Stranger Than Fiction" with Will Ferrell. The girls really liked it, but the boys- not so much!

Playing Superhero!

If you push this button here, out come the wings!! Clay gave T his buzzlightyear, Spiderman, and Superman pj's. Now T has traded in his towel for his Superhero pajamas! He'll probably pass out from heat stroke, he went from naked to long sleeves!

Playing with Josh & Clay

Jade & Clay had a great time stacking blocks with Josh when he got home from school. He said he's really glad Spring Break is tomorrow. His family is going to San Antonio to the Alamo and the River Walk. They will be moving to Indiana at the end of next month. It's 17 degrees there. (Hope you're enjoying the snow Mom!)

Kissing the Kids

We had fun playing around while Aunt Ky was here. JT is such a scutch! He is picking his nose in one of the pictures. He knows he is mischevious- You can even see it in his smile!

Aunt Ky's Day Off

Aunt Kylene had a day off today, she had lots to do, but we have really been missing her. She's been busy getting ready for the wedding. The third picture is Jade's reaction to the spider I was chasing down with a shoe!