How is it June? The last month has flown by. Andrew has turned 11 months and is standing/walking nearly as much as he crawls, unless he is in a hurry, then he bear crawls at lightning speed. Someone didn't believe me, but when they walked away, Andrew decided to catch up to them and managed to trip them. Whoops! Andrew is communicating more and more with his favorite words being mama, dada, more, bruh (brother or sister) and bye. He wants to be big so bad and climbs on everything in sight. He has bruises all over from failed or sometimes successful attempts to complete his own daring deeds. He's so busy and active! He never stops moving, even in his sleep. One smile and my heart melts, though. He's my little guy and I love him so much!
Let's see. Mother's Day weekend was good. My in-laws came in on Saturday to see the boys play soccer. After the games Nana and I got to see Hannah's ballet dress rehearsal. I guess I hadn't prepared Hannah well (and she wasn't very happy anyway) because she just stood on stage and gave the meanest look with her arms crossed. Oh well. After rehearsal she promised to do better for the actual show. That night my in-laws watched the kids so Francis and I could have a date night and go see Avengers Endgame. We seldom get dates so this waspretty special! Sunday, We drove down to Houston to see my niece get baptized! I hope I have the joy and privilege to see each of my nieces and nephews (as well as my own children) get baptized because they have found the truth and hope in Jesus.
We got to visit the new Aggieland Safari with the Williams family back in mid-May. It is a drive thru Safari where you can feed and interact with animals as well as an area that is like a more traditional zoo. It was so very fun! It started off with me getting bitten by an ostrich across my face (he wanted the feed I was not giving him), and being stared down by a donkey (I finally had to inch my car around him), but memories and much laughter were made. Hannah liked the giraffes, Robert and William both liked feeding all the exotic animals, and Andrew loved the birds. I hope we can go back soon!
May was also my month to do dates with the kids. I took both boys to Chick-fil-a for Mother-Son date Knight. We had professional photos, ate good food, made craft swords and shields, got balloon creations, met the Chick-fil-a cow, heard live music and got cake pops! Afterward the boys and I went to a park to play before heading home. I took Hannah to Chuck E. Cheese. That girl got her money's worth! She played the coin type games and got 1,000 tickets!! She took a while deciding what she wanted (the opportunities seemed endless), but she got a headband, foam hammer, candy, ball and a couple other little things. It was a great evening and Hannah has worn the unicorn headband almost every day since!
Memorial Day weekend was a big one for us. Leading up to it we had Practicum (where the kids went to play camp and Geodraw camp and I had training) and Saturday was both practicum and the last soccer game for both boys. Fortunately both events were at Central (our church) so I was able to slip out and go see the boys play. After the games they had inflatables, free sno cones and pizza as well as an awards ceremony and a soccer ball for each kid. William got a medal for "effort" and Robert got one for "shooting". I was very glad for the snocones because it was hot out there! It was a good season and the boys learned a lot. Sunday was an extremely busy day. We went to church, left after service and picked up food, and then got Hannah dressed for her recital. We arrived at around the same time as Nana and Grandad and got amazing seats. I was so nervous, but we practiced and she came out and did ballet like a pro. I cried happy tears. After the show, we said goodbye to Nana and Grandad and got in the car. Then we drove for two hours. We kept expecting the kids to ask where we were going, but they didn't. We finally stopped to have dinner at an unfamiliar Jason's Deli. We pointed out the window at all the sights and still got no questions about our location. As we were climbing back into the car, we asked the kids how long they thought we had been driving. They guessed between 20 minutes to an hour (each kid's guess was different). We told them we were in San Marcos and had been driving for 2 hours!! They looked confused and got even more confused when we said we were staying in a hotel that night. Then they got super excited (they love hotels). Then we dropped the big news. The next day we were going to spend the day at Sea World in San Antonio! Francis and I were greeted with hugs and thank yous and William went to check when I said the bags were all packed. We never surprise our kids like this so they never saw it coming!
After a fun night in the hotel (where all three big kids insisted on sleeping on the pull out couch instead of the two queen beds), we headed to Sea World. We had an epic day that I think they will always remember. If they wanted to do it, we did it. On top of this, someone gave us their (mostly unused) food punch card as they were leaving the park (it was the annual food fest) so we got a ton of free food from all over the world to sample too. It really couldn't have been any better unless there were more hours in the day.
We have started up Summer play group and had a good crowd last week. I've missed seeing all these ladies outside of church! We went to a splash pad and let the kids play while we chatted.
Sports camp is this week for William and Robert (and Francis who is volunteering). They've been having a great time. Hannah was feeling a little left out so last night she, Andrew and I went Golden Corral. Kids under 4 eat free and so I only had to pay for me! Hannah particularly loved the chocolate fountain where she could dip strawberries, and Andrew loved all. the. food. He probably ate his entire weight in food. It was pretty decent food and I got steak, so no complaints here!
That's all for now. I've got to get packing for our upcoming trip to Canada! Au revoir (that's me brushing up on my French)!
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