Spring Break 2010!

We had quite a fun and eventful week! It started with a trip to the zoo last Sunday with Amy and Rilee and the kids' first time on the Forest Park Miniature Train.

Monday was a day off but a chance for us to try a family dinner. Our schedule is so hectic this semester that we never get to sit down to dinner as a family. So we did that a couple times this week and it was really special!

Tuesday we went over to our friends' house in Lantana. Charis and Price love getting to play with Chloe, Aidan and Colten. Wednesday we went to the butterfly exhibit at the Botanical Gardens in Fort Worth with the Bushnell girls, whom Price seems especially fond of. I of course failed to bring my camera! The kids love getting to use their Spanish "mariposa" which they said over and over. We had a fun picnic afterwards too and enjoyed watching the kids just run and play. It is so cute as "hide and seek" morphs into some form of "tag" and then to just running and giggling.

Thursday we went to the Fort Worth Museum of Science and History with Adley and Miss Nicole. This was such a treat for us! It was super crowded but really a cool place to visit! We'll definitely go back to see more of this one!

Friday we went to the park and Chick Fil A and the kids got ice cream cones for the first time. And this morning we did some painting!

The weekend was fun for Mommy and Daddy as I got a girls' night out Friday with Kendra and Ali. Then Saturday we met friends for dinner at Reata. And with that our spring break ends, not with out one last (hopefully) snow though!! We could not believe we woke up to snow again this morning here on the second day of Spring! We are so blessed and grateful for such a fun week!

Conroe!

We decided to take a road trip with the Kaspars - and all the kids! In spite of all that crazy snow we loaded up and headed South. It took us about 3+ hours to get there and the kids did really well on the drive. It's a Kaspar family lake house and we were thankful and excited about the invite. The house accommodated us all so well. The twins even got their own little room with twin beds! This was their first time in real big-kid beds. We brought rails (thankfully) and while they were a beating to put together, I think they were a good idea. The kids liked having their own room and slept really well both nights. Saturday they tooks us out on the boat! Another first for the kiddos. We were all ready with their new life jackets, and despite the cold went for it. Charis LOVED it! She is a little speed junkie. Price on the other hand, mama's boy he is, probably could have done without the cold. It was more than cold. It was freezing. But it was lots of fun! We went out to eat twice while we were there (a rarity for the Andrews) and otherwise just enjoyed spending time in a beautiful place with sweet family and friends!

Snow! In Texas!?

I imagine this being said like the line from Sweet Home Alabama when she says "You have a baby...In a bar?!" We just do not expect it here!!

We woke up to snow Feb. 11, 2010 but never imagined it would just keep on snowing!! That Thursday the kids' school was not cancelled, but UTA was (thank goodness!). So I enjoyed a day off Thursday and the kids were excited about the snow, but not so excited that they wanted to play in it. Charis told me "Mommy, I do not want to go play in the snow. It will get me dirty." But it just kept on snowing! All day and all Thursday night. We woke up Friday morning to more snow than I ever remember seeing in Texas. I have read a few places that there were more than 11 inches of snow! It was really beautiful!

On a different note, Charis woke up that morning and could not put any pressure on her right leg. She would try to walk and just collapse. Naturally we were quite concerned, and supposed to be leaving town that morning, we decided to take her to the ER. They did X-rays and claimed it was nothing - maybe growing pains? Soreness from jumping around? Leg fell asleep? Who knows. We prayed and continue to pray it was/is nothing!

Looky what I made!!

So I wanted to do a craft with the kids the other morning and had bought the stuff to make Fruit Loop necklaces a while back. I think this original idea came from Amy Kaspar and I knew it would be lots of fun for the kiddos! So I got everything all ready and the kids were excited. I thought that Price might lack the dexterity to do it as he was off to a slow start. But he got it all figured out and stayed engaged until his necklace was complete!! He did a great job and you could tell he was proud of the work he did! Charis on the other hand strung about 5 Fruit Loops onto her necklace, ate them off and then was done with the whole activity. On to something else. I am ever-amazed how different the two of these children are!!