Bailey

Been a while since Ive posted an update on Bailey and how BIG she is getting!!! She is 50 lbs now, growing more and more every day and is just such a great dog and a great addition to our family! James just absolutely ADORES her, too much at times as we have a hard time getting him to leave her alone, let go of her, and just let her be...he loves to hug on her (even when she is trying to walk or get away from him) they are inseparable those two. Mom is getting a kick out of her too and I caught them playing the other day....too cute!

Summer Kickoff Party

So, I am in a mom's group here in Houston...actually it is the Pearland Mom's Group, which is a suburb of Houston, where we lived when we were renting before we bought our house...and is still super close to where we live now.

Anyway, so the mom's group had a summer kickoff party/picnic/get together for the families that wanted to attend this past Sunday....and it turned out GREAT!!! We had it at a really nice park in Pearland, had food, drinks, a pinata for the kids, and the park has a splash pad there for the kids (same place as the previous splash pad pics I posted a few posts back here on the blog)....so the kids (and the parents a bit too) got to cool off from the heat at the splash pad.

It was a great afternoon, and was great to get to meet some more of the mom's in the group that I had only "known" on the message board online. It was also great that my mom has been in town this entire week and was here for the picnic and she had a blast too!!!

At the Park with "the baby girls"

We got together with my friend Melissa and her twin "baby girls" as James calls them...we had lunch then went to the park for a bit (not for long cause it was freakin HOT and HUMID....so we only stayed maybe 20 minutes...seriously!)......got some cute shots of the girls though.....and of course....some of my cute boy too! :0)

Graduation

Yes, that's right! We have a graduate in our house and we are so proud of him!! James graduated from his Pre-K daycare class on Thursday nite, May 28th. They had a fullblown ceremony...the kids had practced like 4 songs as a group, and they did fantastic!! Then they each walked across the stage in their caps and gowns and got their "diploma" from the director and their teacher. So freakin adorable!!! I just wish I had thought to grab the video camera and bring it with us...but got some decent pics anyway....check out our proud little graduate! We love you more than anything James and we are so SO proud of you and how far you have come this school year!!

Just call me the scrappin fool.....

Cause I have been on a roll this weekend!!!! Did some more scrappin this morning while we hung out inside thinking it was gonna rain (never did, so now Ive cleaned up and its time to hit the park to burn off some steam..now Im sure it will rain! LOL!!!) Got 4 spreads done..check 'em out! :)

Creative Genius at Work.....

James sat down this evening after dinner and bath time, and said he and wanted to draw. And BOY did he ever!!!




He did all his letters in the alphabet...got a little mad at himself that his J was backwards, let out a big ole SIGH....then moved on with the rest of them...love the filled in "O"! LOL!!! :)

He asked me to draw a flower, then he colored it in. then he said I KNOW WHAT TO WRITE....then wrote MOM by himself, then drew the heart and told me Mom..this means LOVE!!!! I gotta color the heart red!

Then he wanted to draw a rainbow...so he drew the lines....then drew the red figure on the left, I asked is that Daddy? No Mommy....that's Me, James...Im drawing you next, THEN Daddy. hee hee.....He drew them all himself...tried to squeeze in his WHOLE NAME (he LOVES to write James Salinas on everything....spells it himself and all) so it is a bit scrambled...then wrote the MOM and DAD under our pictures...LOVE IT!!!

Then my favorite one of all....he drew the sun first, then the yellow bit...he exclaimed MOM! this is my favorite....THE BEACH!!!! But where is the water? So he drew the blue part, wrote THE BEACH then said wait Mommy, this is for YOU...and proceeded to add the MOM and "the love" after that.

Such a sweetie....my little artist in training!!! HA!!! :0)