Dinosaur and Easter Day Fun

This Easter, we did not go crazy with six different Easter egg hunts.  Kayla did not only pick out the pink Easter eggs.  No, we had one Easter egg hunt at school, one with the Social Butterfly Group (our mommy’s group) and one on Easter day, which was nice (no throwing away tons of eggs and candy.)

Easter weekend, the kids and I drove down to Glen Rose to meet up with the Schneider cousins and venture to Dinosaur World.  What started off as a bad trip, ended in a great time.  We arrived to the hotel only to find that I left my credit card at home.  On top of that, I used my cash on hand to fill up my car (and it took almost all my cash, $97.00…ouch). My loving husband came to the rescue.  He paid for the hotel over the phone.  With three hours to spare until the cousins arrived, the kids and I were stuck.  No cash, means no going anywhere.  So, we went swimming and yes it was COLD!!! (but we had fun).

Once the rest of the Schneider clan arrived, I was given some cash (thank you Josh) and we went to Dinosaur World with the kids.  They had a blast.  Jonah and Kayla were gone, running as fast as they could seeing who could get to the next dinosaur the fastest.  Christian and Meredith lagged behind with Monda and I .

 

The next morning, Easter.  Unfortunately, we did not make it to church.  I was a bit disappointed but that is part of life and having family live far away.  As the kids slept the night before, I snuck into the bathroom to put together the Easter baskets.  The kids had a nice surprise when it was time to take a bath the next morning.  Once we were all dressed, the Schneider clan drove to Hico, Texas to spend Easter with Grandma and Mimi. 

 

Overall, a GREAT weekend (once I had cash in hand).  Family, the good food and seeing the smiles where just a few of the things that made the drive and being away from Jon worth it.

 

Sorry for all the pictures.  I think between Monda and I, we took over 600 photos.  WOW! and there were SO many good ones.

Things never change

In 2009, I found Kayla on the couch with her favorite treat.  In 2011, she still sneaks in a treat after dinner.

May 2009 January 2011

Oh, the joys of being a kid…

Watching my kids enjoy a night out with Mommy at McDonalds... no cares in the world....racing their way up to the top....pretending to be chased by dragons....I wanted to become a kid again!

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12 degrees in Austin

Yes, you read it right.  Last week was not a good week to get the door hangers out.  Last week was not a good week to jump on the trampoline.  However, last week was a good week to watch a good movie.  Last week was a good week to make chicken and dumplings and drink hot chocolate with my little ones.

The highlight of the week, snow day on Friday.  To see my little girls face light up, made the stay at home all worth it.  She enjoyed playing in the snow and made tons of little snow angels.  It took Christian some time to warm up to the idea of going outside and away from his computer game.  However, once we forced him out, he did not want to come back in.

After three days of below freezing temperatures, I am glad to have received at least half a day of a white winter wonderland.

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Thanksgiving 2010

Hope everyone had a great day filled with love, happiness, laughter and good eats. We had a really nice visit with family and then made it back home safe and sound. And we didn't overeat which is good!  AND…we made it home just in time to watch the Aggies play.  What a great ending to a wonderful day!!

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Aggies win 24-17!!! Go Aggies!!!

Halloween 2010

Honestly I am doing really good getting this post up so fast.  A week after Halloween, that is pretty good for a mom with two CrAzY kids, way to many projects on the agenda and a husband that has been traveling non-stop for the last two months.

So, the Halloween festivities began a week early for the Schneider family and it was non-stop until Halloween night.  Monday..gymnastics party, Wednesday…neighbor party, Thursday…school fall festival, Friday…Noah’s Ark Festival and Social Butterfly Halloween party, Saturday… Halloween party with the cousins and the finally Halloween Day.  Wow!! That is a lot of Halloween celebrations for two little ones (and way too much candy). 

So what were the kids for Halloween.  Well,if you know anything about me, I am a very indecisive person.  Unfortunately, I think my kids may have picked up this trait.  Kayla and Christian could not decide what to be for Halloween.  I bought them both new Halloween costumes (Batgirl and Batman) but being the same thing each day was BORING.  So, multiple costumes were worn.  Thank goodness we have a variety of dress-up outfits.

Monday, Kayla dressed up as a cat for gymnastics party(no picture sorry). 

Wednesday, Kayla wore her Halloween pants that I made.   

Thursday, Kayla was a pink Batgirl (no picture sorry).

Friday, Kayla dressed up as a doctor and Christian was a tiger. 

Saturday it was black Batgirl and Batman.

  

Sunday, there was a beautiful princess and a fierce dragon in our presence.

Wow…that makes my head spin thinking about all the dressing up.

So enough about the costumes…the candy.  Oh my goodness. I don't know how two little kids could get so much candy.  I let the kids enjoy going through there mounds of candy.  However, soon after they were in bed, I raided the KitKats and Snickers and then bagged a majority of the candy up for troops in Iraq. Yes I did keep a few items for the kids (I am not that cruel).

(and this was only two of the buckets of candy.  We had 4 FULL buckets.)

 

I am glad that Halloween is over (well, kind of).  From now until the end of the year will be CRAZY.  The Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays are my favorite time of the year.  But, the day after Halloween is the beginning of the most hectic time of the year.

MUD DAY 2010

Two years ago, Kayla and I got to enjoy Mud Day at her school.  This year, it is Christian’s turn to enjoy the shaving cream, the bubbles and, of course, the MUD!!  A lot of parents cringe at the idea of mud, kids and all the mess.  Me, I love this activity.  I get to let my little one run wild and not worry about staining their clothes.  I know at the end, the shirt and shorts will be trashed.  I will say that Christian did not get near as messy as Kayla did two years ago.  However, Christian did explore more activities and not just the mud.  He had a great time running from one activity to the next.   By the end of the day, he was exhausted.