Mother's Day

What did I get for mother's day...more like what DIDNT I get for mother's day!! :)

In the morning, James and Freddy took me out to breakfast at La Madelaine...yum...was nice, we went early so it wasnt crowded yet and had a really nice time.

James made me a whole bunch of awesome things at school....check them out.....

He ran in the house with this flower after school on the Friday before Mother's Day, shouting MOMMY!!! HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!! I HAVE A FLOWER FOR YOU!!! With a HUGE smile on his face!! Damn I love that boy!!!

Colored this one at daycare....

Made this one at his PPCD class

Colored this one at daycare...

This was the inside of the card below...kinda hard to read cause he wrote it "clockwise" so to speak...starting from the top left, it says JAMES, then below that, clockwise......"I LOVE YOU MOM THANK YOU..........too freakin cute!!! With his handprints which look HUGE to me!

Front of the card.....

And this cute cut out flower with his sweet smiling faced picture in the center...what Mom wouldn't love all that for mother's day huh????

Then we hung out at home and had a relaxing late morning/early afternoon. For dinner, we headed over to Johnny and Kelly's house to have a family dinner with Freddy's Mom.....was awesome per usual with all the family gatherings, lots of great food, and everyone told a story from when they were growing up, some shared pics of them with Grandma when they were younger etc and told about the pictures. Lots of fun. Was a great Mother's Day!!!

More from the splash park

My friend Care took some other great shots of the kids that day at the splash park so I thought I would share them as well. Thanks Care!! :) Cant wait to go back! Such a cool place.....

Water Water Everywhere.....

So today, I decided it would be fun to pack a picnic dinner, load up the cooler with drinks etc...and hit the splash park. So I called Care and asked if she wanted to meet James I there around 5:00 with her kids...she said SURE!!! So off we went....tried the one at the Westside Events Center...big surprise, it was broken or just not running (seems to be a common theme with that place....anyway)....so we decided to hit up the new one at Centennial Park. It was AWESOME!!!

We staked out a spot in the shade with a blanket, sat the kids down for sandwiches, cheetos and capri suns...ate our sandwiches, then turned them loose to play while we took lots of pictures. Was a gorgeous afternoon and the kids had a blast...see for yourself!!


Shot of the entire splash pad

James jumping in a puddle

Katey splashing too...caught her mid jump...too cool!!!

James and David acting like froggies

Loving it.....

Caught James as he turned to run off the other direction

Silly boys making faces!!!

SPLASH!!!

James loved this one best of all it seemed....

Loved this shot of the water just coming out of the post...too cool!!

Thanks Care, David and Katey for spending the afternoon with us and enjoying the picnic dinner! Lets do it again soon!!! Too fun! :)

Dinner is served

James and I went to the store earlier today to get a couple things we needed for the week. While we were there, I asked James what he wanted for dinner...he told me spaghetti.....and ICE CREAM!! Typical kid, huh? :)

Anyway, so we were sitting on the couch this afternoon and it was getting to be about time to start cooking....I asked James hey buddy, do you want to help Mommy make spaghetti? He said "no mommy, I will do it myself!!!" Ok, who can argue with a home cooked meal that I DIDNT HAVE TO COOK? I love it!

So, he proceeded, step by step, to cook us spaghetti for dinner! I was so proud of him! The only thing he didnt do is brown the meat...I was the one stirring that and tending to it as I didnt want him dealing with the hot grease as he tends to be an overzealous stirrer! LOL!!!! But other than that, it was all James.

And let me tell you what, the boy makes some MEAN spaghetti! YUM!!

Using the can opener for the first time

Caught him off guard...hee hee!

Dumping in the tomato sauce

Watching the steam from the pasta...

He was so proud of himself!!

Checking on the pasta...

Setting the table while the sauce simmered....first the plates....

Then the forks....

Then napkins.....

His favorite red cups for everone! too sweet!!

And Kool-Aid for everyone! What a treat!

Time to dish up.....

Again, so proud!!

Some sauce......

And more sauce....

He didnt even wait to sit down to try some of his creation! LOL!!!

He said MMMMMMMMMMMMM!!!!!! when I took this pic. HA!!! Pretty good stuff, even if you did make it yourself, huh buddy????

Then of course, his absolute FAVORITE part....chocolate ice cream for dessert!

This face says it all...YUM!!!!

What a great meal!!! He did awesome doing it all himself...perhaps we have a chef in the making? Time will tell.....

Oh the joys of dog ownership......

So Im playing in the living room with Bailey for a little bit.....then stop and go sit at the table and was checking email on my laptop.....she was playing with a big ole empty apple juice bottle that she kicks around like she is playing soccer (she is a nut!)...and she runs around really fast in this "butt tucked" position that she has done since she was smaller....

Well she ran too far into the corner and managed to knock over my tall lamp......CRASH!!!! shattered into a million pieces....

Nice..........so there I was picking up the big pieces, vaccuuming up the litle pieces....after I put the dog in her crate.......she knows she was busted, with her head down and not wanting to look at me......good thing I love her like she is one of my kids...cause I was not happy. Oh well, who needs a lamp right? ;-)

NO MORE RAIN PLEASE!!!!

Wow.....what a day....

This is what it looked like outside my front door at TWO O CLOCK THIS AFTERNOON...no, seriously it is NOT 8 PM or something.....it got SO freakin dark it was unreal:

I know this next picture is not such great quality, but this is from our front window....at 2 PM.

Then...check this out...this next shot is of the lake next to our house on a regular day......pretty fountain, can see a lot of the bank and the drainage pipe right?????......

Now......I just took these next shots about 15 minutes ago (so 6:45 PM).....look how HIGH the water is...and how much lighter it is outside compared to 2:00 PM......nuts!!! And you cant hardly even SEE the fountain in the center anymore! WOW!

Now, this next shot is of my pretty little flowers I planted on either side of the garage last weekend....watered them some this past week, got a rain shower yesterday that was good for them...they were looking good......

Well I just took this pic at 6:45 PM as well....MY POOR FLOWERS!!! Talk about water logged!!! :(

The good news is that I was watching the news a bit ago and the worst of this huge band of storms is over for us on our side of town...just mild to moderate rainfall the rest of the evening. Then tomorrow, the forecast is 82 degrees for the high, and sunny skies.........ONLY IN TEXAS I TELL YA!!!! Some crazy fluctuations in weather for sure! Used to hear it all the time....what, dont like the weather in Texas? Well just wait an hour or so, it will change and you might like it better........its holding true now! We need some serious sun tomorrow and a chance to dry out! WOW!!!