Spring

I have never been as much of a spring fan as I am a fall fan. I love everything about the fall - the colors, the clothes, the food, the impending holidays. The spring is the last coolness before we endure the 6 months of summer that Texas enjoys each year. At least it seems like 6 months.

As promised, some picture updates:

These are my two beauties at the Huntsville State Park. For those of you that are not in Texas, Huntsville is home of our Death Row Maximum Security Prison (nice!) and also a very pretty state park. As if one cancels out the other. There were no bluebonnets in the park that I could get to to take a picture, so these random wildflowers had to do. The best bluebonnet patches were on the side of the highway, but the noise would drive Christopher crazy, and I don't trust Mallory to not take off into traffic. So, stay tuned for next year for bluebonnet pictures, and if you look hard enough, these red ones are pretty too - right? At least both kids are looking at the camera.

We started an Easter tradition this year. I told the kids they could eat their chocolate bunny's ears for breakfast. Christopher thought that was hilarious - "Eat the ears for breakfast, Mommy. That's so silly." But, he went to town on his bunny. I helped Mallory out with hers, so that the bunny would not melt in her hands while she screamed, "Mine mine mine!" So, I broke hers off and she ate them happily.

Here's a great shot of Christopher. He was in the driveway helping Dad wash the truck. Dad let him play with the power washer, so he was watering the plants and just having a grand old time. Spring in Texas does allow us the luxury of water play in April, while many of our northern friends were experiencing snow! The sunglasses are Batman - he loves those. The hat has Bumblebee - an old school Transformer from the Animated series. He loves his Transformers. He loves things that are action packed and full of energy and good & bad guys. Absolutely all boy.

And, here's my Blondie at the State park in Huntsville. She loves the slide. She yells, "Whee!" every time she goes down it. Every time. She is not a poser for pictures - so to get this kind of smile, I have to (1) take a lot of pictures and (2) catch her at just the right moment. Like this one - where she is so happy to be at the top of that slide, she can hardly contain herself. And, I promise you, there was a "WHEEE!" as she came down for the millionth time.

And this past Saturday, we had a day of solid rain. I mean, one day, solid rain. Like 4 inches in a day. So at 630PM, when the sun FINALLY came out, we went out puddle jumping. Again , the warm weather allows us the luxury of jumping in puddles after the rain. They got soaked and laughed and had a great time. We came in before the mosquitos knew the standing water was there, and everyone was happy. Especially Mom and Dad, who were so happy to get out of the house.

Hope this catches you all up on the lives and times here in Houston. We send our love to everyone!