Happy Mardi Gras!

Happy Mardi Gras to everyone! We are all sick and miserable, but we plan to have some gumbo and beer anyway (Ken, Val and Avery opted out for the beer). Hopefully it will help with our sore throats.

There was a Mardi Gras parade that we went to on Saturday. Of course it is NOTHING like the "real" Mardi Gras in New Orleans, but it is the closest Kingwood can come up with. There are people riding on flat-beds and in cars throwing beads and candy. Ken was really into the candy and Val took to the beads (as you can see). It was a little chaotic and loud, but hey that's Mardi Gras for ya!!

Happy Valentine's Day

Happy Valentine's Day from all of us!

A Baby Fairy Godmother, A Princess and A Pirate

The kids (Ken and Val) love to dress-up!

Ken is still obsessed with pirates-over a year now! He loves Indiana Jones and Spiderman too, but he really gets into the whole swashbuckling thing pretending to be Captain Jack Sparrow!

Valerie is of course very "into" Princesses. Every night we read some Disney Princess books and every night her favorite princess changes. Currently it's Snow White, but yesterday it was Aurora (from Sleeping Beauty for those who are Princess challenged).

Avery isn't really into the whole dressing up from head-to-toe thing yet, but occasionally I can get a tiara or funny hat on her and she looks as adorable as ever.

Playing dress-up is cute, but it is really amazing to watch their little imaginations take off!

The Bridge Fest 2009

Yesterday was the 17th annual Bridge Fest! It's a 5K run/walk over the bridge that connects Kingwood and Atascocita. It was a beautiful sunny day-low 70's- for the walk. It was the first time both Ken and Valerie went (Avery stayed home... just because we didn't have a jogging stroller for three!) It was the third time we participated -Ken's first time was when he was 3 months old! We actually walked the whole 5K this time (not like the Jingle Bell Walk where we turned around before the halfway point). Somehow we ended up almost in last place , but we had a relaxing walk...talking, people and scenery watching and of course laughing. After the walk there is a golf ball drop . They took 1000 golf balls that people had "bought" and then dropped them out of a helicopter- the ball closest to the flag wins the grand prize, but there are lots of other prizes. We didn't win anything! We're looking forward to next year's walk so we can take Avery and enjoy the day with our whole family.

I'm ready for some snow! Mommy couldn't resist the precious hat and mittens (they were on sale too!) even though it was 70 degrees today.

The latest addition to our menagerie...our little fish. Ken, Valerie, and Avery got an aquarium from Santa. We set it up a few days before Valerie's birthday then got out first two fish on her birthday. Ken named his Nemo and Val named hers Dori...go figure. We got Avery's fish this past Sunday. Ken finally decided on a name...Baby. Ken is in charge of turning their light on in the morning and off when it's bedtime and he has been doing a fantastic job. He's very responsible. Val and Ken both feed them with Mommy's help and they get a kick out of then eating the little "lily pads" as Val calls the food. So WELCOME Nemo, Dori and Baby. Mommy and Daddy will get their fish a little later:)

January 25th already!! It was a cold, cloudy day so we took Ken and Valerie to see Hotel for Dogs at the movie theater. Valerie is too cute when see says "the-ate-her". The movie was really cute and they both did fairly well. There was a bathroom break in the middle and Val got a little antsy towards the end saying in her not so hushed voice..."I'm ready to home now." We went eat at Chuy's afterwards then went to Petsmart for our latest addition....more on that later. Ken was pretty obsessed about going to the park, but since the weather sucked we had put it off as long as we could . We finally stopped at Foster Elementary School to play on the equipment. They had a blast as usual. Another fun Sunday afternoon with the toddlers.