Conleigh: "Mommy, I'm growing up."
Mommy: "I know, and I don't want you to grow up."
Conleigh: "Oh, but Mommy. If I work at a movie theatre, I'll let you see anything you want for free!! And, if I work at a hotel, I'll let you stay in the nicest room for one dollar!"
Saturday, August 15, 2009
Friday, August 14, 2009
Life is Precious, Life is Sweet
My heart coo'ed as I checked on my three wee ones tonight before bed. Alex is sleeping on his back, mouth open, right under his bedside light which he turns on nightly after we say goodnight. Lately, he has been "sleeping like daddy" and going shirtless to bed. It is pretty cute if I do say so myself.
Moving on to Conleigh's room, I find her on the far side of her queen size bed sleeping like a baby albeit topless. What is with that girl and her clothes or lack thereof? She has all the make-up from last weekend's girl party lined up at the edge of her bed.
Finally, I peeped in on Campbell. She is a light sleeper, so we don't open her door that often. Tonight after her visit to see me though, I walked her to her room which she has decided she doesn't like. I was trying everything to get her to lie down. I offered for her to sleep in her closet which is where I found her last night, no interest. I offered Elmo as a sleeping bud. Okay, but still not interested in her bed. She finally accepted the floor with her pillow and blanket, so there she is.
Life is precious. Life is sweet.
We are more aware of that today than yesterday as we pray for Granny who is in the burn unit in Houston. Thursday Granny tried to put out a fire on her farm, and she was burned on both her arms, her left hand, and her face and legs also have some blisters. While we expected her to be released today, the doctors have changed their minds after seeing the burns today. On Sunday, they will decide whether skin grafts are needed on her left arm and hand. Daddy said it looks really bad. Please pray for Granny and remember, Life IS precious, and life IS sweet!
Moving on to Conleigh's room, I find her on the far side of her queen size bed sleeping like a baby albeit topless. What is with that girl and her clothes or lack thereof? She has all the make-up from last weekend's girl party lined up at the edge of her bed.
Finally, I peeped in on Campbell. She is a light sleeper, so we don't open her door that often. Tonight after her visit to see me though, I walked her to her room which she has decided she doesn't like. I was trying everything to get her to lie down. I offered for her to sleep in her closet which is where I found her last night, no interest. I offered Elmo as a sleeping bud. Okay, but still not interested in her bed. She finally accepted the floor with her pillow and blanket, so there she is.
Life is precious. Life is sweet.
We are more aware of that today than yesterday as we pray for Granny who is in the burn unit in Houston. Thursday Granny tried to put out a fire on her farm, and she was burned on both her arms, her left hand, and her face and legs also have some blisters. While we expected her to be released today, the doctors have changed their minds after seeing the burns today. On Sunday, they will decide whether skin grafts are needed on her left arm and hand. Daddy said it looks really bad. Please pray for Granny and remember, Life IS precious, and life IS sweet!
Friday Night Fun
What do you get when you mix a four year old boy, a six year old girl and a three year old sister with a trip to Party City where you find a bunch of last years Halloween costumes on sale for $5?
A fun night of dress up! What else?
Cleopatra, an Arabian Princess and a mean Ninja came home with me! Are they cute or what?
A fun night of dress up! What else?
Cleopatra, an Arabian Princess and a mean Ninja came home with me! Are they cute or what?
Monday, August 10, 2009
I think she needs a little more practice...
We have a girly-girl on our hands. She had her hands and face in make-up Saturday night and before church on Sunday and then again afterwards. So funny!
Wednesday, August 5, 2009
Monday, August 3, 2009
Wrappin' it up at SeaWorld
Conleigh & Campbell had both been telling us they wanted to see Shamu. Your wish is my command darlings. We spent Monday at SeaWorld. We started the day in the water park which was a good call. It wasn't so crowded. Then we moved on to the shows. We saw Viva! and Believe(Shamu)! Our season passes have been completely worth it for the past couple of years.
We love Louie Ladeaux so much. We ate there again on the way back to Austin. A short stop at the outlet mall and home again, home again, jiggety-jig.
We love Louie Ladeaux so much. We ate there again on the way back to Austin. A short stop at the outlet mall and home again, home again, jiggety-jig.
Sunday, August 2, 2009
A Little Staycation down San Antonio way...
You can click on the small pictures and they will enlarge. My smart husband taught me that.
We jetted out of town this morning southbound. Our minivan made a stop at the Natural Bridge Caverns. We walked down what was equivalent of 18 stories. There were some amazing sites in the caverns. I think the kids enjoyed it too. Alex said his favorite part was learning about the mad family of raccoons that were found when the cavern was discovered in 1960. The big orange dinosaur was also a highlight. I thought it was really a neat thing to see and I'm surprised I've never done it before. Then we continued south to San Antonio, but before we got to town we had to stop for the best cajun food at Louie Ledeaux's. Peter's friend Arthur owns it and we lucked out and he was there. The two of them talk food stuff. They worked together back in the Pappadeaux's days.
We made our way to our hotel and went swimming. The kids would be thrilled to only go swimming. A pool and a hotel are the perfect vacation for a 6,4, and 3 year old.
After cleaning up, we took a trolly to the River Walk and ate dinner, fed some ducks and ate ice cream. It warmed my heart to hear both Conleigh & Alex say at the end of the evening, "this was a really fun night."
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