All kinds of Interesting Stuff

We headed to North Padre last weekend.

There was no seaweed!

The weather was cooler than expected, which was a great surprise.

 Matthew and Tyler had a blast at their first field day!

 But there was this- our first cast.
She twisted it last week, and the x-rays are clear.
She still could not bear weight on it after a week, so the orthopedic surgeon thinks it might be her growth plate.
We only have it for a few weeks, so it isn't awful.
Natalie loves getting it signed!

The Thinkery

A whole Lotta Rain

All it has done is rain.

Like for a week straight, it rained.

At least I got use out of the rain boots I bought.

I suppose that is a silver lining.

This weekend it was overcast, but not raining for once.

We took advantage.

Andy's parents came to town for a quick seder, so I spent much of Saturday cooking.

 On Sunday we went to the Red Poppy Festival in Georgetown.  

Even Chloe Pug went!

 Meagan was in Into The Woods on Friday.

She did a great job! 

She was Cinderella.

This is her cleaning. 

:)

I got Matthew a new shirt.

He has no clue who the Beatles are.

I like them though. 

A Few From Spring Break

 Brian was here for most of Spring Break.

Most of Spring Break Meagan was with Kendall (below,)

They had a really neat trip to Mississippi.

We had the two younger kids go to one day of Lifetime so that she could have a special day with her uncle.

They played some dance game (as usual) and we had lunch at PDQ.  

It is actually pretty good!

 We headed to Wacky Waco with Aunt Jean, Brian and the two younger kids.

The zoo there is really special, even as the kids get older.

 Matthew is really into dinosaurs.  

His pictures are really cute.

I asked him if the baby one was holding its toy.

He looked at me like I was insane and said, "Don't you know they didn't have toys back then, Mommy?"

Well, duh.

It is, in fact, a bone.

A bone is the only toy a baby dino would have to play with.

Fun in Midland

 We went to Midland at the end of break.

It was our baby cousin's first birthday!

It was great to see family, but even better to see the kids with their baby cousin.

Matthew, particularly.

He just adores her.

He wanted to read to her, push her in her new car, and cuddle.

He was running around like a crazy man, but as soon as he got near her she became very gentle and sweet.

The kids are already looking forward to their next visit with her in May.

Early March (What winter?)

 I can't remember another winter like this.

We have had plenty of warm ones, but this one was weird.

No jackets.

Only hoodies.

The photo above was with Meagan's friend Alexa at dinner one night.

New friend, but quickly becoming one of my favorites.

 Andy has been hard at work on his garden.  

It looks great!  

He added lots of cacti and annuals.  

Meagan went to a cool succulent store with him on the east side downtown.

My students and I made poems out of book spines.

This was mine.

:)

The librarian and I had fun with the kids.

My girl, reading....

Anyone who knows me knows that I love reading.

Like, I really love it.

Someone took this picture for me of Meagan reading.

It makes me happy.