We celebrated with family and friends at our neighborhood pool and park.
Nathan grilled hot dogs, and I made chocolate cupcakes with chocolate icing, at Ben’s request. (Me: “Ben, do you want vanilla icing on your cupcakes, or chocolate?” Him: “Actually, I think I’m going to have a little bit of chocolate.”)
How can it be? My [...]
This weekend we went to Port Aransas with friends from our preschool co-op community. It was Ben and Maddie’s first time to visit the beach.
So far Port Aransas hasn’t been affected by the oil spill in the Gulf. But these oil platforms, which were clearly visible from shore, were a constant reminder of the disaster [...]
I’ve been making Ben and Maddie this yogurt snack in the evenings. It’s Greek yogurt mixed with chopped fruit (tonight it was peaches), ground flax seed, and a touch of maple syrup.
It’s a giant mess. Best to put on jammies afterwards.
This morning, friends came to play with Ben and Maddie while Nathan and I attended [...]
This morning we walked in the annual Balcones Woods July 4th parade.
Yesterday morning Ben and I went to the party store, where he chose our wagon decorations.
Nathan and Ash pup, who now weighs over 30 lbs! He was very good about wearing the flag bandana and greeting other dogs in the parade politely.
We walked with [...]
with Great-Granny Edith
and Great-Pawpaw Tutt. My grandparents visited Austin on Monday to see us and our new house for the first time. It was their 12th anniversary. We read The Very Hungry Caterpillar about 20 times, and Ben gave them a tour of the house. Monday night we made a spaghetti dinner, and sang Happy [...]
In the car on the way home from preschool co-op today:
Me, to Ben: “Did you read books at co-op today?”
Ben: “Yeah.”
M: “Which ones did you read?”
B: “A Treasure. What a Treasure!. And Are You My Mother?, Mom.”
M: “Did you like them?”
B: “Yeah.”
M: “I like those books, too. Did you make a craft today?”
B: “Yeah.”
M: “What [...]
I scored a new-to-us sand and water table on Craigslist recently.
Ben and Maddie are spending lots of time playing with it in the backyard. The first time we used it, I brought out a handful of toy cars and trucks, and we used it as a car wash. Today I threw in a handful of [...]
The last time I posted, it was wet, freezing and we were making snowballs.
Today it was sunny and clear with a high of 82.
We celebrated the arrival of Spring in Austin by attending the annual Zilker Park Kite Festival this morning. We only lasted a little over an hour, but it was a great one.
Our [...]
in Austin! Whole inches of it.
Ben made snowballs with our friend Kristin and smashed them against trees.
His first time ever to play in snow. Who knows when we’ll see this much of it again?