SA Zoo and Corpus Christi Beach

The kids and I stayed behind in Texas to visit with my parents. We took the kids to Corpus Christi and stayed on the beach. There were too many jellyfish to stay in the water long, but they seemed to enjoy it just the same. We ended up spending more time in the hotel pool. There were no complaints after a super-filling lunch at King's Inn, which is always worth the extra trip to Rivera.

Mom and I also braved the heat and took the kids to the San Antonio Zoo a few days later. It is kind of neat that my parents used to take me there and now I am taking them with her. As always, Brody loved the monkeys. The kids had a great time feeding the ducks and the catfish that were probably there when I was five years old! The butterfly exhibit was really cool, although my little girl was not happy that "one of the big blue ones" would not land on her.

H-Town

The kids and I stayed behind in Texas for a few weeks to visit my family and of course eat the local food. I miss my tacos and BBQ. We hit Pappasito's the first night we were in Fort Worth! I felt like a drug addict getting a fix.

We traveled to Houston with my sister, Zannah and her husband, Matt. That was a fun car ride. (read..very sarcastic tone) The kids were in rare form as we left late in the afternoon. Neither had an inclination to sleep so there was a lot of screaming, whining, and carrying on. For those who endure long car rides with their children, you know of what I speak and are probably semi-immune to the cacophony of noise coming from the backseat. Aunt Z and Uncle Matt are not. I really felt for them, but my sister coped in rare fashion. She had Georgia play the quiet game with monetary incentive: a quarter for every five minutes of silence. My daughter is quite enamored with money, so it worked for quite a while.

The rain continued for most of our visit, but the kids and Uncle Matt had a great time on their Slip N Slide.

Here comes the flower girl

We all went down to Ft. Worth, Texas for my brother, Drew's wedding. He was married on May 26th to a wonderful woman named, Beth, or Betty as she is affectionately called. The whole event was just beautiful, despite the downpouring of rain for two days. Oh well, it is supposed to be good luck. Georgia finally got to wear the "princess" flower girl dress that she has been begging me to let her wear for weeks. She and her co-flower girl, Savannah, practiced and had their walk down the aisle nailed well before the rehearsal ever started. Yes, I know. Flower girls named Savannah and Georgia. I was thinking we needed an Atlanta in there, too. Brody tried very hard to walk down the aisle too, trying to show that he was just as capable as the bigger kids.

Peek-a-Boo!

I received a really cool camera for Mother's Day, so here are the first shots while I was reading the instruction booklet. My little ham kept saying "Cheese" and then hiding his face.

Sprinklers

Today it was 85 degrees. Hmmm, feels like home. So the sprinklers came out and the kids had a blast.

Spring Flowers

Last fall Georgia and I planted daffodils and tulips and this is the payoff for our efforts. The bright colors are really a welcome sight to all the dead brown stuff!

Easter Egg Hunt #2

We hunted eggs again inside this Easter. Poor Georgia has only had one outside egg hunt her entire life. She doesn't seem to mind searching among the couch cushions, though.

Are these eggs died?

Georgia later asked if the eggs were alive before we "died" them.

Easter Egg Hunt #1

We took the kids to the Champaign Country Club for breakfast and an Easter egg hunt on Saturday. They divided the kids into managable age groups, so they both had a lot of fun and found tons of candy. Brody ate his weight in grapes and Georgia oohed and aahed over the Easter Bunny when he arrived.

Punk Rock Boy

I caught my dear boy experimenting with gel today. I was trying to type up meeting minutes and realized that it was just too quiet. Upon entering my bedroom, I could see Brody, methodically putting baby hair and body wash on his hair and pulling it up into spikes. This was while he was dressed in a neon orange dance outfit and a silver bead necklace. He was so engrossed in styling his do, I was able to I film him for about 30 seconds. Great picture, though!