Monday, April 24, 2006
Maybe I'm a little grumpy
Today I had to work in the morning. That was fun. I like working, and I enjoy my job. But I think maybe I used up my happy pills at the front desk. This afternoon we needed to go to Alpine to get some rather needed groceries. It's been almost a month since we went last, and we were rather out of veggies and fruit and yummy things. I did OK at the grocery store, where minimal niceness was needed. But when I was walking across the parking lot to the Alco (a less than 30 second walk) some lady in her car yelled at me that my baby should be wearing a hat. My response was less than polite. I very snippily told her that I doubted my baby would get a burn or sunstroke inside Alco, where we were heading. Sure, I probably should have had a hat on her bald little head. But that 30 second trip would have been 2 minutes of chase-and-pick-up the hat. So why bother?
Sunday, April 16, 2006
Awyn shows off her Two Front Teeth
Awyn has recently poked through 4 teeth on her upper gums. She isn't a toothless baby anymore, as this brings the total up to 6. The headband is something I just put on her head because I was stuffing them into the pockets of the faux-boppy pillow I made for a baby shower.
Rock Wall
Sam shows his rock wall climbing skills after eating sugary things from the Easter Egg hunt.
Awyn wants Easter Candy
Awyn thought Easter Candy would be a great thing. She couldn't figure out that wrapper, so the candy went back to its rightful owner.
Happy Easter!
Sam didn't care so much about hunting for eggs as he did suckers. The suckers didn't count toward your egg total, and there were many of them poking out of the gravel. Unfortunately for Sam, most of them were Blow-pops, gum filled, so he won't be eating them.
Awyn's after-bath curls
See, she does have hair, and it's kind of wavy. But in order to really see it, it has to be dark and wet.
Surprise!
Sam signs surprise, one of his new favorite signs. He thought all the presents and food and friends was a surprise. He also uses this sign for Enterprise, any of the Star Trek ships.
Ooh, Presents!
Sam loved opening presents at his birthday party. We held a book exchange, where everyone brings a wrapped book, the books get put into a pile, and then they each grab a book and open it. I like it for the way I don't have to clean up the toys afterward. Sam has more toys than any 3 boys put together, so I thought we'd try this.
Sam and frosting
Sam liked the frosting almost as much as the cookies, and really got into the decorating. Note the Cookie Monster T-shirt. Eric thought it appropriate for Sam's party.
Javelina Cookies
For Sam's birthday party we decorated sugar cookies cut out in a Javelina shape. (I confess, it's really a razorback, but a little frosting can disguise that) It was a lot of fun, and much sugar was consumed by all. We let the kids dig in with knives and decorate their own cookies.
On the South Rim
Last Saturday I hiked the South Rim Trail. It's a 13 mile loop through the high Chisos mountains. I've never felt up to it until now, so after 2 years of thinking about it, I just did it. We had a friend visiting from Seattle. Liz flew to the east side of the state, visited some friends and family, and then drove out to Big Bend National Park. We wanted to show her as much of the park as possible. Lucky for us, I'd bought a day of babysitting at a benefit auction around Christmas time and hadn't used it yet. So we left the kids with another family for the day and we all had fun. After our hike, we ate dinner at the lodge, then drove out to the hot spring and soaked our sore muscles for a while before picking up the kids. We had lots of fun visiting with Liz, and I hope she feels up to visiting us again.
Wednesday, April 05, 2006
Another person through the Gap
This is a gov't pickup, driven by some park volunteers from Washington State. They were out picking up trash and checking on campsites and road conditions.
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