Kyle's Graduation

May had so many things to celebrate!  Mother's Day, Owen and Mason's 4th birthday, our finding out if Owen and Mason were having a brother or a sister, and Uncle Kyle's graduation!  Actually, all of this happened within a week's time...boy was that a crazy week!

Such a cute Gig 'Em picture with Uncle Kyle (O, M)

A very excited Uncle Kyle and some future Aggies!

Uncle Kyle and the soon-to-be-official Aunt Manda!

The Aggies of the family and the honorary Aggies of the family! (M, O)

4th Birthday

We were able to celebrate Owen and Mason's real birthday (5/10) in Austin with Granna, Granddaddy, Numna, Bee, and Lindsay!  Of course the day was all about them, so here are some things they chose to do:

Pancakes for breakfast in the shape of their first initial!

First presents of the day from Granna and Granddaddy (M, O)

Lunch spot of choice: Fuddrucker's! (M, O)  Why?...

Because of this fancy touch-screen drink machine!

Here is Granddaddy helping Mason.

And Owen gets some help too!

I told you they were really pumped about this drink machine!

Here's Owen happily drinking his!

Mason was just as excited!

Here are our favorite little ladies, Bee and Numna!  They don't miss out!

Granna and Owen

Granddaddy and Mason

A ride on the train was a must! (M, O)

Here is 4 year old Owen at his actual birth time, 2:03 pm!

And Mason officially FOUR at 2:04 pm!

Waiting for Daddy to get home from work meetings so we can open presents! (O, M)

A grill like Daddy's from Numna!

Owen got pillow pet from Mason, and he LOVES it!

And Owen gave one to Mason, too!

Blurry, but still sweet thank you hugs! (M, O)

Chanting "we want cake!" (M, O)

Family picture with our FOUR year olds! (M, O)

Singing to Mason

Owen making a wish after we sang to him too!

Licking the candles, of course! (M, O)

A special request for a swim in the "flat pool," as they call it.

Here is Daddy with his simming buddies. (O, M)

Climbing the rock fountain!

The rest of the gang staying dry!

Here's Mason!

Here's Owen!

A few days later they celebrated at school.

Overall we had a great day celebrating the best boys in the world!  They didn't let us forget that the day was all about them!  I just can't believe they are FOUR already!  What!?!

Here is a link to the rest of the pictures from their birthday:

5-10-11 4th Birthday

Mother's Day

We had a nice Mother's Day (that kicked off the busiest week in our family's history)! I got to sleep in a little and then the kids gave me their gifts. We hit up one of my favorite lunch spots, took a nap, did a little shopping, and had some yummy Mexican food for dinner!

Mommy and the BEST boys (M, O)

Owen's gift to me

Mason's gift to me

Thumbprint caterpillars...so cute!

A Dr. Seuss book I can read them, proudly signed by the cuties!

Mason wrote: "Happy Mother's Day" and signed his name.

Owen wrote: "We Love You!" and signed his name.

Mommy and Mason

Mommy and Owen

Another gift they picked out for me: a puppy board game to play together! (M, O)

And we HAD to play it immediately! (Owen)

It was all they could do to keep it a secret for 2 days!

What a treat! Owen offered to sweep his play-doh mess!

Of course, Mason couldn't be out-done!

My two awesome boys! Next year there will be THREE!

(O, M)

Easter...better late than never

We spent Easter in Austin with Granna, Granddaddy, Numna, and Bee. We did the typical things llike go to church, dye and hunt eggs, check out Easter bunny goodies, and eat a delicious meal! We also got some early season swimming in at the kids favorite pool - and the only pool that was open at the time!

Here are some cute pics:
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4-24-11 Easter

Cartographers?

The kids are REALLY into drawing maps these days.  I think they think they are pirates and are going to find a treasure!  They like to draw it and then roll it up, carry it around for days, and consult it to see which way they need to go.  Most of their maps consist of some squiggly lines and an occasional "X marks the spot."

So of course, I recently bought them a book about maps that starts off in a kids room (a map of the room) and essentially backs out to a map of the house, then the street, then the town, all the way to a map of the solar system.  This inspired them to draw the following...pretty good if you ask me!


Here is Mason's map.  You can tell because he labeled it at the top, sounding out the word "map."  He then drew some buildings and labeled them with the first initial.  W = Which Wich or Wal Mart (not sure).  CH = Chuck E. Cheese, of course!  And my personal favorite...he sounded out "our house" and wrote "R HOWS."

Here is Owen's map, as you can see at the bottom.  His map is mostly the roads to the particular destinations.  He even discussed as he was drawing his many roads how we could take "this road or this road or this road if there was construction."  H = house, W = Wal Mart, and my favorite...his best sound-out of Target.  TORGIT!  (Yes, the 'a' in Target sounds like a short 'o' come to think of it!)

I was quite proud of them for the detail they included.  (Lots of explanation went on during the drawing phase...wish I had it on video).  Good thing I took a picture of these great maps, because what did they do?  Immediately roll them up and cart them around...and now...who knows where they've ended up!