Cowboy...Cowgirl

Last week both kiddos had "Cowboy" day in celebration 

of learning about all things TEXAN.  Both were VERY excited!  

Dr. Suess

March 2nd was Dr. Suess day.  When I was teaching fourth grade Dr. Suess Day was HUGE!  We spent the whole day in the classroom doing all things Suess.  But since I stopped teaching I try to find fun things for us to do.  This year our local library was having a Dr. Suess birthday party.  The kids made hats, ate birthday cake, listened to some read a-louds, and got to shake hands with "The Cat in the Hat."  It was a pretty big deal.  Isaac's reaction was pricless, so much so that the newspaper guy taking pictures decided to use it on the front page the next day.  The kids declared they are officially FAMOUS now that they have been on the front page of the newspaper.  It's all down hill from here! 

 Natali & Mary

Soccer Season

This year we decided it was finally Isaac's turn to try out the game of soccer.  He was excited when we told him.  He LOVED his first soccer practice.  Unfortunately he missed his first game, his second practice got postponed, and his next game was cancelled due to rain.  So despite the fact that he hasn't "played" a lot of soccer....we are hopefully that he will continue to love it.  He is on the blue team and one of the kids from his preschool it also on the team.  I can't wait to see this kid in action on the field.  It's sure to provide some good laughs!  Plus he has a built in cheer section...Natali and Spencer can wait either.

Therapy

I believe in good therapy.  Whether it comes in the form of a good talk with a friend, some alone time, a diet coke, a loud and long scream, a pill, retail therapy, whatever it is that works for you.  In my OLD age and busy life I find a need "therapy" much more often now a days.  Thankfully I have friends who also need it.  I appreciate the phone chats, occasional quiet dinners where we can just talk, movie nights, etc.  A few weekends ago I got to get out the house.  It was wonderful.  It felt good.  While at the mall (if we can call it that) I found my self drifting in and out the shoe stores. SHOES are one of my forms of therapy.  There is something so refreshing to me about going in and trying on all sorts of shoes.  Shoes that I dream about buying, shoes that I would never buy cause they look RIDICULOUS, and shoes that I wish I had the courage to buy.  It feels like a mini escape from myself.  And to be honest sometimes I need to escape me.

It felt good.  It felt refreshing.  It was what I needed.

These gold sparkly beauties were calling my name.  I don't know that I could taken more than 5 steps in them, but I sure liked how my legs looked in them :)

Ben, Beard, and a Shaver

During the month of February Ben was on call 19 days straight.  He decided that while on call he was going to grow a beard.  It was all fun and games at first, kinda rugged and cute.  Then it was just annoying for him & me.  I suggested many times that he just shave it of.  And his reply was always the same...NOT until I'm done with call. Whatever! So the day finally came to shave it off.  I wanted him to let me take pictures and document the different phases.  He wasn't fond of the idea.  I took some anyway.  So, proudly presenting the faces of Ben.