Stuffs...

The 2nd Grade boys at Little Man's school have a yearly spring outing with the dads!  This year they went to a Frisco Roughriders Baseball game!  The Hubs was out of town so a friend of ours was nice enough to take LM along with the group.  Thanks T!

LM and R

Two cool little dudes!

The gang!

And on a totally separate note…we have a baby bunny living in our yard!  In the last 8 mos we've lost 5 babies during storms.  I guess they get flooded out from under the deck or the wind / lightening scares them…either way they end up in the pool. :(  The first time we lost the triplets…then the twins a couple of weeks ago.  We have a regular bunny graveyard in the back of the yard.  But this little guy seems to be toughing it out.  Now, just to keep the hound from catching him!  :)

Little baby Bun Bun

So cute!

Baby Made Green Belt!

Yesterday, LM graduated from a yellow w/green stripe belt to a full green belt!   

They changed the way the kids test…not just working it into a regular class but having a separate testing class.  A little more pressure on the kids maybe, but I was able to really see what he learned and the full testing process.  Very impressed!

Pics

Found some pictures that I forgot to share!

My company does a "Spring Outing" every year and this year it was complimentary ball caps, lunch, cash bar and covered seating at the Texas Rangers game!  Pretty cool!

Before we got all this crazy rain, we had a couple of great weekends.  We ventured out to White Rock Lake and there were so many people out sailing, kayaking, running, biking, etc.  It was a beautiful day!

Cute little mushrooms!

The sailing club

And I threw this one in because it makes me laugh. :D

LM has been a "selfie addict" lately.

Hey! Its May!

Wow!  Its May already!  Almost time for Summer!  

We've been working on the yard which means lots of trips to the nursery to look at plants, trees, etc.  One of our favorite places to go is Ron's Organics in Garland, TX.  Knowledgeable staff and animals running around. Turkeys, roosters, hens and a dog!

Little Man visiting with resident nursery dog, Barney.

(mistakenly called Rufus in the last post!)

Henry turned 3 on April 27th and we wanted to take him to the dog park but it was closed. Boo!  So we decided to take him to a Doggie Boutique for a quick "spa treatment", treats and a toy (that was mauled beyond recognition within 1/2 hour of being home).

Giving Henry a bath at "Woof…cool stuff for dogs", for his Birthday!

LM taking a selfie with a soaked Henry (he did not look amused).

While I was washing Henry, LM was playing with Taco.  So cute!

Little Man's school had a 2nd grade play titled, "Go Fish!"  LM was one of the swordfish that guard the Great White Shark!

Sorry for the blur!  LM 2nd from the left.

"Stay back, stay back, stay back from Great White! 

We guard him all day, we guard him all night!"

LM's friend O - swordfish, LM, R-the crab and L - swordfish 

LM and his friend L - Great White Shark!

PARTY!

 Little Man FINALLY had his Birthday Party!  Because of the Easter weekend, then sports conflicts, we kept having to push it back.  The boys had such a fun time at LM's Taekwondo school!
Its his first all boy party  and he was so excited!

Quick Taekwondo lesson

LM breaking a board!

LM demonstrating fast punches and kick.

Pizza, cake and ice cream!!! 

Wrapping it up with Dodge Ball!

LM and his friends!

Such a good time!

Out and About

Going to Central Market on Saturdays is great!  All the sample tables are out which means free snacks for Little Man!  He's our taste tester for new stuff.  The nut butter stand was a hit….they had 4 different flavors and LM asked the lady, "in your opinion, which one is your favorite?"  :D  We settled on chocolate cashew.  Mmmmm!

This is the Salsa stand..we did "salsa shots"!  SPICY!

We try to take Henry with us whenever we can…this morning we hit the Starbucks drive-thru and then drove around the UTD campus to check out all the new construction.  Henry is finally acting like a dog on car rides and hangs out the window taking everything in.

What a handsome boy!

Henry Selfie!

Still wearing his Easter bandanna!  I tried to take it off of him this morning and he still grabs it back…hee hee!

I plan on visiting JoAnn's to see what other fabric they have so he can be fashionable for every Holiday / Season.

New Friends

Recently we visited a organic nursery to check out their plants, trees and gets some advice on our lawn.  

While Dad was talking to a employee; LM and I wandered around checking stuff out.  We went out back, behind the building and stumbled across a HUGE ROOSTER and his lady friends.  This guy was HUGE!  LM didn't see him at first…then the rooster crowed and it scared LM out of his wits!  Hysterical!  LM didn't want to have anything to do with it…said it "would peck his face off!"  :D

This picture doesn't do him justice!  If I had a 

picture of him standing up, you could see just how big he is.

On the other side of the truck (where the chickens were underneath hiding) was a giant turkey.  Man….they're really kinda ugly!

Apparently the turkey had a hen but she was off somewhere on a nest or something.

We also met the nursery owners dog, Rufus.  So sweet!  He kept following us around to be petted.  LM finally sat down to pet him and Rufus gave him a kiss on the cheek.

LM and Rufus!

Happy Birthday Little Man!

Happy Birthday to our 8 Year Old who is WAY TOO COOL to keep having his picture taken in "the Birthday Hat" but does anyway to make his S-Mother happy. :)

**Compromised-I was going to do it at his first Boys Only party and he said, "No Way Mom! That is just too embarrassing!"  So, me being the cool, chill, laid-back, super awesome Mom that I am - let him have his picture taken at home.

Love you Schmoopy!  :D

8 years old

7 years old 

6 years old

5 years old

4 years old

3 years old

2 years old - Guess we misplaced "the Hat" for this 

picture so he is wearing the one they gave him at

Mother's Day out.

1 year old!

 Little Man - 4 hours old, wide awake and 

ready to take on the world!

Spring has Sprung!

Here in North Dallas, Spring has Sprung!  Well…its in the 80's this week which is more like summer but a cool front is coming through tonight to get things back to "normal".

Henry was ready for his "summer cut" after the warm weekend.  Here he is modeling his Easter bandanna!  So handsome!

This is a dog who refused to wear the OU jersey we bought him as a puppy! (No jokes from my OSU and Texas friends!)

I tried to take the bandanna off of him last night at bedtime and he snatched it back!  Ha!  

Our backyard has a few blooms and the lizards are out running around.  The bunnies are collecting fresh grass for their boroughs too….glad they are behind the pool fence where Henry can't get to them.  

Gerber Daisy

My Mom thinks this might be a flowering quince?  

Flowering Almond bush???  I have no clue.

Let me know if you know what it is!

Vinca

Peonies!  

Should be blooming by Mother's Day!

So glad its finally warming up and I can pull out the flip flops!  Need to get my butt to the salon for a much needed pedi!  Eek!  :D

School Open House

Little Man's school had their open house last week and we were able to see his projects that included a PowerPoint presentation about some of the deserts in the world and a pottery project in art class.

The class drew themselves and the figures were sitting at their desks when we came in.

I guess LM was wearing his Harp Design Co t-shirt from our Waco trip when they made them.  :D

The kids had to write a report about a famous person, dress up as that person and read their report in front of the class.

LMs was Harry Houdini!

I think he looks like a insane asylum escapee!  Ha!

Spring Break 2015

We have a family vacation coming up this summer so we had a "stay-cation" for Spring Break.  Sleeping in, working on the house, relaxing at home, eating out and a road trip!

Little Man thought the Chef at Benihana was so cool with his "tricks".

Rootbeer and pizza at the Pub.

I don't know about anyone else but we love to watch HGTV.  Rehab Addict, Property Brothers and Fixer Upper are our favorites.  We were happy to learn that Fixer Upper is based out of Waco, TX…just down the road from us!  So we made the trip to visit their store, the woodworking shop of their friend Clint Harp of Harp Design Co and shop some antique stores in the area.

Chip and JoAnna Gaines of Fixer Upper

First visit was to Common Grounds coffee shop on the edge of the Baylor University campus.  The couple that own it were featured on the Fixer Upper show and we're always up for trying new coffee shops!

"Magnolia" is Joanna's shop for home decor.  Smaller shop than we expected but cute stuff!

Harp Design Co (shop is out of frame to the left).  See that house in the background?  That is the Harp family's house that the Gaines' did for them…I think one of the first episodes that aired.  So cool!

We also shopped at two antique stores…one named Junque in the Trunk!  Ha!  Finally found a piece to hang on our fireplace wall that has been blank for 2 years!  I could walk around those places for hours = heaven.

Funny Randomness…we were wandering around Whole Foods after eating breakfast one morning and stumbled upon this product..brilliant marketing if you ask me!  I'm still giggling about it!  :D

If you can't read the label, its called "Healthy Hoo Hoo - Feminine Wash".

HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!  Love it!