Spring Break

For the few weeks leading up to Spring Break, I told Ava and Emma that NooNoo (my mother) was bringing a "big surprise" for them. The only clue I gave was that the surprise was mostly for Ava, but that Emma could play with it, too. My mom flew into ABIA at almost midnight Friday. We went in to meet her. Here is how it played out:



My mom brought along Ava's bff-cousin, Sophia, my brother's 4 year old daughter. The girls had such a great time together. We had a crazy fun week, too. The first weekend, it rained so the kids just stayed in and played trouble with NooNoo, while I finally cleaned out some clostets and got all of the baby gear cleaned and ready for Amanda. On Sunday, mom and I left all of the kids with Beto and spent two hours browsing the Brand New SuperTarget (!) that opened about 5 minutes from my house. I am in love. Well probably infatuated, because this lady cornered the market on Target loving. Freak much? She has been keeping a blog, about TARGET, for almost 4 years. I feel like such a slacker...

On Monday, we took all of the kids plus two of the neighborhood kids to the library and then to Hawaiian Ice for a treat. Yummy!
On Tuesday, we went to the Star of Texas Fair & Rodeo on the recommendation of a friend from work. We had a blast!! by the way, it was St. Patrick's Day which is why all of the girls have the obnoxious green ribbons in their hair.

I didn't buy a wristband for Vinny because he is too little and I would have had to also buy a wristband to take him on every ride. He spent most of the day like this:
Until, I found this on my way back from changing his diaper. You might need to sit down. The pictures I am about to show you are real. I let MY CHILD play with these toys...I am still recovering. Therapy is expected to last another year or so.
Yes. USED, DIRTY little toys spread out on a 48 year old, never been washed indoor/outdoor carpet. He had fun, though.
After rides it was on to the petting zoo. If you know my kids, you can imagine how that went down. Do you think I am making them animal and germ phobic? Good. LOL
Sophia had fun, though.

Vinny tries the JohnDeere. He is Cali at heart. He tried to use it as a skateboard.
Ava and Sophia donned enormous sombreros and posed on a donkey.
A rare pic of me and the kids.

On Thursday, we finally went to Zilker Park. While the train ride was nice, I don't recommend it for Vinnys. He litterally tried to jump overboard like 23 times. The girls enjoyed it. Sorry, no pics on the actual train. I was restraining the suicidal tot.

The other days, the kids spent playing outside with the neighborhood kids. NooNoo and Sophia left Saturday morning. We miss them so much and having Sophia visit was so special.