Family at Heart

My sweet angel girl and I had the BEST day together this year.  I awoke to a Pop Tart and milk.  She had been planning that for days!  It was perfect.  Then I was presented with a handmade card which melted me all over again.  She also gave me a Princess trinket.  We lounged in our pajamas for a bit and then went on a nature walk near the neighborhood.  She collected some pond water.  We are still waiting to see what might grow in there!  Lunch at Macaroni Grill was absolutely amazing.  We had the lemon cake for dessert.  We continued our day at the Lakeshore Learning Store.  We hadn’t been there in forever and that is one fun place to take a very curious 7-year old.  I had trouble getting her out of there.  Petting the kitties and doggies at Petco was next.  The main event of the afternoon was the manicure visit.  We got matching manicures and it was fabulous!

We finished our evening up with some tv watching, snuggling on the couch, and pizza.  PERFECT DAY!

I love you more than life my angel girl.  Being your mom is my life’s greatest gift and blessing.  Always has been, always will be.

I took A to the Pecan Street Festival via the light rail train.  We only stayed for about an hour because it was so hot.  We did have a great time though, enjoying some strawberry lemonade, walking around and looking at all of the weird stuff, and of course the petting zoo is always a hit with A.

A’s school had their annual field day on May 4th.  A’s class represented Greece.  The whole class had made special shirts and the class color was blue.  It was so cute!  I was able to go for about 1.5 hours and watch a few of the events.  A did great in the relay and sack races.  It was so great to see those kids have so much fun and to see Mr. D to be right in the middle of everything with them.  Way to go 2nd grade!

On April 29th, A and I went with L and T to the Buda Wiener Dog Races.  T’s dog competed and actually advanced through several races.  He only missed the final race literally by a nose!  A just loved the whole thing.  Those dogs were adorable.

A competed in another karate tournament on April 28th in New Braunfels.  She placed second in forms and nearly placed in sparring.  I am so proud of my angel girl!!!!!

L and I took the girls to see the Wizard of Dogs in Austin.  What fun!

A went to a classmate’s ice skating birthday party a few weeks ago.  I had to share these pictures!

I took A to the neighborhood pool a few weeks ago.  Awesome!!!!

Between the Easter party at school, coloring eggs, and our hunt with L and T, we had a great Easter this year.  Enjoy!

The school party…

Our hunt with T at a great park in Austin with peacocks!!!!

Our egg coloring…

I have had so much going on that I have completely neglected A’s blog.  She loves to look at it so I am now going to get it all caught up.  This post will span January through just the other day, so bear with me…

New Haircut:

Park Day:

After school with T:

Valentine’s Day package from Ma Ev:

Trip to Cameron Park Zoo with L and T:

Sparring during class:

H’s 4th birthday party:

Feb. 24, 2012

Karate tournament:  Feb. 25, 2012

A won 2nd place in girls 7 and under, green belt forms and won 2nd place in girls 7 and under sparring!!!!!

PSIA on March 3, 2012

A won 5th place in Creative Writing for 2nd Grade!  Our school won the overall competition!!!!!!

A’s classmates placed 1st and 3rd too.  Second grade ROCKS!

Kite Festival on March 4, 2012:

New bed and desk:

Bluebonnets:

Exotic Zoo with L and T:

March 13, 2012

More bluebonnets on the way home from the zoo:

St. Patrick’s Day at a local park.  They had a parade, face painting, and lots of fun stuff to do.  Fun Mommy and A day!

Capitol 10K with my co-workers on March 25, 2012.  We made it 5 of the 6.2. miles!  Great job A!!!!!!!!

I am caught up now.  I will try to keep up better.  Let’ s see how Easter goes