potty training.

Grumpy.

My house is a wreck.

I never even showered today.

Load of pee-pee sheets and clothes in the washer.

No desire to cook, whatsoever.

Pizza o'happiness is on the way!! Thank you, Domino's!!!

I have decided

I came to the conclusion yesterday - as James and I enjoyed 60 degree weather and a blue sky, sunshiney day with no jackets at the park - that I LOVE TEXAS!! :)

Long time no see!

My sister Liz came to San Antonio to visit us!! It had been a year and nine months since we had seen her, so we were so excited! We of course wanted to take her to see some fun places while she was here, and we ended up doing it all in the rain! It was tons of fun anyway and James loved jumping in the puddles. In fact, his whole reason for wanting to go to the "Al'mo" was to jump in the puddles. Mission accomplished!

what is that face, James??

that's better!

Japanese Tea Gardens...

the zoo!

(apparently James and Liz have the same size head...check out his hat!)

planning out our route on the zoo map...

we were sad to see Liz leave!!

we love visitors! Thanks for coming, Liz!

Family music lessons.

One of my favorite things we used to do when I was a little girl was play music together as a family. We'd get out every instrument we owned and play songs "together" - you'd have a piano, a couple of guitars, a recorder or two, maybe a xylophone and a tambourine - oh man, we were awesome. Well tonight James insisted on having family night after dinner, so we decided to get out some instruments and make some family music of our own! Check out this kid's skills!

Phone calls

Is this what I sound like to James when I'm talking on the phone? :) Now, if only we could get him to talk this well during real phone conversations!

New discovery:

I was just making a lasagna and made a NEW DISCOVERY that somehow I missed out on for the past 27 years:

I really like cottage cheese!

What else am I missing out on?? :)

Imagination

Sometimes I don't know where my kid gets his great imagination. He comes up with the craziest names and words. For example -

Today we were looking outside on the patio at the leaves.

"They're changing colors, Mommy!!"

We see something kind of brown and bright orange - not sure if it was a leaf or what. I pointed it out to James.

He said, "It's a Neeorna!"
Me: "Really? What's a Neeorna?"
Him: "It's outside, and it grows into a BEAUTIFUL BUTTERFLY!!!!"

Oatmeal

This morning I heard the clanking of dishes, followed by little footsteps coming up the stairs.

"Mommy?!! Are the dishes in the dishwasher clean???"

He sounds so grown-up!

"Yes, they're clean!"

"I'm making oatmeal!! I'm mixing it in this bowl!"

The entire contents of the Gerber oatmeal box was poured into a bowl, and our little man was so pleased with himself. What a self-sufficient boy!