I'm going to assume (hope) that it will be time for spring dresses now...so I dressed Alexee in her snowman dress one more time and snapped her picture in the snow. Our snowman had toppled over, so he couldn't be in the photo.
We did get snow! There wasn't much when we first woke up this morning, but it continued to snow throughout the day, so there was finally enough to play in! 
Rhett cleaning up for Alexee (she took the lid off of the sprinkles).
Wishing she could bundle up and go outside with Rhett
These bulbs were a little too optimistic about the arrival of spring. I hope they'll still bloom??
The finished product. :) 
11:33 p.m.--just looked out and snow is falling! I really hope there is enough on the ground for Rhett to play in tomorrow morning. I feel guilty for not keeping him home from school on Tuesday because the snow had melted by the time I picked him up, and he was so disappointed. :( Hopefully we can make up for it tomorrow. And maybe there will even be enough snow to cancel school for Lane so we can just have a fun family day at home!
Mom sent me this picture of her with her twin baby calves earlier this week. I thought it was cute!
My friend Melody just started a blog! She has such a precious family, and she is so sweet and creative--I'm sure her blog will be wonderful! Check it out here. M, I'm so glad you decided to do this...I'm adding you as one of my links! :)
It was certainly not "spring-like" outdoors today (it rained and rained and rained some more), but we added a few spring touches inside anyway. I love Easter and spring decorations (although I don't have many).
I've had this little tree since college--I had it in my room at school (Nicole, do you remember this?) :)
Lane's Mom gave me these cute egg candles last year. They're too cute to burn! The white container is from Southern Living at Home, and I put florist foam in the bottom and stuck decorative eggs in the container and hid the foam with Easter grass.
Heather gave me this cute polka-dot Easter egg dish when I went to visit her last week (thanks, H!) I meant to buy pastel candies for it, but I forgot, so it holds peppermints for now.
The tulips and jonquils that Rhett and I planted last fall are coming up in the front flower beds. I hope this cold front tomorrow doesn't ruin them!? I can't wait for them to bloom!
R has been so excited about starting swim lessons today! He nearly drove me crazy asking if it was time to go yet! :) He shopped for swim trunks last week at Old Navy--he chose his new brown ones to wear to get started today. I didn't know how he'd feel about actually getting into the water once we got there, but he did great. He doesn't like getting his face wet AT all, but hopefully he will improve with that. (Maybe he will improve and we'll even be able to give up the bath-time goggles!?)
The big challenge was keeping Alexee out of the pool. She could see Rhett and, as always, thought she should be able to do whatever he was doing. She was calling (her version of) "brother" out across the pool, and as you can see in the pictures below, she made her way over to the water.
It seems a little weird to be taking swim lessons when the weather is predicting 7" of snow in some parts of our state tomorrow, but I guess we're thinking ahead to warmer, sunnier days. (As we all know, it will be hot and humid here before long, and cold, dreary days will be a distant memory.) Hopefully Rhett will be a good swimmer by then and we'll be able to enjoy some fun in the sun!
It was warm enough this afternoon for A to wear one of her new spring outfits. I thought she looked so sweet!
If you know me very well, you know I am beyond terrified of snakes. I can't even stand to look at them on TV. So what was I thinking today when we were at the zoo and there was a reptile show-n-tell going on? I wanted to prove to myself that I would not faint if I touched a snake (a harmless king snake). I'm proud of myself...but it was horrible. I will not be buying one for a pet any time soon. I hope I don't have nightmares tonight.
The kids and I just got back from a trip to Texas. Tuesday night we drove to Mt. Pleasant and visited Mary Katherine and her boys. We had a great time with them. She made chicken spaghetti and a wonderful salad and the boys played and played until they nearly collapsed. They made a pallet on the floor and talked Brandon into putting up the tent when he got home from work. They were so cute playing outside in their cowboy boots. Rhett told me today that he wanted to go back to Zac's house and stay nine nights. I think that might wear out our welcome!
Wednesday after eating lunch in MP, we drove south to Tyler to visit Heather and her family. We went out to eat Mexican food that night. We also made a quick trip to DQ for a blizzard and a dipped cone for dessert. Eating a blizzard had been on my mind since I saw the DQ in MP. It's a good thing we don't have one here any more...I'd forgotten how much I liked those! I ordered butterfinger with EXTRA butterfinger--Y-U-M. Heather got a dipped cone. When we got home we worked on our scrapbooks and visited until about midnight. It was so fun to catch up. Heather and I talk on the phone and e-mail and write letters at least once a week, but we haven't seen each other since last March! Yesterday we took the kids to the zoo. It was a beautiful day, and they have a great zoo. Rhett enjoyed seeing animals that we don't have here at our zoo...a white tiger, a male lion, a buffalo, parrots, and long-horn cattle. Last night Heather cooked a delicious shrimp pasta dish and an artichoke dip appetizer. I think I gained several pounds this week.
Thank you, MK & Heather, for your hospitality. Please come see us soon!
Here is a new photo album from our trip: Texas Photo Album
My sister & her kids came to visit yesterday afternoon. Rhett & Jaiden had fun together as always (I hid my make-up bag this time). After they left, R put his head down on the couch and looked really sad. I asked him what was bothering him and he said, "I didn't want Jaiden to leave. She's my best friend, and I wish she could come over every day." Sometimes they fight like siblings, but they're also very close. R always has pretend phone conversations with her and asks when she can come over to play. Alexee was asleep the whole time they were here, and Jeryn took a little nap too...so I don't have pictures of them here.
We sang this song at church last Sunday and it has been on my heart all week. It just connected with me. Thought I would share. -Lane
Posts
All Comments
