April 2014 Things we did part 1

April is a busy month. Here we go!

I was lucky to get to attend several exclusive concerts by these musicians:

Puzzles and games were played quite often. The game closet was a well used source of fun for the kids.

 Baby continued to grow cute and adorable. His baby hair became blond and invisible to pictures. Siblings continued to love to hold and cuddle him.

  Here's that castle Princess started coloring last month, now almost finished.

 Dinoguy practiced beautiful music on his violin.

We enjoyed our zip line. Little guy found out he loved it once he was willing to give it a try.

We watched LDS General conference and did lots of crafts.

 Baby was at the age to sit in a bumbo to be part of family fun. Here he is learning about his brother's silliness.

 Family breakfast for conference of chocolate waffles with strawberries.

 Examining the resemblance to mom in a selfie.

 Dinoguy was in a small orchestra accompanying a choir. It was a long concert.

 Wonderful spring weather meant lots of walks. On this one, the kids decided they needed pictures taken.

More snow

Way way too much snow in February. I'm hoping spring is here to stay in March and we won't have any more cold snaps.

Loved the snow angels. Especially seeing Princess make one on her own. So sweet

February Snow

We had a week of ice and cold weather at the beginning of February as well as some real snow at the end of the week. It was too powdery for snowmen but we had fun in other ways. 

Weather

Current radar view of Hermine

As Tropical Storm Hermine tries to drown us, I think it is a good time to reflect upon the three weeks in August when we had 110 degree weather and NO rain. Hermine is helping make up for that.

Current views from the office window:

Maybe you can't tell but the water completely covers the right side of the yard.

Ever want to trampoline over a lake? :D

A month ago when we were playing at the pool with some friends:

Dinoguy with water gun

Trainboy on the waterslide with a lifeguard who's job is to make sure he doesn't go under. He loved it!

Which do I prefer? Probably the hot weather. It was hot but we ate a lot of popsicles and did a bunch of swimming to stay cool. The rain is fun too - but after several days I'm ready to see the sun again.

Welcome Spring?

Spring arrived with a snowstorm. I spent two years telling my kids it was too warm in Texas for snow to really stick and this winter we've had 3 major snow storms. There went my credibility. I was surprised to see our front yard covered as well, due to the wind. That's a first for us. It's very pretty though! There are a good 4 inches on top of the car when I measured.

Of course we have early morning church and the boys couldn't run out and play in the snow. They were good sports and didn't complain but were excited to build a snowman when we got home.

I helped dress them up in their snow gear and get outside. (Munchkin was asleep). Then I snapped a few pictures before going and taking a nap myself. (Fixitman was awake and kept and eye on them.)

When I woke up, I found Trainboy asleep on the couch and Munchkin stuffing herself with her new favorite food group: mac & cheese.

I went and took a picture of their adorable snowman that they made all by themselves (though it may have melted some before I got the picture).

And here is what the yard looked like, at 2 pm in the afternoon. The snow was very agreeable, lasting as long as it did for them to play in before melting mostly away.

So welcome Spring! I hope you didn't kill my fern & pineapple plants that I had put outside previously since it's been so warm. I brought them in yesterday before it got too cold but they still didn't look too happy. I'm glad I didn't plant my garden already, though I have some volunteer lettuce and parsley already coming up. Hopefully this is the last snow we see for the year, as I'm very ready for hot weather!

Snow Day Again!

Friday we woke up to MORE snow. A lot more snow. It had snowed all day and all night. The trees were almost touching the ground. There was a lot of snow. So we went out and played in it of course!

Eating snow, building snow forts, snowmen, snow angels, shaking snow out of trees, throwing snowballs for Sarge to eat... the list of fun things to do was long!