Spring Break

Day 2.....
BUST

Just thought I would share that my kids, okay just one of them, is killing me this morning. Guess that's what happens when he gets up at 5am....he's a brat by 8am.

Just saying

Sending Connor off for a play date and the little fellows are taking a nap. I have some cleaning to get done, laundry to fold, and birthday invitations to make.

Sunny and beautiful all last week and this week it's rainy and cold. Go figure. We have exhausted our lego playing, play dough making, and coloring all in 1 day. Now what??

Arbuckle Wilderness

For our one outing over Spring Break, we ventured down south to the Arbuckle Wilderness, the drive through zoo that the boys and I had visited before. It is about halfway to the Big D, so it made the perfect meeting place for some of our Dallas besties. 

We met up with Bethany and her boys Ilan and Castel as well as  Sam and Reggie and their kiddos Ben and Sophia. That's alot of boys and 1 girl, in case you lost count.

We all loaded up in my car to start the drive. Notice BatMan, that's Castel...too cute! 

 Bethany drew the short straw and got stuck in the back with all the boys

 I love this place, getting to see all the animals so up close. Christian LOVED it too. He would have hung out the window the entire time if I let him.

 We had a picnic lunch after the drive and played for a while. We tried to get the kiddos to pose for a photo, but not everyone wanted to participate!

So glad we got there when we did. This was the line to get in when we were done! CRAZINESS!!

 After lunch we drove down the road to Turner Falls Park. Bethany and her boys did not make to that, they had to head back home. I had never been here before but Mark had taken Connor once and the pictures were gorgeous. We did not get to see the actual falls because Christian was snoozing and we would have had to park and walk a ways.

Instead we just parked and played in the water while Christian slept.

 We will definitely try this place again. It will make a great place to spend the day or even camp.

Did you go anywhere special over Spring Break?

Spring Break 2010

We (ok I) kicked off spring break 2010 week with a spring break pedicure, and my only break from the big boys. I took them to Adventure Kids (hourly drop off) and Christian and I went to China town for some toe lovin'. My feet were in desperate need of attention. So I just ran to the nail place in the parking lot of the daycare. I remembered when I walked in the door that I was not a fan of the place, but a pedicure can't really be bad, some are just better than others.

We spent Monday afternoon at the park. I don't have pictures to prove it, but we were there enjoying the sun.

Tuesday the weather was a bit cooler and cloudy so we hung out inside that morning. We spent some time in our arts and crafts room making pringle can piggy banks.

The finished results are great, and the cans are filling up quickly. The boys can find coins anywhere.

That afternoon we went shoe shopping. Stride Right was BOGO half and the boys needed their spring/summer sandals and new crocs. This is Connor's pair with his new Batman jibbit. With their wide feet, we are very limited where we can shoe shop, so I braved the crowds in the tiny store and hit the outlet location. I got the big boys sandals and Colton a pair of crocs there (they did not have Connor's size) so I needed a 4th pair so I went ahead and bought the baby a pair of sandals. I really think it was my first pair of baby shoes. I have always let the boys go barefoot until a year old, mainly because I LOVE their feet. But the stinking sandals were so cute that I couldn't help myself. We then ran over to the croc store and got Connor a new pair. So 5 pair of shoes for about $120...not to bad right?!

Wednesday morning the boys decorated them selves (or each other, I am not sure which) with the markers while I fed Christian. Geez... I can't leave them alone for a single minute!

Colton used/ate an ENTIRE tube of chapstick. Should make his insides smooth and his lips and face kissable.

We spent the beautiful afternoon at the park with friends Ilan and Castel

I would look up to check on a boy and it would take a minute, as everyone was dressed in green for St Patty's. That why I try to put the boys in the same or similar shirts or a bright color. It makes them easier to locate in a hurry.

Christian enjoyed the sunshine too after his snooze

Connor was suppose to be in time out, but everyone joined him

(ILan, Connor, Colton, and Castel)

Thursday we found ourselves at the zoo with half the state of Texas!! For goodness sakes, can't you people go somewhere else? We went with BFF's Ilan and Castel again. We love hanging out with them but Ilan and Connor go to school on opposite days so this was a special week.

Looking for the tiger

Sweet Castel

My little ones in our new stroller which I
will have to explain later. But
I do love it!

Sweet Kisses

Friday Connor went over to Ben's house and tried to catch up on some laundry. Daddy came home that night and I mentally checked out, as I always do about 30 seconds after he walks in the door. Kind of makes me feel sorry for the guy. He works all week and then comes home on the weekend and has to take over here. NICE!

Saturday the weather turned cold. We just hung around the house. Hubby went to the grocery store for me and then I went to Target for my outing. I wanted to go to dinner that night, but we don't have sitters. At the last minute my MIL called to say that her plans had been cancelled so she came over to sit with the kiddos. Mark and I had already eaten so we went to Brio for a glass of wine and dessert. We had the best piece of cheesecake EVER! Then we walked over to Cru. Can't wait to go back there again. I had asked off of work for the weekend because we were suppose to go to OKC, but with the bad weather we decided not to go. It has worked out though because Mark and I needed a couple of hours for just us.

Don't know if you can see this or not, but I snapped this picture right before I went to bed Saturday night. A pretty heavy dusting of snow that we were not even suppose to get.

Then woke up to all this Sunday morning...

Crazy Spring Break weather.

But now I am ready for my break-HA

Actually what I really want is an afternoon at the spa.

Are you reading this Mark?!?!

What I really, really, REALLY want is an afternoon at the spa!

Right now Colton is getting his special time with Daddy. I think they headed to the mall to play at the bookstore and check out the new stuff at Disney and ride the carousel.

Good Times!!!

Spring Break Day 5

The excitement for Day 5 was Target and that was just fine with me. Truth is I think we were all too tired to do much, so when our scheduled play date was under the weather, it was no big deal.

I am not sure why I was so stressed about Spring Break because we did survive the week. With Mark being gone last week and through the weekend I was knew it would mean no break. Then I started thinking about my friend Casey who has been going 3 weeks at a time sans hubby and 3 kids, not to mention all the single moms out there who never get a breather. But it is times like this that make me really sad not to live near my family.

I am very grateful for the fun times we had this week and all the memories we did make. We got to play with alot of friends whose school and nap schedules don't always match up with ours. I am also grateful that Spring Break is finished and we can return to our normal routine come Monday.

Spring Break Day 4

Thursday was a relaxed day. We did our regular morning routine. After nap we went outside to play with Milla, the little girl across the street who is 2 years old.

Connor did go down the street and talk some of the other neighbors into letting him ride their Lighting McQueen car. Now he won't stop talking about it. Moms, Nanny, Aunt Amy-any takers on that??? He added it to his birthday list.

Milla and Connor

A nice dinner to end the day

Spring Break Day 3

Day 3 of Spring Break involved a regular morning routine at the gym, minus the rush to head to Connor's MDO program. It's amazing how much more fun you can have when you don't HAVE to be anywhere. Then we got much needed hair cuts at Connor's request. I had briefly mentioned cuts a few days ago and he remember. (Mental note...don't make any promises to a toddler to get them to do something because they WILL remember it.) We went home for lunch and naps and met BFF "K" at the park this afternoon.

Connor told me he looked like a 3 year old with his new hair cut.

Looking good. Mark will be thrilled that I no longer have a barrette in his hair to keep it out of his eyes.

Hot day at the park today.

Connor and Haley"K"

peek-a-boo

Connor and Haley "K"

Feeding the ducks

Checking things out

All cleaned up

This one is blurry, but too sweet not to share!