well, we've been one busy family. not too much has happened since the last blog and then all of a sudden i have too many things to blog about. where do i start? spring break sounds good. B, A and me left f-dub for H-town on wednesday. we went straight to see my uncle james (not really my uncle, but that is what i have called him my whole life). he is battling cancer and had just received his second dosage of chemo (sp?). he has a total of 12 rounds in 6 months. this past wednesday was only round 2, 10 more to go. please keep him and my aunt jo ann and their families in your prayers. it was great to see him and hear his hysterical laugh!
thursday...me, the kids and Mimi set off for the Houston Aquarium Adventure downtown. it's a neat place. it's owned and operated by Landry's restaurant chain. they house tons of aquatic animals as well as a rain forest exhibit. there is also a train ride and merry-go-round and a few other fun things to do. best of all, it was only $2 more to valet park! so worth it! we spent the morning checking out the sights and then hit up B's fave Chuck E. Cheese for lunch. i know if A could tell us, she'd say it's her fave too. before the lunch stop, we went by my aunt norma's house. we got to see carrie, stanley, evan and uncle buddy for a quick minute. B was excited to get some pocket change for CEC and A got some clothes!
my mom and i were thinking the kids could do about 2 hours of CEC, but little did we know. i happened to check the time and we had almost been there for 3 hours!! B spent his pocket change on not one, but two ice creams and he ate them all. he also shared his money and bought A and Mommy an ice cream too. he was going to get Mimi one, but she passed. We finally got them out of there and had to catch a nap.
For supper, we were meeting my dad for what he "thought" was his birthday party. thursday the 19th was his actual 60th birthday. we stopped and got a small cake and some candles for him to blow out. we got to see uncle michael, aunt stacie and antone for supper! dad picked a chinese place that he loves to go to. and they didn't have an "american" kids menu, but B liked some kind of ribs and A liked the fried rice. when we did the cake, A kept singing "happy birthday to you" just that one line, over and over and over again. it was really sweet. we went back to my dad's for a little family play time and then we headed back to Mimi's house.
Friday I wanted to sleep in, but HA! not going to happen. me and the kids all slept in the same full sized bed. yes, the big 29 week pregnant belly with A in the middle kicking me most of the night! not to mention the punches and tosses and turns from the unnamed baby in my belly. back to Friday...my dad wanted to see us one more time since he "thought" we were leaving on Saturday to head back to f-dub. but i had to somehow get his cake made for his surprise party on saturday. so friday AM, he wanted me and the kids to meet him at our old place in Cut-N-Shoot...yes, folks that is a town in Texas. Use your imagination on that one. I grew up going there all the time as a child and lived there in high school. now my dad rents out our house until he really retires and moves out there permanently. back to friday...the kids fished, rode the gator and ate lots of stuff. they were having a blast! they didn't want to leave, so my dad offered to put them down for a nap in what we call the "well-house" or "budka" a polish word for barn or shack...not sure. i told him i had a coupon for the outlet mall, so i would go shop. that was my one lie....i went back to my mom's and baked the cake. then, so it wasn't a true lie i did go to the outlet mall. i hit up the motherhood outlet. i found a cute swimsuit that is long enough to go over this expanding belly. my current maternity suit is not cuttin it for my water aerobics class. and for 11 more weeks (plus the summer-post partum), i wanted something longer for my belly. got a great deal too! went back to C-N-S to get the kids. still didn't want to leave, but no choice. i needed to get over to Ginny's to decorate this cake that was hidden on my passenger floor board. finally we made it over to Ginny's. got the kids fed, cake decorated and headed back to my mom's at 10 pm. yawn. i was one tired girl after all this activity!
Saturday was the big day of the party. we did sleep in a little. me and the kids went to the park. i love candy cane park in conroe. we go there often when we stay with my mom. there's two nice playground areas and lots of shade! the kids played their hearts out. the highlight of the morning was the squirrel that ate the core of our apple, then did a few back flips off the tree. i thought we are all going to bust a gut!
we headed off to the party later in the afternoon. it was a 60s them, so several people dressed up in costumes....kudos to my bro and SIL. my dad was very surprised and had no idea! it was a success. i could tell more details, but my fingers are getting tired.
headed back to f-dub sunday. C and the kids went onto weatherford to check out the ponies that Papaw and Marner bought. I stopped in Hillsboro and outlet shopped for summer clothes for the kids. I got some great deals and now A has some short sleeved shirts that fit her. yeah.
and then, 5:30 Monday morning hit. yawn. i wonder why i am so tired!!
