Tuesday Hodge Podge

Hello friends!

Anderson and I have been up to absolutely nothing today, just hanging around the house. These type of days are nice! We have been having some nice weather here, today it's supposed to be 79 degrees. Which starts me thinking...I am getting excited for our Disney trip(that won't take place until September) but only 6 months, right?! Ha!Love that place, it really is the most magical place on Earth! I know, I know...I am nuts...at least I recognize the fact that I am.

I finally got A to ride his jumping/rocking horse. I play THIS song and he loves it and jumps high! I have to teach him to appreciate all types of music. As a child I LOVED Michael Jackson. As I got older, I thought of him as STRANGE, but good music all the same.

We hung out in the back yard yesterday and Adam and I were trying to teach Anderson how to use his imagination to see shapes in the clouds. I told him I see a swan and a cow in that cloud. Probably wasn't that good of an idea, because now he shrieks to see the swan and the cow. Note to self...not ready for those types of things just yet. ;)

Gus, our beagle got a good brushing out of the whole thing. Wow, look at that form! Anderson's arm was all the way back...that must have been some hard brushing! Ha!! Gus on the other hand does NOT look pleased.Hope you are having a great day too!

Big boy

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Anderson and I went to the park today. He is getting so big! He climbed all the way up the chain wall and walked across the rope/monkey bars by himself! Big boy!
I still am having a hard time believing he will be 3 next month!

8 days a week...

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I choose the title 8 days a week for the blog because Anderson could literally go to the zoo 8 days a week if we would let him. It's his happy place. He loves it and I love when he's happy! And I really love THIS song too! Are you singing the song too? Good, me too!I am loving March thus far! We are seeing budding trees and flowers appearing, I LOVE it!Can you name this animal?Anderson LOVES "Sassy" and she's a sweet girl too, she lets him do lots of petting. See her budding little baby horns on top of her head, she's a longhorn steer calf. I was surprised, I thought only boys were longhorns. Guess, I can't be considered a Texan(that's okay, I'll always be an Alabamian;)

Hope you are having a nice sunny day too! P.S. The animal is a meerkat!

MMMM My Sharona!

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I have no idea why I put "My Sharona" as the title of the blog...just couldn't think of anything else to put. And I was singing it in Wal-Mart today while Anderson and I were shopping and he kept wanting to know who sang it. I couldn't think of it and THEN I remembered it was The Knack! Important stuff people...important stuff I tell ya! ;)
So, Mom left on Friday and we hated to see her go. Before she left we went to the bookstore at the mall to get some free reading in and to the playground to burn off some energy. Then to Dallas Thursday night to meet my cousin Meghan, who is about to have a baby in 12 days give take a few. Can you see all of A's animals in the picture. We NEVER go anywhere without animals, it would be melt down city! She stole our next baby name ;) Guess that doesn't count unless your pregnant and stuff... He will be called Bennett! And yes, when we have another child and if it's a boy, he will be Bennett too! We met her and her husband at Gloria's Mexican/El Salvadorian food in Uptown Dallas and it was SO FABULOUS! Not so fabulous that we really shrugged off our diet, but you get the picture.

Speaking of diet...I'm still going down in pounds! Weight Watchers is definitely the way to go. It's slow going, but it works. I'm soooo excited that we are losing weight and feeling better and better! I think when I'm pretty close to goal I'll let you know and post a before and after picture!

Can you believe that tomorrow is March 1? Craziness! Hurry up Spring and get here!!!

Botanical Gardens

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Mom is here! We picked her up Sunday afternoon at the airport. Today, we headed over to the Fort Worth Botanical Gardens. I absolutely adore Spring and all that comes with it. The buds on the trees. The new flowers that come up. And the chance for Anderson to get to play outside and be a boy. I think being outside for kids is the best toy in the world!!We had a picnic! Yay for us for continuing to stay on Weight Watchers!! I have lost 9 pounds so far!! And Adam and Mom have lost too!

Of course, Anderson wanted to go see where the snake we saw in the water was...Nunna and I declined! Ugh.

Hope you are having nice Spring days too!

It's a Jungle Out There

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I am busy planning for Anderson's birthday party. Yes, I realize that it is more than 2 months away...I just like to be prepared! He will be 3. Can you believe it? 3!!! We are having a jungle animals theme, since A loves animals so much! The invitations are already made and here. I have my friend Hillary over at Mint Julep working on his birthday shirt. Check her out...she's so amazing with a sewing machine!

His cake is being made by my good friend Laura. It's gonna look a lot like this. I know, he's just 3, but I love fancy cakes!

Now, I'm just struggling with decorations(well there won't be too many, cause it's outside) and the goody bags for the children who attend. Also, I was thinking back to when we were kids and there was a man who used to go from mall to mall with a baby lion cub and take pictures with the kids holding it. Do ya'll remember that, or am I just totally crazy? I would LOVE to find something like that, although, I realize it's not real politically correct.

Do you have any ideas or links for me? Come on...help me out!! ;)

Glorious Sunshine and V-day

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Sunday was a glorious day here! It was in the 70's, much like it is today. And after church, we ventured over to the Ft. Worth Zoo for some animal watching and some sunshine.Glad I got to spend the day with my two favorite boys in the whole wide world!Hope you had a great Valentine's Day! We received not one, but 3 packages yesterday from all of the grandparents! Anderson RAN out to meet the mailman! He is in hog heaven, because he received some more small animals to play with and corral. Thank you Nunna, Gami and Mimi! We loved our Valentine's Day surprises!!!

Adam and I are doing really well on Weight Watchers. I have no idea how much, if any weight that I have lost, but I am feeling more healthy, just by changing the way we cook. I have found this website and love to use it for her fast food points on Weight Watchers and this website for delicious low point meals at home!