Bluebonnet FAIL

We went searching a little early for bluebonnets this year and couldn't find a good field. When we got out of the car, Cole would not cooperate. Seriously though, what else is new? HA.

In fact, I had to combine two pictures to get all 4 of them together in one shot. Trust me, it's not going to get framed or anything.

photo 1

photo 2

the end result

Haha. Pretty funny, huh? I then started getting real brave and messed with Austin's head. Wasn't crazy about his face in the above picture, so I switched it with another picture.

YIKES!!! Let's just say I am a novice when it comes to photoshop.

So here are a few others from our day. I didn't think they deserved any sweets, but the big kids got some anyway.  :)

A Parent's Dream

This happens so infrequently, I thought it deserved a post of its own. :)

Soccer Stud

Here are some obligatory pictures of Austin's soccer this season. I've brought my camera to one game this season. Yes, you read that right - 1. Bad mamma! Soccer season will be over in a few weeks, but I think we might do a summer league with Austin. Right now he practices 2 days a week, and games are on Saturdays and Sundays. He plays up on Saturday and is with kids his own age on Sunday. He'll tell you he prefers to play the Sunday games... probably because he's able to show off his moves more.

These are from a Sunday game...


Here is the beginning of Austin goal #2...

 Splitting the defenders... (using #29 as James would say)
 
Breaking through... can you see the sparks?

Scooooooore!
Here's a steal.

Austin goal #3 from a corner kick! Great assist by his teammate!

Yeah Texans!

So that's about it. Not really liking the new blog set-up by Google. Guess I'll have to get used to it.

EMILY

So here are Austin's adjectives to describe Emily.

E Extra special
M Marvelous
I Imaginative
L Literal
Y Young


Oh she just melts my heart. Emily is one of the sweetest little girls you will ever meet. She has the most infectious smile and is always happy. She is shy at first, but once she lets you in the girl will talk your ear off. She has such the imagination. She loves to pretend she's a horse, or a dog... or really anything. She loves to play, write, draw... she's not much into movies. She loves to talk about getting older and getting married, but not wanting to kiss any boys. She picks up a lot of things from school - perhaps the funniest thing she said last week was that Justin Beaver loves Lady Gomez.

Emily is such a girly girl. She picks out her clothes most morning and sometimes she puts together some interesting concoctions. There's a pair of white tights I have hid and thrown away a countless number of times... but they magically appear on her legs some mornings. She's also about doing her own hair now. She loves to wear bows, headbands, anything to accessorize.

Emily is truly quite the helper. She likes to keep things tidy and help cook. I feel bad because she is always asking to help and most of the time I turn it down... I need to do a better job of including her in those things.

Emily and her sister half the time are the best of friends... the other times they are fighting. They do have a special connection though, and I hope they continue to have that bond as they get older.

Party Fun

My twinkies are turning seven!

They really wanted a sleepover this year. This was our first attempt at a bigger sleepover, and maybe our last. Haha, only kidding! Whew it was a lot of work though! We initially told each girl they could each invite 5 friends. After thinking that over, we decided 3 might be a better number.

Don't feel sorry for Austin that the girls were chasing him and picking on him. I think he secretly enjoyed all of it.


We started off playing pictionary

and then did a scavenger hunt.

The weather really screwed up my plans for our scavenger hunt. It was nasty outside, rainy and cold. So we had to move it inside. At the very end of the hunt, we placed a lot of clues throughout the house that led them to their final prize.

A personalized flashlight!



It was Abby's team vs. Emily's team.... but everyone got a prize in the end.





After the scavenger hunt, cake, and presents... onto the movies. Two Barbie movies and Dolphin Tale.

Some of the girls fully intended on this being an up all night sleepover. At around 1:00, I was up there every 5 minutes telling the girls to settle down and go to sleep.

The next day they ate donuts, played, did some makeup.... and went home.

That same day you would never know that any of it had happened :)