Monday, April 28, 2014

Henley Here Lately

Henley is quite a treat here lately. She had a few month spell, while precious, she was very difficult. The "terrible threes" I heard about were in BIG TIME action. She and I get to hang out Monday, Wednesday, and Friday while the boys are at school so we've made lots of memories this year.


Sitting in her Little Mermaid chair she picked out. She refused the standard green collapsible lawn chair...shocking! She watches all her brothers' game from this perch.


I'm so proud of the swimmer she is becoming! This past week she has gotten so brave and is swimming so well by herself.


Posing in front of the Bluebonnets at Bluebonnet cafe after a yummy breakfast with GreatMa and GreatPa. She put away her HUGE pancake.


I pulled up to school to pick up Henley and she was rocking these glasses. They are so "Spy Glasses"


Picked up Henley on Thursday wearing her "Listening Ears".


This girl can put away the corn on the cob! She is definitely her mother's child!


Henley loves her princesses! I heard her today talking to Holly (our dog), she was holding up each princess and introducing them to Holly. She sleeps with Rapunzel and Pascal lots of nights because she insists on reading Rapunzel's Magical Hair and likes acting it out with these two friends.


While cleaning the flower beds and planting my flowers, Henley thought she would test out the hot tub...67 degrees and she stuck it out for a few minutes!

One day last week, I pulled up to the kindergarten door to get the boys. Owen's teacher ran down to the preschool door to grab Henley for me. When Henley got in the car, in her most serious voice, "Momma, you forgot me!"... She doesn't miss a thing!

O&B triathlon

The YMCA had Healthy Kids Day this past Saturday. The boys did the mini triathlon.


Getting instructions. We told them nothing. They're such good sports with all the stuff we throw at them. I feel like they'll stress if they know too much before hand...I'm sure they'll tell me I stressed them out someday bc they never knew what was going on!


Waiting their turn to swim. All the kids had to wear life jackets. Owen jumped the guy and looked like a torpedo because his huge life jacket had his body out of the water and his legs were going a million miles an hour.


They slid down the stairs from the pool to the first floor on huge mats, put on socks and shoes and ran around the building.


You can tell their high rate of speed from the blurs in the pictures!


Then three laps on the trikes...


Victory! Sister was happy with just a sucker (didn't pass age requirements)


They are so very tough...We should probably start IronMan training?


After photo booth fun, petting zoo, jumpers, and snacks....Owen requested his picture be taken like this...ok


Then off to celebrate a friend's birthday at Chuck E Cheese


Me and my sweet girl! Love this picture!

Monday, April 21, 2014

Easter 2014 at HSB

Great Ma and Great Pa invited us to the lake for Easter...who would pass that up?
 Look how sweet they can be
 This is what they really want to do.

 Waiting, waiting, waiting...we want eggs!
 Hanging with their cousins...still waiting to hunt!
 My sweet little butterfly
 My sweet green skeleton faced angel...great choice O-Man
 Brody opted for Terminator...not quite as scary as Owen
 Precious girls
 Great Ma and Great Pa with their great-grandkids...pretty good looking bunch
 The Easter Bunny loved their face painting



 So glad the Easter Bunny found us!
 They have no idea he has already come to drop the goodies off

Ready for church
 Brody getting some Bunny hugs
  

 Henley is still not sure about this Bunny, but with Dad by her side, she was good to go
 The Great Grandkids did great and survived their fancy lunch

 

We had a great Easter!

Sunday, April 20, 2014

Hot Air Balloons at HSB

I think Mimi is the only person in the world that could convince me to wake up my family at 6:00 in the morning and try to be somewhere by 6:30
 Bring on the hot air balloons!

 Once we saw them full and in action...we were super excited
 It was exciting and impressive to watch the teams unpack and "fill up" their balloons



 





 our favorite balloon
Great Adventure to kick off Easter Weekend!