Texas, Part 1

Matt was heading to a conference in San Antonio a few weeks ago, so we all tagged along to visit Jackie. The girls were so excited, and it turned out great! After the flight with an insane 15-month-old of course....

We had so much fun and took a ton of photos, so here we go.

Excited at the airport

Me and my dad

Grandpa entertained Evie looking out the window

However, it wasn't too long before she looked like this.

In an attempt to corral her, we purchased some Nick Jr.  and prayed she would watch Bubble Guppies. She did not. But her sisters managed to make it worthwhile. :)

Once we got to Texas, our first stop was the Alamo.

Kate and Gigi

Pretending she was shot out of a cannon.

As was Kate.

Sitting on another cannon. I'm pretty sure that 1. we got a picture on every cannon in the Alamo and 2. We annoyed a lot of people trying to learn about Texas' history.

Aunt Jackie and the girls

An Alamo Ranger.

Evie and Aunt Jackie

A boat ride on the Riverwalk.

Stay tuned for Part 2!

Yep, She's Ours

Even before Matt and I had kids, we knew they were in trouble. For a lot of reasons, but one being the fact that we are both rather competitive. Even over the silliest things. Especially over the silliest things. We wondered if our kids would be super competitive. Or, even worse, not at all! :) Well, Annie has answered that question.

 The girls' swim school periodically hands out progress reports. Last week, two things happened. Annie got a progress report and she noticed a little boy handing his in to the girls at the desk. He was moving on to the next level. She wanted to know why she wasn't moving on. (This kid was not in her class; we didn't even know him!) I explained what the report was and she immediately demanded to know what she couldn't do. I tried to focus on what she could do, but she wanted none of that. In fact, she was pissed off. I mentioned a skill that wasn't checked off, and she yelled, "What?! I can do that!!" When I suggested maybe she didn't meet the 10 foot criteria for the skill (lots of the skills require certain distance or time or whatever. I don't know; I don't know swim stuff), she was not pleased.

Fast forward to this week, on the way to lessons in the car. She said, "Mom! I'm going to do EVERYTHING for 10 feet this week!" She remembered! She was still angry!

I probably should have seen it coming. Annie was adamant she got robbed the previous week. And sure enough, that night the instructor handed me a new report and told Annie she would be moving on to the next level next week.

So, here we go, I guess...

Annie Rides A Bike!!

Annie learned how to ride her bike without training wheels on Mother's Day! It was very exciting. My little girl is so big!

Mother's Day 2012

Our best effort with all three of them. Evie was not into the pictures at all. And Kate was into bugging Evie.

My little monster. She was so uncooperative. In fact, she's heard that word so much lately that today, when she got frustrated with her Barbie's dress, she yelled, "Mom! These sleeves will NOT cooperate!!"

My big girl.

My suspicious baby.

I look dumb, but Eve's face is priceless. She makes this face at us all the time when she doesn't get exactly what she wants.

Oh wait! She does like me!

They Love Their Baby

 

I promise all three of them do wear actual clothing every day at the same time.

And a little video. We have drilled it into Annie and Kate's heads to never, ever pick up their baby sister pretty much since the day she was born. They recently discovered that she is now big and sturdy enought to briefly carry. It's so funny.