Life after work: adventures in mommy land: What we have been up to...

We have been incredibly busy...

Trip to Founder's Plaza at DFW airport

We met Dee, Vaughn and Camden at Founder's Plaza last week to play, visit and watch the plans. Vaughn and Caleb started an impromptu game of baseball in the field. The rules were slightly modified and ever changing depending on who was batting or pitching. I was a terrible mommy and allowed Clare to get her first sunburn.

Books, books, and more books...

My parents saved pretty much every book my sister and I ever possessed in childhood. Ever since Brooke was born, we have been in possession of the library and added to it. Lily, however, has become a huge fan of reading and it was time to share. Brooke and Caleb went through the vast assortment of books and made a rather large stack for her. We were unable to part with any Berenstain Bear books just yet, but I am sure we will soon. Lily came over and saw her stacks of books and was in heaven! She just kept picking them up and going through them. Brooke and Caleb also entertained her by running circles around her. I adore her smile and look of pure joy as they trot around her. I was so glad to hear tonight that she loves Hand, Hand, Fingers, Thumb!

Clare learned to officially crawl and tackle her brother...

I think the pictures explain it all...

Road Trip to Midland...

We traveled to Midland Memorial Day weekend. It was a quick trip, but we were so glad to see everyone. Leah, Aaron, Don and Phyllis were down from Washington. We spent most of our day Saturday at Granny and Granpa's visiting. Clare was the hit of the party and was in such an outstanding mood. This is particularly amazing due to the lack of sleep she got over the weekend. (This morning she slept until 9:30. The girl was tired.) I am missing a lot of the pictures from the weekend as we took them on Granny's phone. We do have some of Clare with Granny and Clare, Will, Guy, and Granny together that are just amazing. I'll post when I get them. Caleb and Brooke had a lovely time, too. They got to play with their cousin Draven. Brooke got to sit in Leah's lap and visit with her. Brooke was so sad to let Leah go and head home. Hopefully, we can work it out to see her again when we visit Oregon this summer. When I asked Brooke what her favorite part of the weekend was she said, "Eating cake and seeing Leah."

Marlene cooked us a glorious lunch on Sunday. These were the ribeye's that Will grilled for the meal. I didn't get any pictures of our time with Marlene other than this one. It is a terrible injustice!! We had such a lovely time with Nanny. Great breakfasts including homemade oatmeal (the only thing other than avocado that Clare has willingly let me feed her from a spoon.) There was puzzle time, great conversation. When I asked Caleb what his favorite part of our trip was tonight he said "Seeing Nanny and playing with Draven."