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Sunday, March 23, 2008

Easter 08

Betty Sue and baby Chloe

Mom, me and Cathie

Sweet Baby Chloe and Chicks
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Easter 08

Nicole and Max

Molly with chick

Whitehorn Cousins

Dale and Kasi
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Friday, March 21, 2008

Spring Break or BUST!

Just got back from Galveston Island with my cousin and her two fab. kids, Ava and Ian. We drove in her car and stayed at the Moody Gardens, which was all decked out for the Spring Break vacationing family. Cathie and I were sans husbands, but we did pick up my in laws on the way. Moody Gardens was amazing. It is a whole resort on the bay side of Galvez, and it was decked out and kid friendly. Their pool was heated, they had kid friendly activities including a pirate bounce house, and they have an aquarium and a rain forest there. WE also managed to go to the beach, which my son loved. Jack loves the beach. He is so much like me. I often wonder how exactly I manage to survive not living next to an ocean. He went into the water even though the sun wasn't out and it was like sixty degrees. HE threw his body at the waves. Molly played in the sand, and Ava and Ian ran on the sand, but Jack just soaked up the salt water like a manatee. After that, we went to the aquarium so he could see what lives in the ocean. He was not one bit phased by the creatures he had shared the water with early. And Molly was so sweet. She was so happy to be with her cousins and she was really interested in Ava's blood sugar, which she called blood pressure (Ava was diagnosed with juvenile diabetes more than a year ago when she was four). She probably would have taken her blood sugar if I would have let her try, but I don't think Ava, Cathie nor I were down with that just yet.
I kept saying that I couldn't believe we could make it without anyone getting sick. Of course, on the way home with Mike and I and the kids, Molly threw up her milk shake and then she stubbed the skin off her toe when she got out of our truck. The next day, she told me she needed scissors to "snip the skin" off the tip of her toe that wasn't connected anymore. She let me do it and didn't even flinch, then she proceeded to medicate it herself. When she got up in teh morning, she was disappointed that God hadn't healed it yet. I really think she may be a doctor, especially if she continues on this trajectory.
Anyway, we made it home and I will post pics as soon as I get them back. Tomorrow is the big Easter party at my parents house: I can't wait!

Monday, March 10, 2008

Got a Picky Eater?

In our house, Jack, my four year old, is a picky eater. Here is a list of what he eats: eggs (scrambled or boiled), chicken (any way), steak, hamburger meat, green beans, bread, tortillas, milk, chocolate soy milk, pasta (enriched with protein), various crackers, and anything that looks like it could be a dessert. Molly, in complete contrast, will try anything. I have found a way to trick Jack into eating more veggies, based on Jessica Sklar Seinfield's book. Except, I am lazy. Jessica suggests boiling and baking veggies pureeing them, and putting them in normal recipes. I guess Jessica has lots of time on her hands, (though she has three young children, I can't imagine how). Anyway, after I sliced my hand open on the food processor, I quit trying to puree the foods. Now, I just buy organic baby foods. I put them in baked mixes like muffins, cookies, ect. Today, Jack had a chocolate muffin mix with a whole container of baby food carrots and ground flax seed. It is almost like he ate salmon and carrots for breakfast. This is the only way I can get him to eat healthy. It makes me laugh to think of how he will never be able to get his breakfast muffins to taste just like mom's. And, that might be a good thing.

Friday, March 07, 2008

Leave This to a Professional, Folks


I'm sure that most of you know our neighbor, who is a professional photographer. She is amazing! And, it is also quite convenient for impromptu snow ball fights, ect. I love the pics, paige. Here is a link in case you are shopping around for someone to take some beautiful Easter pictures of you and your family.
www.paigepearsonphotography.com
I like the one of the guys discussing the finer points of snow ball engineering. And, of course, the one of Molly and Emaline is precious.
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Thursday, March 06, 2008

Happy Snow Day

Here are some pics of the kids in the snow: I had to DRAG them out! Enjoy the beautiful snow!

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