Snow/Ice Week 2011

Last week was snowy and icy for 4 days straight. We were out of school Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday. In 10 years of teaching that is the most snow days that we have ever had in one year.
The kids and I (Sam had to work every day, boo) enjoyed being together and being lazy. We did get out at least once a day (never more than 3 miles from our house), because I have a problem with staying in the same place for 24 hours....I just can't do it.
Most of the days it was just ice, but on Friday we got a big snow and the kids had fun playing in it.
Our backyard

Emma Claire

Ella Cate

Carson...he's the one that would've stayed in the snow all day long.

Emmy

My iron ladybug that Sam's dad gave me when we got our first house 10 years ago. I thought that she looked pretty covered in snow.

Sophie was not a fan of the snow this year!



El and her snow angel
Cade's snow angel

Car spent lots of time on the computer playing games on Cartoon Network.

Ella did some reading


And lots of time was spent being wild and crazy...excuse the hideous entry way tile circa 1970.

My Lego Pro

Carson has loved Legos since I can remember! His cousin Noah has always been into Legos, and Carson has watched Noah build Legos since he was itty bitty. This year he got tons of Legos for Christmas, and they can occupy him for hours at a time.

One day a couple of weeks ago he came to show me this creation. He told me that it was cafeteria line. He has just recently started to buy lunch at the school, so the whole cafeteria line is new to him, but he must be making careful observations!

It looks just like the cafeteria at our school to me! Complete with the lunch tables, and the bossy (ha) lunch monitor walking around the tables.

A Yummy Lunch on a Beautiful Saturday

Before we headed to the Stock Show we stopped to eat at Mi Cocina in Fort Worth.

Ella Cate eating a yummy blue mint!

my favorite part of my lunch...my Mambo Taxi!!


The mirrors behind us kept the little ones entertained throughout our entire lunch! They were sparkling before we arrived! Oops!

Carson

Ella

Emma

Silly Car

Silly Em

The Fort Worth Stock Show 2011

Today we headed to Fort Worth to the annual stock show. None of us have ever been, so we were excited to get to go! Thanks to our friends' Aimee and Chad we were able to go for free! The weather was absolutely gorgeous. When it's mid-70s and sunny in late January, I'm super thankful!


Heading to the cattle barns


Ellie and I were watching the Angus cattle do their thing.



I've never seen cows that were so well groomed!

Ellie found this piece of hay on the ground, and she told me that bread comes from this! Smart girlie!

Sitting on a little wagon in the horse barn

football throw


They loved getting inside the horse trailers that had the mini living quarters in them!

Their favorite part of the whole stock show was getting to "ride" on the farm equipment. Here is Miss Ella Cate on a bright blue piece of machinery.




Their favorite ones to ride were the ones that they could close the doors on!

When Sam was taking this pic of Carson and I, Ellie wondered a few feet away...she was missing for all of a minute, and a kind lady brought her to us....still...that is the scariest feeling for her and us. She was extra careful the rest of the day in the MASSIVE crowds!

Hot tub display...ha!

Ella Cate and the calf in the Borden milk display.

Enjoying some yummy chocolate and strawberry milk! Fun times at the Stock Show!!

My sweet baby girls are going to be a whole 1/2 DECADE!

I was digging through the file cabinet a couple of days ago looking for a receipt, and I came across the file labeled "twins 2006". As I glanced through the file I found this picture taken during the girls first hour on February 14, 2006. How could my babies have ever been this tiny?! The picture made me long to go back, because truthfully I can't remember what it felt like to hold these little baby girls. I know the feeling of holding a nearly 50 pound girl (I did it today in Tom Thumb...and La Madeline :)....but an infant, that feeling is gone. :( They were so tiny 5lbs 8oz and 6 lbs 2 oz. They were definitely smaller than the boys were at birth, but they were great weights for twins.
I get a lump in my throat when I come to the realization that they aren't babies anymore. I didn't really listen when people would tell me to soak it all in while they're tiny. I guess life was a bit wild...when we brought them home from the hospital at 4 days of age. One of their brothers was 16 months old, the other was 7 years old, I was facing going back to teaching when they were 5 weeks old, and their daddy was in the big middle of tax season at the accounting firm. Those early months are a definite blur, but I would totally do it all over if I could. I'm better at soaking in the moments now, I try not to let anything slip by. In 23 days they will be 5 years old! How has 5 years gone by? Time has truly flown.
This year the girls want to go and get a mani/pedi with me, and then they want to get their ears pierced the day before their party. I've imagined doing those things with a daughter since I was a little girl, and now I'm living my dream x2!