May Snapshots

Whew! May was BUSY!  I've decided that May is officially worse than December.  It didn't help that this entire month I was on one leg.  Yes, after 39 years of no broken bones, I decided to go and trip in the driveway and break my foot.  I haven't been able to put any weight on my left leg for six weeks.  It has been a challenge, but thankfully, it's almost over. Clark has been wonderful and I am surprised daily by the kids.  They are so helpful and have really pitched in with everything around the house!

So, here are some extra pictures...  I drove these crazies to Houston for a field trip!

Elsa and Anna helping me through the trials of being one legged!

One Sunday evening we had to take Walker to the ER!!!

Poor baby had a terrible tummy bug and got dehydrated.  He was super brave getting his IV fluids.  Thankfully, he got better quickly. But, it wasn't any fun.

A few days later, Everly got a fever.  No other symptoms, but her puppy helped her get through a sickly day.

Clark and I have found our new favorite place in the Woodlands.  Trulucks!

We had a wonderful anniversary dinner.  Yes, we've been married NINE years!

Today is Bunny's birthday!  Since Walker is away at camp, Everly and I decided to take her for tea.  Turns out there is a great place in the Woodlands.  We are so happy to have found it.

Big girl is smelling some tea.

We really enjoyed it.

Such a fun tradition for the girls!

Did I mention that May was busy?  I'm looking forward to some lazy summer days! (with both legs!)

This & That

Somehow, I missed the 100th day of school post!  Walker had to bring something with 100 pieces.  I was on Pinterest, looking up cute ideas.  Then, I came up with the excellent idea of ASKING Walker what he would like to take.  His response, "Mommy, I'm going to make something really cool with EXACTLY 100 legos…. I already told Mrs. Fox." Okay, remember, ask the kid first!  Sometimes we make things more difficult than it needs to be!

So, here's the masterpiece:

PDS always has great activities…. they had western WEEK.  They were thrilled to wear their hats everyday:

Mrs. Fox is awesome about giving rewards for doing well in school.  The FREE Chiller Bee is such a treat.  This week, Walker earned one by getting a 100 on his sight word test!!!!  I cannot believe how much he has learned this year!

Everly is a big fan of Walker's rewards…. it means she gets frozen yogurt, too!

The good news, she'll make it up to him next year when she has Mrs. Fox!

And, couple more "just because" pictures….  Elsa loves any laundry basket!

And, Everly is now a fan of "selfies"…

Little cutie!

Five Trees!

Yes, I am that silly woman that decorates too much for Christmas. And, I do it early.  Yes, five trees…. we have five Christmas trees in this house.  I embrace it now and I think Clark does, too!  

Walker and Everly were very, very excited to decorate their trees in their rooms:

And, I'm super proud of the "big" tree.  We got a new one this year and it is beautiful (if I do say so!):

And, the kids are already wearing Christmas pjs.  They grabbed their dogs and asked me to take a picture.  How cute is this:

Such precious babes!!!!

Can't wait for another wonderful Christmas season!!!!

Puppy School Graduates

Elsa and Anna are graduates!  We did an eight-week course and Petsmart and they passed with flying colors.

I'm not saying they are perfect, but they are pretty darn good puppies.  They know many commands, including sit, stay and "on your bed".

I'm very happy we did the course and have great tools to continue to make them great dogs!

I know a couple of kids who are super proud of their graduate pups!!!

Elsa & Anna

We have two new and very special members of our family.  Elsa and Anna:

Yep, we are the proud new owners of not one, but two puppies!  Elsa, the white one, is a Hava-Tzu. (havanese/shih-tzu) and Anna is a shih-tzu.  These pictures are from about a month ago when we picked them out.

Now they are Woods!  And, named for in honor of Walker and Everly's favorite movie, Frozen.  It's even more fitting since we were just at Disney!

Elsa is Walker's dog.

And, Anna is Everly's dog.

 Although, both ended up in Walker's lap on the way home!

And, both of them puked on Mommy on the way home.  It's like having babies again!

But, man, I gotta tell you…. every kid should have a dog.  As soon as we got home, all four of them started playing in the backyard.  There's nothing cuter than little pups chasing kids!

But, they quickly found out that their new family is exhausting:

So cute.  So far we are loving having two dogs.  One for each kid and, more importantly, they have each other.  They don't seem to mind going to their crate together and they really love playing together.

I know they are going to be an amazing addition to our family for years to come!