Erica's annual Z Tejas birthday dinner

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This year we celebrated Erica's birthday at Z Tejas for the fourth year in a row.  We had a great time as always and it was fun to have some new friends join us!  Happy Birthday Erica!

An interview with a 5 year old

This year we started a new tradition of interviewing the kids on their birthday to see what their favorite things are. I think it will be so fun to look back on the interviews later and see how their answers have changed!

What is your favorite number?
100

Favorite letter?
A

Favorite color?

Blue

Food?

Hamburgers

Drink?

Sunny D

Veggie?

green beans

Fruit?

Oranges

Dessert?

Vanilla ice cream and cupcakes

Favorite thing about preschool?

Playing outside and in the gym

Favorite thing to do at home?

Play card games

Favorite thing to do outside?

Ride my scooter

Favorite book?

Miles and Miles of Reptiles Cat in the Hat

Favorite movie?

Dispicable Me

Cartoon?

Jake and the Neverland Pirates

TV Shows?

Wipeout

Animal?

Cow

Place to visit?

Chuck-e-cheese's

Who are your best friends?

Maddie, Tye, Kate, Brook, Devon, Ethan

Favorite toy?

Legos

Favorite stuffed animal?

Tiger and Little Bear

Favorite thing to do with mommy?

Read books and love on mommy

Favorite thing to do with daddy?

Go in the truck

Favorite thing to do with Ethan?

Play outside

Favorite thing to do with Lauren?

Play in her kitchen

What makes you happy?

candy

What makes you sad?

Not getting candy

What do you want to learn to do this year?

Learn to read in kindergarten

How many kids do you want to have?

Four. 2 boys and 2 girls.

Where do you want to live when you grow up?

Next to Gege and Grandma

What do you want to be when you grow up?

Hockey player

Happy 5th birthday Austin!  We love you!

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Erica's birthday 5k

We started off Erica's birthday weekend bright and early at the Zoomba 5K at Hyatt Lost Pines Resort in Bastrop.  We couldn't believe it when the car temperature gauge read 39 degrees.  It was freezing, but we quickly warmed up once the race started. 

It was a gorgeous race course and it felt great to run a 5k again.  After the race, we took advantage of the free wine and massages.  We enjoyed it so much that we decided to go back next year to run it again.

After the race we drove in to Bastrop for lunch and fabric shopping.  The fabric store was a bust, but lunch was fantastic.  We celebrated our big run by chowing down on chicken fried chicken at Gracie's.  The food was delish and we had a great time sitting outside listening to live music.

Hyatt Lost Pines was amazing!  The pools, lazy river, green space, Colorado river, animals and views were gorgeous.  I cannot wait to go back someday with my family.

The surf and turf dinner buffet was worth every penny, especially the dessert buffet.  Everything we ate at the resort was delicious.

I had the best time with these ladies and I'm so fortunate to have such great friends in my life!

Happy Birthday Erica!

Ethan's Crowe's Nest Farm field trip

Friday was Ethan's first field trip!  His kindergarten class visited Crowe's Nest farm in Manor.

It was Ethan's very first time on a school bus and he was very excited.

The kids watched a short video about the farm and learned about all the animals.

They even got to see how to milk a cow!

Ethan and Vivian had fun on the hay ride.

It was a fun field trip and I'm so glad I got to enjoy it with Ethan!

rocks

Apparently Ethan is bringing the playground home from school one shoe full of rocks at a time.

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10 on 10

Ten on Ten: 10 pictures on the 10th day of the month!

{Document a snapshot of your life & find beauty among the ordinary things in your day!}

 

The boys started off the 10th day of April playing Uno with Grandma.  Eric was out of town living it up at Nascar, so Grandma and Grandpa came over to help. I was very grateful for their help this weekend!  I'm not sure I could have survived Saturday Sports day without them.

Legos are always a hit at our house.  The Lego sorter head Ethan got for his birthday works great!

Lauren LOVES to sit on my dad's lap and read books. 

Fried ham anyone?  (Ethan's idea)

I'm in full party planning mode for Austin's 5 birthday. 

Backyard fun!

I filled up a bucket with leaves and weeds from our flower beds.  We are laying mulch and planting new plants and flowers.  I love spring!

Lauren helped us spread the mulch.

Eric got a new job at Dell!  He works from home several days a week and no longer has a permanent desk at work, so we now have an abundance of picture frames and lucite.  I'm so proud of Eric and know he will do great in his new role!

It was a fun Sunday and we are all so happy to have Daddy back home!

Sports Saturday

Saturday we had Ethan's first T ball game and Austin's first soccer game of the season. 

Austin's game was first at 8 am. He did great and came close to scoring two goals.  He is a speedy little guy!

He had a great game and we were so proud of him!

Ethan had his very first T ball game at 11:30.  After playing soccer for 3 seasons and basketball this winter, he decided he wanted to try T ball. 

He had an awesome first game!  He hit the ball great at his two times up at bat and he made it safe to first both times.

Baseball ready!

We were so excited when he crossed home plate and scored a run for the first time.

It was a fun filled Saturday and the first of many weekends to come spent attending back to back sports events!

Eric's Wimberley Birthday

Last weekend we made our monthly trip to Wimberley for Market Days.  Eric's parents came to see everyone and watch the kids on Saturday.  It was so nice to have them back there with us.  We had a family fish fry Friday night and it was yummy!

The kids had a blast running around Market Days with their Gege and Granddaddy. 

After a long day popping kettle corn, we celebrated Eric's birthday by eating dinner at Cypress Creek Cafe, opening presents and eating German Chocolate cake.  It was a full day and we started Eric's 34th year off by going to bed at 8:45.  That's what a full day of selling kettle corn will do to you!

Happy Birthday sweetie!

Show off

Thursday was Ethan's first Show Off Night at school.  The kids were so cute and Ethan loved for performing for us.

The kindergartners danced with flags...

danced with each other,

and danced the chicken dance, can can dance, and the cha, cha, cha.  We loved watching the performance were so proud of Ethan!