Rainy day at the nursery

USM's Biology department was having a plant sale/fundraiser at at nearby nursery.  Forrest was interested because he loves to buy plants for our yard.  I was interested because they advertised a petting zoo at the nursery.  So, we packed up the kids on a rainy Saturday morning and drove to the nursery.

I totally underestimated how much fun the twins would have.  We ran into two of our friends there, one of whom had her 3 year old daughter in tow (you'll see her in one of the pictures).  The kids ran around, played in the fountain, and generally just enjoyed exploring on their own two feet. 

There are no pictures of the petting zoo because we never even made it to that part of the nursery.  We spent so much time with the plants that we had to rush home to make lunch/nap time.  Oh well, maybe next time.

Spring Break at the lake

As mentioned in the previous post, we went to Texas to see our family.  It's been a little over 2 months since we've been back to Texas, so the twins were really eager to see Grandmommie and Pops again (and they might have missed the twins a little bit too!).  It was a shortened spring break, as we were only there for three days, but we made the most of the time we had.

It was a much warmer weekend than we were anticipating.  I didn't bring any warm weather clothes for the kids (because I do'nt have any!) so my mother quickly solved my problem.  First thing on Saturday morning we all went to Beall's and she bought 2 outfits each for the twins.  I love their new summer clothes!  See pics of them modelling their new duds below.

 Carter loves to blow zerberts on my belly.  Looks like he's trying to plant on on Olivia too!

Pops bought the twins this rake.  Olivia liked it but Carter rarely gave her the opportunity to use it.  He carried it around with him everywhere.  It was a hit - thanks Pops!

 I love this picture of Grandmommie and Olivia.  #Love

Out to dinner with Grandmommie and Pops

We took a trip to Texas for a long weekend.  As usual, we had a wonderful time.  Unfortunately the Wieds were in New Mexico skiing, but we got to see Uncle Chris, Aunt Ellen, and Uncle Bart for a day.  We got to see Grandmommie and Pops for three whole days.  The kids sure do enjoy spending time with their family.

Every time we head west, Forrest and I get the itch for some Mexican food.  Pops agreed to take us out to a restaurant in Malakoff (I can't remember the name).  The dinner was excellent and the kids behaved themselves.  Yes!

We were treated with complimentary sopapillas after dinner.  They were a hit with all of us.

Carter's Green Thumb

This weekend was the culmination of Forrest's flower bed project - the actual planting of the flowers!  Carter loved helping Dad plant the flowers.  Forrest got the bushes in while the kids napped but Carter woke up just in time to help with the pansies. 

Today was a perfect day for being outside.  Although it was overcast and a bit windy, the temperature was mild.  We spent the entire afternoon in the backyard.

Olivia wasn't all that interested in the gardening.  I took a few pictures of her hanging out, but mostly this post is all about Carter because Carter is all about gardening!

 Olivia actively watched the progress, safely from the front porch.  :-)

Check out these videos:

I love Carter's impatience in this first video. 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1s9Ku2LVvuY&feature=youtu.be

Sorry this one isn't right side up.  I can't fix it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nEG2ZfdcEys

Liv:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SLx8BZI_ltE

Girl Scout cookie season

I love this time of the year - Girl Scout cookie season!  I preordered 5 boxes of thin mints and 3 boxes of trefoils (shortbreads for the laymans) from a girl at our church.  Unfortunately Forrest didn't realize I had already ordered, so he bought 10 boxes of thin mints and 3 boxes of Samoas.  Ay yay yay.  How will we ever eat all these cookies?

Looks like Carter will help us out!

Donuts with Mommy

On Friday night, Forrest and several of his friends drove out to a cabin to stay the night.  They ate at Mack's West and then headed out to the woods for a night of drinking, poker, and a bonfire.

This left me on my own with the kids on Friday night, but they were pretty easy on me.  Saturday morning they wanted to watch some cartoons.  I love watching them watch tv.  They are totally absorbed in it.

I treated us all to donuts after the tv watching.  Since Olivia was wearing her favorite pajamas, I just let her stay in those.  They each ate 6 donut holes and some of my glazed twist.  They sure do love donuts.

Unfortunately they only had one highchair so I stuck Carter in a regular chair.  At one point he fell out of the chair and landed on his back on the floor.  A soldier was standing nearby and she swifted scooped him up.  Poor guy was pretty shaken up but he wasn't hurt.  These things just happen.