Thank God for Ice Cream!

Since FT was a flop, we ended up getting some ice cream. Huston loves blue ice cream with sprinkles and Emery (according to Huston) likes pink ice cream with sprinkles. Huston has begun a phase that he does not like his photo to be taken. He says I take too many photos of him. So he seems to turn while I push the button. We compromised and I was able to take a pic of his ice cream. I had to be at a meeting downtown within an hour from our ice cream episode and I had to be professionally/ nice casual dressed for the evening. First of all, who in the world goes to Fiesta Texas for a quick hour in the heat and then takes kids to get ice cream? When I arrived at my meeting- I was in a coat of old sweat (from pushing a double jogger with swarms of people in 85 degrees), stains on my shirt from the sunblock pump that I couldn't get working at first and ended up spraying myself twice trying to fix the darn thing and then my makeup that wore off with the old sweat that was dripping down my face while pushing the "hot dog" cart around FT. Just another day in paradise...

Fiesta Texas.... flop

We decided to go to Fiesta Texas this past week (it wasn't Spring Break in San Antonio- ours was the previous week) and BIG mistake. It was packed- no make that JAMMED with people everywhere. I don't think FT prepared for it to be that busy- especially since we went on a Thursday. The kids and I were meeting up with Daphne and Ellie (and their friends, Amy & Royce) but I never caught up with them. The kids and I were there an hour (good thing for our season pass!) and we were able to ride the train. I am so grateful that I brought the double jogging stroller. Huston is "too big" (according to him, NOT me!) for any strollers and refuses to sit in them. Since I was by myself in this people-jammed place, I had to have him in the stroller for my peace of mind and safety. They ate lots of Veggie-Tale fruit chews for bribery. I had to be downtown for a JL meeting within two hours of us entering FT theme park. We didn't end riding anything but the train. The lines were horribly long. I overheard someone complain that they had been there since noon (we arrived at 3:15pm) and had only been able to ride one ride. Of course the kids didn't want to leave because they wanted to ride something else before they left. We even tried to get a drink and waited in the line for over 20 minutes. We were still 3 from the front- I left with two screaming kids. Going to the car and getting ice cream at a near-by ice cream shop was my saving grace. The pictures here are of us riding the train and then how they spent their hour at FT- in a stroller! BTW- we never did find Daphne & Co.

calculator nerd....

When we were out at dinner, Huston wanted to bring his calculator. He has been fascinated with calculators since he was months old. I think we have a numbers guy on our hands... no big surprise since family on both my side and Clark's are number guru's (I joke around saying Clark is my human calculator). He made some time admidst playing to eat - while safely storing his calculator in his back pocket. A couple of times he would forget that he left it back there and would come crying to us that he lost it. We had to remind him that he put it in his pocket. :)

Family in town

Daphne and Ellie came to town with friends from Dallas- Amy and her son Royce. We had dinner and drinks at Scenic Loop Cafe while the kids had the best time playing together. It was such a nice night and peaceful. Here are some random shots that I took while we were out there- remember how my camera likes to go B & W on me??

Super Stars!

Emery (my little diva) loves wearing sunglasses. Since she gets attention wearing sunglasses, Huston now likes to wear them as well. Here they are sporting their shades...

Sic Em Bears!

So close yet so far away... The Bears had a chance to make the Big 12 Championship, but in the end they ended up losing. Saturday night we were invited to a "Baylor Bears" get-to-gether to the country club by the Allen's. Our fellow Baylor Bears (the Talleys) and their Baylor bound cubs were included. We all tried to wear at least green and gold- but it was chilly outside so our normal Baylor t-shirts were covered up by something else or had a different color added to the mix. We had a great time and Emery LOVED being doted on by the two Talley girls. She was soaking it all up! I had never seen that before. Future babysitters... hopefully this summer!

The game tended to be a little boring... no offense, Bears! Kathryn "Lovey" and Huston decided to take pics of each other- hence the random K shot.

What's that brown thing...

Today Emery woke up with a fever of 101.4. I kept thinking that it would go away and I wouldn't call the doctor. Yeah right, I tend to call the doctor and make appointments super quick. Being that it is March- the month of sickness everywhere- I wanted to make sure that she didn't have an ear infection. Yep it was an ear infection. Huston had one last week and is finishing up his meds from it. At our appt today, the doctor wanted to take a look at Huston's ear (the one infected last week) to make sure it was healing well. Huston had his hand covering the ear after the doctor took a look at it today- mind you it was like he was getting a shot- terrrible! When we got home, the only thing that made him stop crying so hard was to put a band-aid on it- hence the band-aid on the ear. After hearing him moan about it for half an hour we fixed it with a band-aid. Then his dad had to make a comment (H had totally forgotten about it by then) and then it started all over... My sister, Aunt Elise, gave Emery her old Barbie's from our childhood. Emery wanted one for the tub and then Huston wanted one so I pulled out the old Ken doll (a boy doll) for Huston.

They had a blast with them in the tub! Huston and I had a funny conversation while he was bathing. He asked me what I was chewing (gum). Then I told him that he couldn't start chewing it until he was 5. He told me that he was already 4 almost 5 (he will be 4 in July). Then he said.... "I am old- really old". Gotta love it! I left the kids playing in the tub while the water was draining from the tub to get their jammies. I came back to find brown spots floating in the tub right next to Emery. What in the world?!?! After realizing what it was and laughing so hard- Huston starts screaming that it was coming close to him and about to touch him. I could hardly get him out of the tub I was laughing so hard. Then Emery gets up from the tub and says- "Uh-Oh!" Priceless!

This post is dedicated to my younger brother. While all three of us kids used to bathe in the tub together- Elise would be the one to scream- "What's that brown thing!?!?" Love you guys!!