Will you be my Valentine?

This is the first year when Austin has really been excited about Valentine's Day, so I decided to really do a lot to celebrate!  After waking up, we had a yummy breakfast of fruit, cinnamon rolls, and red juice.  How cute did those heart ones turn out?  So easy~

Since Valentine's Day fell on a Thursday this year, we rushed to get ready for school- a quick picture with my love before we left!

Austin's gift to his teachers (cookies and gift cards) 

Austin & Sydney at school- we love that sweet girl!

After school we got our cute gift from Austin- I love it!!

We spent the afternoon making chocolate covered strawberries and riding bikes.. then made dinner!  We had a heart shaped pizza & fruit!

Austin's favorite part- the balloons!

After dinner was dessert time- cookies, strawberries, and slushies!!  A fun day for all!!  XOXO

Bikes, lizards, donuts and more

My monthly random picture post.. 

So I found this woman who was selling her bike for $40- she has only been on it twice!  So I thought it would be fun for us to ride bikes together (and yes, he LOVES it!)  Shane plans to get one too!  Yes, I know the helmet looks goofy, but I must be a good example!  :)

We have a TON of lizards in our yard- Austin has become quite fond of them.

Just a cute shot of us!

Austin's first trip (definitely not his last) to Krispy Kreme.  He was fascinated with the icing of the donuts.  I was fascinated with how quickly our family of 3 consumed a dozen of them.  Only shot and he's blinking...oh well!

We tried on at least 4 different dress up costumes the other day- this was my favorite!  Hahaha- he's so cute!

And finally, a fun adventure with Reid & Mr Jared (while mommy & daddy were looking at new tile for the kitchen.)  These boys love playing together!

Checking out the neighborhood

Recently we've had some beautiful "spring" weather!  So today we skipped rest time & went to explore the new neighborhood!  We had a great time walking, throwing things in the water, & trying to feed the ducks.  They were afraid of us, so would swim away before we got close enough :(  We're looking forward to spending more time there this summer!

Visiting the fire station

One of the Keller Fire Stations had an open house this morning!  Since Austin loves firetrucks, we thought this would be a great thing to check out!  They really went all out- had everything open to explore, lots of firemen around to visit with & explain everything, activities and goodies for the kids, & even snacks!  We will definitely go back next time they have another one!

Meeting one of the firemen, Shane.

Learning about the ambulance

He loved the ladder!

I will say that Austin was very confused when he found out that this station didn't have a poll to slide down....  :)  So funny the things they notice!

A week with Gigi.... the giraffe

This past week we had a special visitor- Gigi the giraffe (from Austin's preschool class) came home with Austin and stayed for the week!  Each child gets time to bring her home and then document their time together.  Austin was one of the last kids to bring her home, so the anticipation had really built!  Can you tell he was excited? (not the greatest pics- all camera phone ones)

Lots of snuggle time with Gigi- she slept in Austin's bed every night and went EVERYWHERE with us!

Daddy took Austin and Gigi out for donuts on Saturday morning!

Then a trip to Bass Pro :)

 Our pages for Gigi's book!

 Overall it was a great week, and Austin was VERY sad when it was time to take her back to school! 

A few random pics from January

I was taking pictures of different things I was trying to sell online, and Austin wanted me to take his picture :)

Helping Daddy in the yard

Digging is hard work!

First time to try Dippin Dots at the mall!  Rainbow sherbet flavor too!

Bubble, Guppy, and Gil

The newest addition to our family- 3 fish named Bubble, Guppy, and Gil!