Destin, FL

Our family took a week long trip to Destin, Florida to celebrate our 6th anniversary at the same place we got married. We spent our days on the beautiful white sands and enjoyed the emerald waters!
Connor looking forward to his first day at the beach!
Lauren had a funny way of looking for shells!!! Or maybe she was practicing being an ostrich.

Like Mother - Like Daughter

Lauren and mommy got coordinating outfits for the summer.

Big Girl Bed

Lauren is very excited about her new very big BIG GIRL BED!

Getting ready for vacation

The kids are excited (well, I'm guessing Connor is) about going on vacation in a week and half (so are mommy and daddy). We are going to Destin, FL were Matthew and I were married to celebrate our 6th anniversary.
Our neighborhood pool isn't open yet so we made due today with a small kiddy pool out in the yard. It was Connor's first time in a "pool". The water was pretty cold, but he did okay in it as long as his sister wasn't splashing water on his belly. He was not a fan of that. Lauren had a great time playing and splashing in the small amount of water that there was. Since she has come inside, all she can say is, "I had fun. That was fun." over and over. I think our upcoming trip to the beach is going to be Heaven for her.

When I grow up

Today is the first of what I am sure you will see many, many more posts to come on this topic.

Lauren climbed in the car today after preschool and declared that she wanted to be a teacher when she grows up. This is how she said it, "When I grow up I want to be a teacher just like Ms. Gwyneth! And then I can teach all the little boys and girls about bears. But I have to wait until I get a little bigger."

Finger Foods

Connor is now successfully feeding himself some finger foods. If you are a mother you know that the word 'successful' doesn't mean there aren't still 20 cheerios on the ground when he is done, but I would say a good 90% make into the mouth. We are proud of him and happy that he can feed himself a snack mostly because it buys us some time to get his food ready. The 20 seconds it takes to warm is food is just too long in his opinion. Connor is a very good natured boy, but when it comes to meal time - the boy does not like to wait.

Mommy's Birthday

Mommy had a birthday and celebrated like she was 30 again! I actually did get to have a fun birthday and as always tried to stretch the celebration out as long as I could. My mom came to babysit so Matthew and I could have an actual date. We get so few dates that we made this one last as long as we could starting with dinner, then a movie and then we hit downtown to dance the night away. Saturday night I also went out downtown with the girls for some good food and drinks. My friend Kristen was in San Antonio this week so on Wednesday I stayed the night in San Antonio with her and drank more pitchers of margs than I can count! On Thursday (finally my actual birthday) I came home in the morning to balloons, flowers and candles lit on a birthday cake that Lauren and Daddy had baked for me the night before. That evening we went to dinner as a family and ate lots of "noodles" as Lauren calls it. By Friday I was just plain tired from such a long week and was really feeling my age.