Critters

 A lazy Sunday, and lovely weather. What else would two awesome kids do than hang out in our backyard catching and collecting animals for a vast menagerie!

Together y'all (and me, a little), caught 4 or 5 snakes, 2 lizards, a caterpillar, some grubs, and worms.

In between there was a haircut, some video messages to cousins, a dinner at Yaya and Babas. But, mostly, this day was all about your yard, your clubhouse, and a lot of cool critters!

Park Day/ Comic Book Day

Aidan, Julia,

One Saturday morning, we picked you up from a tremendously fun sleepover with Mimi and Pops and dove head first into a super fun day!

You, me, and Mommy went and had a picnic lunch at "Woods Park." Mommy had to run to do a few errands after lunch, and the three of us goofed around at park. After a lot of running and playing in the sun, we laid in the shade and sang songs, took pictures, and made a little, black, multi-legged friend.

And then it was off to part-two of our adventure day: FREE COMIC BOOK DAY!

You guys were so excited when I told you that it was free comic book day! You didn't know what that meant, but you were still excited. We went to a local comic store, and perused the free offerings, and you each also got to pick out 2 comic books to buy (Julia, you were a bit sore that you couldn't get three, because "Daddy, you said it was three comic book day!")

Aidan, you picked out two issues of "Plants vs. Zombies"; Julia, you picked out a "My Little Ponies" and "Disney Princesses."

And then we sat there, all together, and read! 

You guys LOVE your comic books and read them, stare at them, figure out what the story is, and are generally entranced by them!

In fact, you can't even put them down lately...after the comic store, we stopped for an errand, and you had to bring your comics with you!

Lately you've been reading them in bed, at the table, in the car...and you show me all the funny parts and cool pictures you found. 

Aidan, you even brought your comic book to school for Show and Tell and told everyone "My Dad took us to the comic book store!"

I was happy to do it, and I loved celebrating "three comic book day/bug-woods park day" with you! 

Gardening on a warm January day

Sometimes you appreciate the great outdoors the most when you can't access it. Such is the case of "winter." Now, we can't complain too much: we're pretty spoiled as far as winter is concerned. Other parts of our country are covered in 6 feet of snow! And Waterfalls are freezing! It's been a crazy winter...but not too crazy in Dallas. Still though, a few weeks of really cold weather and rain and clouds can make you really long to sit in a pile of dirt and just shovel.

 

So, when the sun came out, Aidan, your pants came off, and Julia you followed him out to the garden to eat some fresh broccoli, dig some fresh dirt, find some tiny snails, play chase, and have a sun-kissed lovely afternoon.