Kinder Town Meeting

Friday morning was the Kinder Town Meeting.  All the Kinder classes have been working for two weeks on their program.  Cadynce had a little speaking part too.  They did a great job.  View Album for more pictures.

Parade, Mother's Day & Swim

Each year we walk in the Helotes parade...it's a very big deal here.  Donnie rides on his preschool float and throws candy...there is nothing better than 20 three and four year olds throwing candy:)

Mother's Day was kind of a dud.  We started the day with a family hike, but I started to feel sick.  After stopping for lunch, we went home where I hopped into bed, and slept the next 5 hours.  We're passing around a bug and it is my turn...boo!

Today was the first day of swim practice.  We joined our neighborhood swim team this year.  Donnie's practice is first and then Cadynce is right after him.  I hang out in the baby pool with Colbie and Damon.  They did awesome.  View Album for more pictures.

Damon Walking (Video Added)

Damon took his first steps the day he turned 10 months old.  Now look at him...still 10 months old.  We bought his first pair of walking shoes yesterday...he loves walking outside in them.

Renovation Complete!

We made a few changes to the house, and they are finally done!  We had all cabinets painted, new tile in kids shower/bath, new tile and shower in master bath.  The glass for our shower took the longest...3 weeks!!  Glad to be back in our own shower:)  View Album for more pictures.

Spring Pictures...

A lot of pictures from all different events.  View Album for more pictures.

Happy Birthday Cadynce

Cadynce turned 7 years old yesterday.  I think she had a pretty special day.  She wanted eggs for breakfast, Jimmy Johns for lunch, and McDonald's for dinner.  While we were eating breakfast I read her the little book I made for her.  I asked our family what their favorite thing about Cadynce is, and then I wrote each one and put it on a ring for her to keep.  It went quite well.  She couldn't believe that everyone actually said those things.  She kept asking "How did you do that?" "Did they really say that?"  I included her Kinder teacher, and she yelled "WHAT?  Ms. Montalvo?"  She sure made me feel good.  After school we had cupcakes and sang, and opened her next gift...high heels.  She flipped out.  You should have seen her walking around feeling pretty cool:)  We ended the day with a new big girl bike and dinner at McDonalds.  What a day!  View Album for more pictures.

Golf Tourn/Blue Bonnet Pictures

The Valero Texas Open

It's that time of year again...blue bonnets are in bloom.  We set out to take pictures of the kids, and if we could get a good family picture that would be a bonus.

Saturday we went to the golf tournament and spent a couple hours walking around enjoying the nice weather.  View Album for more pictures.

Damon 9 Months

This was the shortest photo-shoot in the history of photo-shoots.  There's just no time to sit and smile for the camera.

 Damon has four teeth now which he uses to eat dirt, rocks, chalk and any other non-food item.  He is a busy, busy boy and I spend a good part of my day removing those non-food items from his mouth.  Each morning as I'm getting him dressed, I pray it's the last time until bedtime.  He is the most difficult child I have ever dressed in the history of dressing children.  Many times I let him sleep in his clothes because it's just exhausting.  I keep him on the floor most of the time because he about catapults himself off the changing table.  This kid is crazy:)  He is cruising with more confidence now.   He loves cords, rocks, chalk, toilet paper, and the dogs water bowl.  He is perfect in every other way:)  We love this little monster more every day.

This was the only way I finished this blog post.

Spring Break Mini Trip

We decided to keep our spring break close to home and simple.  We drove an hour north, up to Fredericksburg, Tx...a place we've always wanted to visit.  We left Monday afternoon and stopped at the outlet mall before going to our hotel.  Tuesday morning we got up early and drove to the Enchanted Rock.  It's a big granite rock that you can hike.  We showed up at 8:30 because we heard they only let so many cars in, and we didn't want to take the chance of not getting in.  It was the perfect day for a hike, and we were all really excited to get to the top of the rock.  It was a pretty easy hike, but there were some parts that were pretty steep.  Cadynce and Donnie were awesome, Colbie was mostly not awesome, and Damon was in the front carrier giving me an extra workout.  We hung out on top of the rock for a while...we snacked, enjoyed the view, and took pictures.  As we ventured back down the rock, we stopped and played on some rocks for a while.  As we were leaving the park, there were cars lined up for a mile waiting to get in.  We had lunch and then walked up and down Main Street looking at all the shops.  It was a great little town to visit.  View Album for more pictures.

Donnie's Art Show

Last week was Donnie's art show.  He made all kinds of art as he learned about several different artists over the past few months.  The Art Show reveals how hard the kids have been working and what they've learned.  We are so proud of Donnie.  View Album for more pictures.