Mother's Day

Our engine for the day was appropriately named Puffy! Puff he did, LOTS of smoke, ALL day long!!


They waited all day for this picture...love the tongues sticking out!!!






Eli and his bestie Ida!!


Sisters and Cousins!

My favorite picture of the entire day. Josie had just kissed Eli, thus the smug look, and Eli was trying desparately to wipe it off!!


For Mother's Day, Will and Eli made breakfast while I stayed in bed and watched TV. It was very nice!! However, when Eli found out they were not making pancakes, he quit his job as sous chef and went and played in his room while Daddy cooked! Nonetheless, Mommy got to stay in bed! =) After breakfast, Eli and I, Angela and Josie, and our neighbors, Anne and Ida went to Grapevine to ride the train. Eli LOVES train and he was so excited, although he was a bit confused about why this train didn't have a face like Thomas! The train went from Grapevine to Fort Worth and back. We were SUPPOSED to be on the train for 1 1/2 hours to Ft. Worth, spend a couple of hours at the stockyards, and then be on the train for 1 1/2 hours back. Our day did NOT go as scheduled. We left Grapevine at 1:00 and arrived back at Grapevine at 8:30 that night. However, the kids had a great time. The mommies were a little tired by the end of the day! We rode in an open-air train car and Eli picked the seat right by the popcorn machine...OF COURSE!!! Although it was a bit chilly we all loved the open air car! They all snacked on popcorn, and everything else, the whole way there and back. I guess all that fresh air makes you hungry! We ate on a patio restaurant in the stockyards and watch the "cattle run" as we were eating. It was cool to see the Longhorns all pass by! Although it was a long day, we all enjoyed it and I know for sure Eli would do it again tomorrow! Here are some of our pics from the day.

SPRING!!!

Summers in Texas may be long and hot...but springtime in Texas ROCKS!! These are pictures from a park in Frisco where Eli and Josie LOVE to go play. However, Eli leaves in a diaper every time because this water is just irrestible and he ends up SOAKED!! We have gone here since before he was even walking and he loves it every time we go! Speaking of walking...I was walking Ginger the other night and Eli wanted to go with me. We were talking about our favorite places, he was torn between Grandma's house and McDonalds! Then all of sudden he says "This is my favorite!" I said "Walking with Mommy and Ginger is your favorite" and he said "YES!" Just melted my heart. I explained that we had been making this walk since he was in my tummy. He got very offended by that and said "Daddy hold me when I was little. I NOT walk in your tummy!!" But indeed, Mommy and Ginger have been making that walk before Eli, with Eli inside my tummy, with Eli in the stroller, and now he walks right beside us!! He stops to examine every bug, rock, leaf, and stick, so our walk takes a little longer...but I wouldn't change it for anything!

A Day Out With Thomas

Eli and I got to go spend a day with Thomas the Train. They had bounce houses, train tables, petting zoo, videos, and of course THOMAS!!! He spent most of the day playing with the train tables and trying to see how many train cars he could snag before having to share them! For lunch he chose the biggest corn dog I have ever seen in my life and ate the whole thing! He loved the train ride and hearing the conductor say "All Aboard" and "Tickets Please!" Eli is obsessed with trains right now, so this was a perfect day out for him!

Easter 2010

We had a great Easter weekend with Grandma, Papa, Lala, and Josie. It started Friday evening with taking the kids to see Disney on Ice. Eli and Josie were both mesmerized through the whole show. Josie about waved her arm off waving to all the characters!! Eli just kept asking "Where Mickey Mouse?" Saturday morning we dyed eggs. When Josie asked if we could eat them and we said yes, when they dry...Eli immediately took one out of the dye and put it to his mouth...shell, dye, and all!! They made beautiful eggs =) Sunday we got up and went to church. On the way in Eli kept complaining about his sandals, which he didn't want to wear. He said they were hurting his toe. When I asked which toe, he said my "thumb toe!!" We had lunch at a restaurant called The Angry Catfish, which Josie kept referring to as The Mean Fisherman =) The kids loved hunting eggs in the backyard and Eli wanted to make sure that Josie's bunny, Sparkles, got to see them. After they got all the eggs gathered, they sat on the porch to open them. Eli "sorted" all the "chwocolate eggs" into his pile and gave Josie everything else! When asked what he favorite part about Easter was, it was the "chwocolate eggs!!" Grandma Evelyn gave Eli some money in one of his Easter eggs. He decided to spend the first dollar this morning at....THE DONUT SHOP of course!!

Texas Snow Day

On February 12, 2010 Texas got record amounts of snowfall! Lucky us!! We played outside several times in our 12 inches of snow. I am not sure who enjoyed it more, Eli or Ginger! Eli's neighbor friends Ida came and joined us to play and we went to our little park and slid down the "snow slides." Daddy helped Eli build a snowman because Mommy wasn't very good at it! Eli brought toys out to the snowman and insisted that he have a horse toy for his eye. Oh well...his snowman!! I am keeping these pictures in hopes that this is most snow Eli sees for several winters to come =)