Kids at the Park

A nearby park has this cool climbing ball.  Here's some pics of the kids playing around.

Elevator Music

Cole strolled up beside me in the kitchen, remote in hand. He had his back to me, aiming the remote at the TV and skipping nearly ever song that started on his sisters "One Direction" Pandora station.

"Mom, I can't find a Pandora station I like."

"What's a song you like a lot and we'll start one from that artist."

"I like this music, I just wish they had... like an orchestra playing it."

"So you want pop music, but an orchestra playing it? No words?"

"Yea."

"That's called elevator music, man."

He quickly flips to the search screen on the TV and heads back into the family room.

"K.  I'll search for that."




I'm so proud. :/

Flocked

Just something silly I saw on my way home and had to share.  This was a house in our neighborhood, with a sign in their yard that said, "You've been Flocked"

The Halloween Tree

We have had a dead tree in our backyard since we moved in, almost a year ago. Jane calls it the Halloween tree because it's scary. Every wind storm we loose another branch or two because the limbs are rotted to their cores. When they started falling in the neighbors yard we knew it had to come down.

Here's some pics of the silly adventure (I love how kids turn stuff like this into an event of a lifetime) :)

Macy, Jane and the neighbor kids :)

It's Time

After spending a year in the black hole of facebook, I've decided to stop neglecting my blog :)  Here's our some of the happenings over the last year.

JULY 2012
Macy had Chicken Pox.... for nearly the WHOLE summer...  Now that we know she has pretty bad eczema, I think what we thought was leftover chicken pox (waiting to scab over so she was "safe") was really just eczema caused by the chicken pox.  Poor girl spent almost all summer indoors and out of the pool.  So sad.

AUGUST 2012

My first story was published in Jack and Jill magazine, Mike turned 35 and Macy lost her first tooth!

SEPTEMBER 2012

Macy learned to ride a bike.  Jane started preschool!

OCTOBER 2012

Mutti and Papa visit and Halloween - of course!!!

Botanical Garden trip with Mutti, Papa and cousins

NOVEMBER 2012

Cole turned 11 and built marble tracks for almost a month straight :)

My 2nd story was published in The Friend, "Jumping Rope with Emma"

DECEMBER 2012

I turned 35.  Jane turned 4 and Christmas :)

JANUARY 2013

My Mom came to visit (the highlight of the month for me) :) My little girls saw a Barbie car (this was an important life event for them) :) And Cole's science project went on to district. Yay, Cole!

FEBRUARY 2013

Another Haircut, Macy's 7th Birthday and Mike and I's 14th Wedding Anniversary.

MARCH 2013

Family trip to San Antonio. Jane's first haircut

APRIL 2013

This month has been really low-key (I love low-key) .  The only highlight is that Mike is job hunting to leave the teaching profession after 7 years (still has a job, just very burnt out).  Not sure exactly where he'll end up, but we'll let you know when it happens! :)

Love you all!!!