No Plans Weekend

We didn't have any plans this weekend for once so we got TONS accomplished- yay!  But we still managed to do some fun stuff...

The kids' preschool had a McDonald's night where the teachers serve the food, and some proceeds go to the school- it was fun!  And we are always willing to support our school and teachers!

We went on a preschool tour at Hannah's school, and joined her on the playground...

We went to our new favorite make your own pizza place down the street from our house with our neighbors (like how we did a separate kids table?!)...

And while mama had a much needed GNO, Gary and kids went across the street for a little s'mores action!

Ella came into my room with her nails looking like this (really, grandma?!)...

She got into my camera phone and took some selfies of she and Everett, as well as catching a typical Everett meltdown moment...

Busy Busy

I've been preparing for a trial so I've been ridiculously busy, but I managed to squeeze in a quick marketing trip to Houston where we went to the Houston Rodeo...ever heard of mutton bustin'??

It's crazy!!  5 year olds hold on for dear life on the back of a sheep, and the kid who hangs on longest wins.

We were in the VIP area with a huge Texas BBQ spread (yum!) and a great view of the giant carnival...

We went to a new make your own pizza place by our house where Everett & Sydney showed their love for each other. :)


We had a pajama movie night at Mason's house where Mason and Ryan watched Frozen, and Everett, Ella and Hannah ran around like wild animals (trust the photo of Ella and Hannah laying down together was a fleeting moment!).

We go for Saturday and Sunday morning walks on our street, and we always seem to end up with more kids than we started with!

Ella and Cadence went to the paint store with daddy...

Two little monkeys...Everett and one of his girlfriends, Lauren...

And I know these are getting old, but I figure at least the grandparents would like to see Ella do her rendition of "Let It Go"!

Summer (?!) Weekend...

Well, it wasn't really summer, but it felt like it since it was 80 degrees!  We went out to dinner on Saturday night, and it was such a ridiculously beautiful night out- the kids had soooo much fun running around...

Like the food in their teeth?!

As much as we try to force these two to be best friends, they pretty much want nothing to do with each other!

We had a park playdate that was a little bit toasty for my taste!

So we went out to lunch, and the kids cooled off by splashing around in the fountain (and getting completely soaking wet)...until the security guard came over and regulated!

And Ella got her first "real" hair cut!  She refused to get it washed, but she was great during the cut and got a headband braid AND her nails done!

Happy Birthday Julie!

We celebrated Julie's birthday this weekend by having them over for dinner and banana cream cheesecake.  Ella was super excited to sing and watch Julie open her gift!

We also did Saturday night McDonald's dinner so the kids could play since it had been raining all day.  Everett was obsessed with kissing Sydney through the mesh!

So of course these two had to copy...

Gary eventually became a jungle gym...this tends to happen to him a lot...

Did God Make Him Like This?

Oh my gosh.  Kids really do say the darndest things.

Everett, as usual, was acting like a crazy person, and Ella looks at Gary with complete seriousness and says, "did God make him like this?"

HAHAHA!

She followed that up with, "What is wrong to him?" [to = with].

My Gym Party

We celebrated Ivan's birthday at My Gym this weekend, and both kids had a blast- I really need to sign Everett up for classes there.

The theme was Curious George...check out this amazing cake!!

Ella and one of her besties, Kaitlyn...

I feel like they look like such big girls in that picture- I want to cry!  Here is a picture of these two in November 2010...sniff...

And the girls with their little bros...

Funny Girl

We are constantly dying laughing at things Ella says, and I keep forgetting to write them down!  But the latest occurred when I showed Gary a picture of Jennifer Aniston and said I want to cut my hair in a bob like hers...

Gary: You will look weird with short hair [on a side note, nice comment, huh?].
Ella (in a raised voice): Well YOU have NO hair!

Love that my girl has my back! ;)

Valentine's Day 2014

Ella's valentines...

We had a little V-Day playdate and valentine exchange at Jen's house...

The boys...

These two decided they needed to sit in the same chair. :)

Super Bowl Weekend & First Movie

We had a busy Super Bowl weekend...

Ella celebrated Vietnamese New Year with Olivia...

Taekwondo...

 She saw her very first movie with Olivia- Frozen- on Super Bowl Sunday morning.  I don't think Ella has ever sat through an entire half hour tv show so this was a BIG deal.  She did ok- she was very antsy and asked me 3 or 4 times when the movie was over, but overall I think she really liked the movie.

And then of course the Super Bowl...

Some random Everett...

Gary made the scrunched up super smiley face to Everett, and now he does it all the time- it's hilarious!

He found one of my gossip mags, opened it up to a page with some girl in a bikini and sat there looking at it for about 10 minutes!  Of course Gary said, "that's my boy!" [insert eye roll here]...