Week in Review - April 24, 2011

Happy Easter if you celebrate Easter! We've had another fun week, with a few things going on - but I'm going to focus on our weekend with this post. We decided to take a little weekend trip to the Gulf - to say goodbye before we leave Texas. We spent the weekend in Corpus Christi, enjoying the ocean, the sea birds, the fish & chips...

We made the ~3.5hr drive over to Corpus after the kids got out of preschool on Friday. We didn't have time to do a whole lot once we got there that night, but we did go out for dinner - even at the restaurant, Courtney was ready to swim!


Next door to the restaurant we spied a comic book store - right away Carter noticed the neon signs and wondered what it was!


Carter couldn't believe there was so much superhero stuff all in one place!


After dinner we settled into the hotel, where the kids shared the sofa bed. They goofed around for quite a while, but in the end they settled down & slept - yay!


We began Saturday with a view of the USS Lexington, which is now a museum. We didn't visit but Carter thought it was pretty cool!


We did visit the aquarium, though!


At the aquarium, the kids enjoyed a dolphin show...


Touching stingrays...


And getting up close & personal with a sea turtle!


The aquarium was fun, but even better was the beach!!


Thankfully we avoided sharks. Mostly...


And before leaving, we hit the beach again in the early morning hours, this time combing the beach for shells...


Hurray for a fun weekend by the sea!

Two Weeks in Review - April 17, 2011

Today's family update post is lonnnnggggg. I didn't get a chance to do one last week, so this one includes two weeks of photos. I apologize to those of you on dial-up. ;-) Here we go...

First and foremost - our house is FINALLY officially for sale!


Now that we are DONE getting ready, there is more time for fun things! Plus, I am trying to keep the kids out of the house as much as possible, to reduce the amount of cleaning required for each showing. :-)

A favorite place to spend our time is the community pool. It's nice that we can go to the pool in April - but it's still a bit chilly when we get out!


This isn't Courtney heading to the pool - this is Courtney heading home from Target! We decided we needed some goggles, arm floaties and kickboards, and Courtney was so excited she had to put them on in the car!


We've spent time at the library, where we had a bit of a milestone - Carter is now checking out chapter books, and we're reading one or two chapters each night. My baby is growing up!


(And yes, he's totally stylin' in his orange socks and soccer sandals!) :-)

Carter and I like to watch Dancing with the Stars together. Can't you tell he loves it from his enthusiastic face?


One issue with letting your five year old watch DWTS with you - "Mommy what does sexy mean?"

Courtney is such a big helper at the grocery store! She wanted to push the big cart, even though she could barely reach it.


Carter and I got to have a morning together, just the two of us! We went to the garden center and bought a couple veggies to plant...


Looked at some books at Barnes & Noble...


And had lunch at Kerbey Lane, where Carter ate nearly ALL of these pancakes!! Wow.


Visiting Petsmart can be dangerous... we came close to adopting this sweet kitty! Wonder what Daddy would have thought of that...


We had a fun time last week visiting a new-to-us bouncy place!


One relatively mess-free thing to do at home is coloring - here they were making cards! Sigh. My babies, making mama proud!


One afternoon I found Courtney reading books in her room. Sitting in the bin that normally holds her dress-up clothes. Silly girl!


And finally - more warming up after a dip in the pool. :-)


Until next time...

Week in Review - April 3, 2011

Last week was another busy busy busy week for us!! I had a little medical drama including a visit to the MRI - but I'm happy to report all is completely fine. Our house is mostly decluttered, and will be officially for sale by the next update. EEK! Mixed emotions on that, let me tell ya! But despite all the craziness, I did manage to snap a few photos of the kids throughout the week...

Monday afternoon was Sportball. Carter had fun at his baseball skills class - he's happy to have one of his good buddies from preschool playing baseball with him, too!


Courtney was so excited to start her first Sportball class - she's doing the multisport. Will my little ballerina prefer sports to dancing? Stay tuned...


Mid-week my sweetpea posed for a photo with her mama...


My boy was not so cooperative with the photos...


Saturday was Carter's soccer game - here's the team doing their huddle... gooooo North Mexico!


And our own #52 in action...


And here's #52's little sister in action - throwing a fabulous tantrum on the sidelines.


Her mood improved tremendously with post-game snowcones...


We spent the rest of the weekend doing house work. Courtney loved sweeping the driveway.


Such a sweet little helper!


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