The week of March 23rd - Matthew's 7th Birthday

It was good to get back into the routine of school after a week of spring break.  I went to a mom's meeting at our church one night and enjoyed listening to a fashion consultant talk about updating my wardrobe.  I just may hire that girl!  On Wednesday, we had a playdate at the park after school and the kids loved riding their friends scooters.  We went to Party City afterwards to get ready for Matthew's birthday party.  The kids put together the goody bags and they have so much fun doing it.  Audrey stayed home from school on Friday so that she could join me to have lunch at Matthew's school.  She helped pass out the cupcakes.  Later that day, we met her friend, Hattie, for a playdate at Munchies Frozen Yogurt.  It was a busy but fun weekend.  We started Saturday with ballet and baseball at similar times so we have to divide and conquer.  We had an Easter Egg hunt at the school on Saturday afternoon with face painting and activities.  On Sat night, we went to Nash D'Amico's house for dinner and met some nice parishioners.  We went to mass for Palm Sunday, out for breakfast, and then to Matthew's Birthday party at the indoor swimming pool.

 Audrey enjoys painting her nails

 Audrey's new favorite toy on the wish list- the scooter

 Cupcakes at school

The week of March 16th- Spring Break 2015

On Monday, March 16th, we drove down to Victoria to attend my father's retirement party.  It was also his birthday.  The drive is just under 2 hours and the kids did pretty good.  We made it to the retirement party in time to enjoy the food and festivities.  My dad was excited to see us there. The kids loved drawing pictures on the dry erase board.  We stayed the night at my parent's house and then drove to Corpus Christi on Tuesday to enjoy the beach.  We saw 3 dolphins swimming very close to the beach!  We ate at Joe's Crab shack and played at a nearby park.  We drove back to Victoria later that day.   On Wednesday, we ate lunch at the kids' favorite restaurant, China B.  Then we started on the road back to Houston.  The kids slept in the car ride back so when we showed up at our apartment, I was now ready to take a nap.  Poor Mimi had to stay up and watch the kids so she didn't get a nap that day.  

On Thursday, we saw the Cinderella movie at Memorial City mall with Hattie.  Going to the movies is always a treat!

On Friday, we went to the Children's Museum.  Matthew and Audrey LOVED it!  It was crowded because of spring break but they didn't care.  Audrey jumped on the trampoline and Matthew did the hampster wheel/ball.  The kids also enjoyed the grocery store, vet, and restaurant where they pretended to earn a paycheck and "work".  We were exhausted after a full day at the museum and took a quick dip in our apartment pool.  The water was freezing so we didn't stay in it too long but it felt great in the heat.  We usually go to an indoor pool on Friday nights and I didn't feel like going so this was the next best thing.

We went to the park on Saturday for a bike ride.  And we enjoyed dinner at Kennedy's house on Sunday.  Mimi caught an early flight Monday morning.  It turned out to be a fun spring break despite the rainy weather.

 Matthew is playing clue with Mike and Dad

 Audrey took this picture of me

 Breakfast at Nanna and Papa's - Fruitloops!

 Painting a Rice Krispy Treat at Joe's Crab Shack

 Hanging out with uncle Mike

 Corpus Christi beach

 The Children's Museum

 Grocery Shopping

 The stocker

 At the park with a broken bike - Daddy to the rescue

 There were record blue bonnets this year but Rusty is the only one to get his picture taken in them.

Eating brownies at Kennedy's house

The week of March 9th

On Monday, March 9th, Mimi joined me for a Lenten Day of Prayer at our church.  It was a challenge trying to get ready, drop off Audrey, and walk Rusty to make it there on time.  It turns out we left Audrey's nap sack at home so we had to drive back home and then back to school before making to the retreat.... needless to say, we were a little late but it was fine.  It was inspiring to attend so I'm glad we made time to go to it.  On Tuesday, we met Matthew at church and sat with him at mass.  Matthew was so excited to see us there.

Andy was sick on Thursday so it was nice to have Mimi here to help out.  When the kids got out of school, we took them to the mall since it was raining.  They had a blast on the play area and enjoyed Chic-Fil-A.

Matthew got out of school early on Friday so we went to lunch with him at Jason's Deli before we picked up Audrey. He has the next week off for spring break but we don't really have any big plans.  Andy needs to work and the weather has been so rainy that I prefer to hold off on any travel plans.

On Saturday, I joined Matthew for a friend's birthday party.  The friend had a beautiful home in the Heights with a long driveway.  We were seriously considering making an offer on a house that we liked but when we showed up to the party and saw this one, it made us realize that a long driveway with a backyard would be so much better.  We decided to skip that offer and wait for another house to come on the market that would better fit our needs.

I started Rusty on some new dog food that our vet recommended.  Rusty has been doing great now that he started the shots.  Unfortunately, the food makes him poop a lot so I have been having to walk him a lot.  Sometimes he gets me up at 2am!  I will be glad to finally move into a house where we have a backyard so I can just let him out there.

 Memorial City Mall play area

 riding in the car looking at houses

The week of March 2nd

Audrey is getting to know the kids in her class and now she has a best friend, Hattie.  We met Hattie for a playdate at the park on Wed, March 6th.  Hattie's mom is from Louisiana so I clicked with her right away.  And they invited us to get frozen yogurt with them at Munchies near their house on 19th street in the Heights.  Audrey and Matthew loved it and they request to go back there all the time.

Matthew had his first baseball practice.  I spent time during the week to get all the supplies (glove, bag, etc...)  We have some of these items but they are packed up in storage.  It's just easier to go out and buy new.  Matthew was excited to see his friends on Saturday and play ball.

Audrey is enjoying her ballet on Saturdays.  She is learning the routine for her ballet recital on June 6th.

Mimi came into town on Sunday.  She is staying for a couple of weeks to visit.  We were frantically cleaning before she came into town as she was our first visitor.  I tried to vacuum but the vacuum cleaner blew dust everywhere...even after I changed the bag.  I told Andy that I was not good at cleaning.  He says "What is there to be good at?  You just do it".  Then he realized there was something wrong with the vacuum cleaner and took it to a repair shop.   I felt better that it wasn't just me.  LOL!

 Matthew's favorite past time - monkey bars

 Matthew's baseball practice

Mimi thought they looked cute watching their ipads and asked me to take a picture.  They were supposed to be getting ready for bed.