Friday iPhone Dump #146

I took a lot more pictures this week, so here we go.

Jacob is very into doing science experiments (even if we've already done them a few times) so we did a few this week. Here is colored vinegar that they drop on to baking soda to watch it fizz. They both like this one and it keeps them busy for a while.


These are the rainbow jars we made. I liked this one a lot but they weren't as thrilled.


Elephant toothpaste. By far, his favorite!


"This is awesome!"


We were headed to Monkey Joe's and saw this hot air balloon really low. We followed it for a while and even got to watch it land and deflate the balloon.


You know, Hannah the fashion icon.


On Sunday we went to Lego Brickfest.


They had Legos and Star Wars characters so Jacob loved it.


Acting out a scene.





In handcuffs.


Hannah loved building tall towers.


And putting her fingers in her mouth after playing with all those Legos. Yuck!!





Bubble bath time.


And, of course, silly faces.


Jacob turned 5 1/2 yesterday so I went to have lunch with him.


Half birthday presents.


And cake!!


~Nancy

Friday iPhone Dump #145

Another slow week of pictures around here but at least Jacob is in them!

We went to my parent's house for the long weekend and built a fire.








That's it!

~Nancy

Friday iPhone Dump #144

Last week we had a puppy that M and Pa were taking home. Hannah loved having a puppy that didn't act crazy like Allie. This is how she watched tv while puppy was here. I'm shocked she let M and Pa take her!


Her birthday started with a birthday donut.





She looks so big here!


We had a great time at her party but all of those pictures are on the real camera. Maybe I'll do a separate post...we'll see. The only picture I got was of her princess castle cake. Obviously, she loved it and I loved that it was from HEB!


Then we had dinner at El Jarrito. She didn't love this part and I truly thought she was going to cry. But she talks about it now like it was the best thing ever!


One of her many gifts was a Doc McStuffins kit. So, here's Doc McWiltshire!


The night of her party, she got really sick and we had a very long night. Luckily, it wasn't before her party and no one else seems to have caught it. It's over now but she was pitiful for a few days.


I never took a picture of her big girl bed so here it is. And, yes, she sleeps with all of that stuff hence the need to get out of the crib! She is doing great and, most importantly, staying in her bed. She even told us to leave her room right after prayers last night.


New rug in the living room. The last one wasn't holding up well so we wanted a new one. We also bought new furniture (will be here in 2-3 weeks) that is brown so we wanted to lighten things up a bit.


And when I take a picture of anything, she wants her picture taken.
With a smile...


And her silly face!


I just realized that Jacob is not in any of these pictures this week. I promise we haven't traded him off. He's still here!!

~Nancy

Friday iPhone Dump #143

More of our trip from last week.

After we left Great Wolf Lodge, we went to the Legoland Discovery Center. It was OK but when you compare it to the REAL Legoland in Florida, it was pretty lame. But the kids enjoyed it.








Then we went to check in to our next hotel, the Gaylord Texan. This was our view of the Hill Country atrium from our indoor balcony. It's a mini San Antonio, in case you can't tell.


We went because they have a huge ice sculpture show. But, it's 9 degrees in there so they give you parkas to wear.





This was actually inside the 9 degree ice tent and probably the only time Hannah and I stopped walking. It was too cold for us so we ran through that thing. Randy and Jacob went a little slower and stopped so he could ride the ice slide.


We wore her out! Actually, I took this picture because I knew we were taking the ci-ci (pacifier) away that night. I dreaded it all day but she did amazingly well!!


And, on Wednesday, we took apart her crib to put up her big girl bed. But, it wasn't ready for nap time so she napped in Jacob's bed while he was at school!


~Nancy

Friday iPhone Dump #142

Oops...on a Sunday. Better late than never!!

Groom family Christmas picture.


On Thursday, we went to Great Wolf Lodge in Grapevine. They had some extra cool stuff for New Years Eve like party hats that you could decorate and beads.





And, like usual, Hannah would take pictures with the statues but not mascots.


Our room had bunk beds and they loved it, again.


They have an indoor water park (which was why we went in December) and we ran into a wolf before swimming one morning.


The view from the lobby.





~Nancy