Dallas Arboretum- Pumpkin Village

I absolutely love going to the Dallas Arboretum in the fall to see their pumpkin village!  

 

 

 

We went with our friends Ashley, Savannah, and Spencer. Caiden and Savannah kinda dig each other :)

Here's the whole gang

 

 Mr. silly & Mr. serious

 

 

Independence Day 2013

As many of you probably saw on Facebook, I was so excited to be in a 4th of July parade!  We walked as a float with my Stroller Strides group in the Coppell parade.  Caleb loved waving to all the people watching the parade, but I don't think Caiden even waved once ;)

 

Father's Day 2013

Eric wanted to celebrate Father's Day by taking the boys to the Dove Spray Park. We all had lots of fun splashing around!  I'm so thankful to have Eric as a wonderful father to my children!

 

Memorial Day 2013

Grandpa Doug and Grandma LeAnn made the long trip from Iowa to celebrate Memorial Day with us!  We had lots of fun walking around Southlake Town Center and the Ft. Worth Zoo. Usually they bring the rain with them, but for this visit it was nice and sunny!

Mother's Day 2013

We celebrated a nice Mother's Day this year!  (Not that it hasn't been nice in past years) It was beautiful weather and the boys spoiled me!

On Saturday we went out for a nice dinner at La Hacienda Ranch

 



Sunday, we went to church and then had a nice picnic at the park. Eric grilled some hot dogs while I played with the boys.

 

And of course, nice gifts for me!

The nursery at church made these for the moms!

Roses from the hubs and boys

Gifts Caiden made at school and Sunday Bible class

Easter 2013

Even though Easter was early this year, we still had some nice weather for some Easter egg hunts.

Our first egg hunt was hosted by Ashley & Savannah. There were lots of kids there and LOTS of eggs to find. Caiden was all about it this year, but even helped put some eggs in Caleb's basket. Caleb just wanted to eat the eggs.

Our second egg hunt was with my Plum Moms group. Since Eric had off Good Friday, he was able to join us for that one.

For church on Easter Sunday, Caiden and Caleb were dressed in their bow ties that Nana (my mom) made for them. I think they were pretty handsome, although the pictures didn't turn out great.

Happy Valentine's Day

 

Like most of our holidays, when they fall during the middle of the week, we tend to celebrate in phases.

The weekend before Valentine's Day, I finally got the last of my decorations put up. I didn't do too much, but wanted a few things to make it look a little more festive.

 

Eric and the boys got me roses, chocolates and a calla lily plant, but I didn't take a picture of them like I normally do :(

 

Caiden had school on the actual day, so he took some Valentine's to share with his friends and some "bear hugs" for his teachers. Thanks to  Pinterest and Lil Luna.

 

Here's my two love bugs in their festive shirts.

 

Throughout the week I tried to do a few "structured" activities with Caiden about the holiday. He wasn't too into most of them, but he did like the sensory tub. 

We did some sorting/stringing of heart shaped beads, cutting practice to make valentines, toilet paper roll heart painting and the sensory tub with pink rice, some colored pasta and other goodies. Caleb wanted to get in on the sensory tub action, but we had to keep him busy with baby safe toys.

 

 

I don't normally do photo cards in general, let alone for Valentine's Day, but I had some credit to spend with shutterfly, so I made these cute cards to send to some family.

Happy Birthday Eric!

Eric's birthday was last Thursday (January 31st) so we got to split up the celebration a little. The Saturday before his birthday, we got a sitter and went on a date!  It was so nice to get out of the house for a bit! We went to  and went to see Argo at the theater. Before the movie started, we had a little fun in the arcade playing air hockey (Eric won) and getting our pictures taken in the photo booth.

On Eric got home from work on his birthday, Caiden couldn't wait to show daddy his "birthday party" (the package he had gotten). Caleb wanted in on the action as well.

Caiden had also picked out a Mickey Mouse balloon for him too.

After dinner, we sung Happy Birthday and ate yummy homemade Key Lime Cheesecake!

Eric's team hadn't known it was his birthday on Thursday, but found out later that day, so when Eric arrived at work on Friday, they were blowing up 350 balloons for his cube!

Hope he has a wonderful year! I'm so thankful to have him as my husband and father of my boys! Love you Eric!