Day 6: BRRRRRRR

We are having unseasonably cold weather here in Fort Worth this weekend. We had sleet/rain/ice all afternoon, evening, and night last night, so we woke up to about 3 inches of ice on the ground.  The boys thought it was snow, so they were disappointed that there would be no snow ball fights or snowman building. But, when we busted out the sleds, they were happy.

Most people know that I do NOT like cold weather. To me, there's nothing to like about it, especially when it there's ice involved. Lots of wet clothes, wet floors, cold hands/feet. I will admit, that watching them sled was fun. They're loving it.

Ok, that was fun. Can we move on to Spring now?

Day 5: Legos

As I'm still under the weather, I'm having to play with Crew whilst on the couch. He brings me Legos, we play. It works!

Day 4: Daddy's in charge

I'm still sick today. Things are starting to fall apart around here. Laundry is piling up, dishes are piling up, kids are looking grimy...

Dave is really holding down the fort pretty well, considering I got sick the day after we got home from a week long vacation, and things weren't even unpacked yet, and all the Christmas boxes are out, waiting to be unpacked and the house decorated.

Crew got ahold of a pen and Hudson went to work making me a rubberband bracelet. 

Day 3: Moms

I'm so thankful for my mom! She made homemade chicken soup for me after I found out I had strep throat and an ear infection 

Day 2: Newest cousin

My newest niece, Mailey Jane Hudson (my brother's daughter), arrived a week ago. We've been loving on her, and soaking up every single minute. I guess we've been enjoying time with Trent and Paige too… My 3 boys have been particularly enamored with Mailey, and she's pretty intrigued by them too! They were suppose to go back to Brazil tonight, but some circumstances have kept them here for another week, so we are getting a bit more time with them! YAY!

Day 1: Awkward

Here's to another year of capturing day-to-day life in December, as I participate in the December Photo Project!

In a blog-post to come, I will blog about our amazing week vacation with my entire immediate family on the lake near Austin, Texas. While I await the pics from my sister, this amazing family pic will have to do:

You think it will make the "Awkward Family Photo" annual book? Ha! I'm so blessed to have such a fun family.

a No-Commitment Saturday

Last Saturday we didn't have a single plan. It was the first Saturday in a LONG time that we didn't have anything scheduled. It was a beautiful day, so we decided to head to the Mini-Train. We were going to go there to celebrate Crew's 2nd birthday a month or so ago, but it was a crappy weather day, so it got postponed. Crew LOVED it!

Since we were down in the area, we decided to grab some lunch and then head to the Science Museum. We spent quite a bit of time in the Air exhibit- building paper airplanes, and creations for the wind tubes…

Learning from daddy:

There's a new Curious George exhibit right now with lots of hands on stuff. All 3 boys enjoyed it-- especially the wind exhibit.

We even experimented with Crew cat-napping in the car for his nap. While it's not something I want to do regularly, it's nice that he can now have a short nap and still happily function for the rest of the day.

Now that's it's starting to get cold out, it was nice to be able to enjoy one of our last few warm-weather days before I have to hunker down and prepare for winter! Go ahead, call me a wimp. How long until summer?