Special Treat

Since I am returning to work full-time on Monday (let me wipe my tears as I type this...hopefully it's just temporary) we decided to do something fun this morning. So we took Beckett to Shipley's for his first donut.

When I asked him what kind he wanted he said "green," but since it isn't St. Patrick's day we had to settle for a chocolate donut with sprinkles. Lucky for us some of the sprinkles were green because as soon as we set it in front of him he began to point out all the green sprinkles.

To say he loved it would be an understatement!

**Side note: As we were eating a man walked into the store with his kids. He was wearing a grey t-shirt with a 3-inch Aggie logo in the middle of it. In between bites Beckett looked at the man and said "Aggie shirt." He surprised all of us, and the man commented that we were "training him young." Well done, Beckett! You made us proud!!

Best Friends

Last weekend we got to keep Addison while her mom and dad went house hunting in San Diego. Honestly, I was a little nervous at first about how I would do with two kids. But she was such an angel, and Beckett absolutely loved having her here. And truthfully it was almost easier to have two kids because they played so well together and entertained each other.

Addison slept in our guest bedroom, and every morning/nap when Beckett would wake up he would start jumping in his crib and asking to go see "Assie." (I know...a bit profane but we're working on the proper pronunciation.)

It has been an adjustment for him this week to understand that Addison is back at her house. Beck has now gone from "see Assie" to "Assie bye-bye." I think he is a little heart broken...maybe someday, Buddy!

Disclosure: I had no idea how difficult it is to get 2 two-year olds to look at the camera at the same time so these pics are not great...just proof to A's mommy and daddy that she had fun!

Sharing is no fun!

Back in July we had Sam's family over to celebrate his dad's birthday. At John's request we had Haagen-Dazs ice cream bars instead of a traditional birthday cake.

Apparently one bar wasn't enough for Beckett, and he wanted to hold mine too. Thinking it would make for a cute picture I let him.


Cute picture...but taking it back was a bad idea.

Fortunately there is nothing like splashing Nana...

or playing t-ball with Grandpa to drown your ice cream blues.

A Trip to the Lake

"Macie-nana-boat-water."

I heard these words coming from my backseat last week while Beckett and I were in the car. It took me a few minutes to put them together, but then I realized exactly what B was trying to tell me. And I also realized that I had completely forgotten to post about our recent trip to the lake.

Two weeks ago we spent a weekend on Lake Conroe with several of our good friends. As always we had so much fun! But like any good party you sometimes have to deal with the party crasher. In this case it was a 20-foot long, 100-lb king cobra (or whatever the deadliest of all snakes is) that showed up on the patio as we were headed out to the pool.

Proof.


Okay...so maybe I was exaggerating a little bit. But that is exactly how we all remembered our "guest" until he washed up at the neighbor's dock the next day. You see, my husband and Garrett were brave enough to "take care" of our guest (i.e. kill him with a shovel), and then they decided the best place to dispose of the remains would be to throw it back in the lake.

Great plan because dead snakes sink, right? Apparently not. When our friend washed up near the neighbor's dock the next morning we were able to take a closer look. Upon examination we found out that he was actually a 6-foot long harmless garden snake. But I can promise you that he looked anything but harmless when we encountered him on the patio.

Anyway...on to the fun. Beckett was here to relax and catch some rays.


...until he spotted his friend, Macie. Seeing as how she is super cute, Beckett decided it was time to impress.



So being the fearless "all boy" that he is Beckett showed of his sweet moves by jumping off the side of the pool. He started off small...just off the edge.




But when that didn't seem to impress her, Beckett had to pull out all the stops and jump off of the raised spa which is a good 2-foot free fall.

We're not sure if he really impressed her, but Macie was kind enough to share her banana with Beckett on our boat ride. And since the way to a man's heart is often through his stomach, we're going to assume that she was impressed.

Although he enjoyed the ride he would have much rather been in the driver seat. At least until he discovered our plan.

Tubing with the kids! Addison went first.

You can see how much she liked it.

And I think Beckett liked it even less...if that's possible.

Fortunately we ended the day with a few rides from the pros...Macie and Kim.

Thanks to our friends for a very fun weekend, and thanks to Macie for sharing her "nana" with Beckett on the boat in the water!