lexi's last day

lexi had her last day of kinder. WOW.... i was much sadder than i ever thought i would be. i was upset that first day, but then it hit me.... she is now a 1ST GRADER!! then after that, a 2ND GRADER,..... do you see where i am going with this? it just went by WAY TOO fast!!

to celebrate lexi making it through the year, we ended the year the way we began. we had a party!! we cooked her fave food (ribs) and had suzie over. she LOVED it and had a blast!

of course, balloons had to be involved....

and it's not a party, without decorations! lexi LOVED it and really felt special!

sweetberry farms

one day, i took the kids to sweetberry farms in marble falls. we had such a good time!! here are the kids picking strawberries from the strawberry patch. lexi enjoyed this, cooper just wand to play in the dirt! :)

i really liked this picture. we were in the blackberry patches. the blackberries were still green, but the kids had a big conversation between the two of them and they were determined that they were going to find some that were ready to pick. even though they did not find any, it was so sweet!!

look closely, they are peeking through the ladybug spots!!

after eating a packed lunch ad some homemade strawberry icecream, made RIGHT there on the farm (and it is YUMMY!!!), we picked some potatoes. this was the kids favorite part - ...playing in the dirt! who knew?

cooper got tired of the potatoes soon, and just wanted to have some

good ole' dirt time!!

coopie

here are some fun pictures of cooper:

here he is at an inflatable warehouse. he absolutely LOVES going there but he will only get in ONE of the jumpables! PLEASE explain this! he does get to run around like crazy! maybe that's the appeal!

see how happy he is here! seriously, he LOVES it!

and,... he hates talking on the phone. here is one of the rare instances that he actually wanted ot be on the phone. he is talking to grandma cissy and big daddy and,..... maybe swiper, the cat.

camp-out

Lexi was a "daisy" girl scout this past year, and she LOVED it!!

as a troop, we were invited to join the older girls on one of their camp-outs (kindergartners are not allowed to stay overnight). The place we went to was beautiful, but it was SO stinkin' cold!! I felt really bad for the girls that had braved the bad storm the night before! Luckily, all of the moms in Lexi's troop are weinies like me, so we didn't stay the whole day!

Still, the girls had a blast and felt "grown" hanging out with the bigger girls.

Here is Lexi with her assigned buddy. They made habitats out of shoe boxes.
Here is the troop right before we headed home. They had just about had enough, and I know the moms were all ready to go!

happy Easter!!

we had a SUPER fun Easter!!! it was held a our house. my cousin, daisy brought this beautiful cake... isn't it cute! it tasted yummy too!!
granny and grandaddy came oer. here they are having fun with the kiddos.

grandma cissy and big daddy came up to spend the holiday with us. we ALL had SOOOOOOOOOOOO much fun!! even though it was a little cold, we managed and just made our Easter egg hunt a little shorter.

here we are the day before dyeing the eggs.

clarence got in on the fun and helped coop out.

daisy brought over SO many cupcakes and cookies for us to decorate. it took us a few hours to get it all done. but,.... we got to sample everything as we went along.

and,.... and Easter just wouldn't be the same without big daddy's "egg ears".....

firestation

cooper and i recently had a trip to the firestation. coop was leary at first, but then he warmed up.... until..... the fireman put on the full suit. then,.... he freaked out and cried and wanted to go home. quite the ordeal!!!

he calmed enough to take these pictures:

hanging with my girl!!

I got to go out with only grown-ups to celebrate the 30th birthday and one of my old high school friends. lora came into town, so OF COURSE, we had fun!!

don't we look good!?!?

OF COURSE,.... the next day i was SOOOOOO tired!!

i am not the spring chicken i used to be. hee hee

What we've been up to....

I have been really bad about keeping up with our blog.

So,.... here's what we've been up to lately:

Cooper's been showing off his muscles in his new "float suit"....

Making "fishey faces"....



Getting some AWESOME cupcakes from our cousin Daisy:

A frog for Cooper....

and......

A ladybug for Lexi!!

Making "bunny ears".....

Hanging out with Lora.....

And.... visiting with my brother!

I will try harder to get pics up quicker....

Take care~

Dog Tag Night

lexi's school had a program last night to reward the students' work on reading. they were awarded one dog tag for every 100 books read so far this year. a lot of her friends were there. we brought sleeping bags and pillows and had guest speakers read to all of the kids.

here are "the girls"....

they look up to NO good.... hee hee

here's lexi right after she got her dog tag.

she was SO proud!

bubbles

while cortheye and cylas were down, the kids got to play in "THE tub"!!

it started with just the girls....

they were shocked at how big the bubbles grew once the jets atarted going.

then, grandma cissy had to make them bubble hats.

it's just not a bubble bath without the hat!!!!

then we moved on to the beards....
however, corthey was more into the popeye thing,
and lexi....




well,... then of course, cylas heard the comotion, and had to join in on the fun.... he was ready to party!!!

here is cylas with his "bubble beard".....
still very adorable!!!







then,.... cooper heard all the racket and had to come check it out.
it didn't take long for him to chicken out, but he had fun, while it lasted!!!

in the end,.... the kids were ALL clean and had a blast doing it!!!

jammies

so,... disney was having a GREAT sale on jammies, and we rushed out and bout matching jammies.

princess for the girls and "cars" for the boys.

they were SO excited!!!!

here they all are trying to take a picture.

here are the "princesses"....

here are the boys....

they loved posing behind the couch....

they did NOT want to leave.

clarence had to wrangle them to take some pictures...

these boys look lie they are up to NO good!!!

this night was SOOOOO much fun!!

it was the best night EVER!!!

lottery tix

it has become tradition in my family for big daddy to buy the kids lottery tickets. which is, indeed VERY funny, ecspecially since the oldest is now 6! while my parents were down with all 4 grandkids, we had to, of course, get some scratch offs!

here is cortheye....

here is cylas.....



where's cooper?....

here's lexi......

and,.... not ONE won!!!!

it's ok....

all in good fun!!