Happy 35th B-day to ME!

It happens every year - if you're lucky! and since the alternative isn't all that attractive I have decided to embrace birthdays with open arms. This year passed by rather quietly without any fanfare or hoopla, however I did stock up on some rather rad loot! Thanks everyone for your well wishes and super fun gifts!

Beautiful Flowers from Mom & Dad

A hand knit IPhone holder from my friend Jeannine

A perfect pair of FitFlops (to help my butt get smaller) from Natalie

Gift certificates, fun mugs, little trinkets and lots of snuggles and hugs from babies and hubby. It as a nice birthday! Thanks everyone.

Aunties and Cousins and "Firsts"". SO MUCH FUN!

My sister and her two girls (ages 8 and 5) came to visit over Memorial Day weekend. We had so much fun and truly appreciated the time and effort it took for them to travel to fabulous College Station, Texas. It ALWAYS rains when my sister visits and this time was no exception, but it did manage to wait until we went to the "Lagoon" pool(a first for Kiss and Cookie) so at least we were already wet. Take a read and learn all about the exciting time we had and all the new adventures had by Kiss and Cookie.

Auntie arrives and is amazed by the great big babies!

The girls were really excited to play with Pixie and Bratwurst (and the babies, of course). The dogs LOVED the attention and were a bit sad to see them go (esp. Bratwurst....Pix can get a little overwhelmed!)

Adventures abounded during their trip with a mandatory Chuck E Cheese visit. It was a first for the babies and the first this decade for me. All in all it was actually rather fun, although it would have been better if they served beer (everything is better with beer!)

Say "Hi!" to ChuckAuntie and Cookie:
Cookie dancey danced to the groovin' tunes,
Auntie grooved with him!

Miss L. and Miss Kiss talkin' skee ball strategy

Watch out world! This is a champion Skee Baller in the making.

With so many adventures we needed to take some well deserved R&R...at the nail salon! Here we got to swap firsts - this was a FIRST PEDICURE for the girls! It was a lot of fun to watch them and to see the excitement over such pretty toes. Now this is an activity that I can really get behind! (Kiss and Cookie didn't get to participate this time...soon enough!)

Getting Pretty Toes!

We also had time for lots of play....it was a joy to see the cousins getting to know one another. Wish we were closer.....

On the morning of their departure Miss R. serenaded the babies over breakfastCheck out it out "Live"!

So much fun! First haircuts (see previous blog), splashing at the splash pad (babies slept), getting rained out at the pool, first pedicures, first Chuck E Cheese...wow! We sure were sad to see you go, but will see you in July for more fun and maybe even a few more "firsts".

Hugs and Kisses to Auntie A. and the girls! We miss you already!

First Hair Cuts

My Sister, the ultimate "Stylist to the Twins", came to visit and, among many other fun adventures, gave the babies their VERY FIRST hair cuts. They both did pretty well...considering! and my Sister is nothing short of amazing when it comes to trimming a squirming babies hair with very sharp and pointed scissors. I am too chicken to even trim their nails (to date have never done it!!). Both haircuts turned out great...and they now look so grownup.

Goodbye and Hello

For those of you not in the "Know" (which is most of you) Super Nanny 1.0 gave a 2 week notice on May 15th and her last day was May 28th. She felt her heart calling her to another family and we wish her the very best of luck in her new adventures.

We were very blessed to have had her in the beginning....
and we had a terrific year! Thank you for all you did. You will always have a special place in our hearts. Best of luck to you.

Bye, Bye Super Nanny....

As they say, " the show must go on" and we are very thrilled to welcome Super Nanny 2.o into our hearts and lives.

We look forward to more giggles and thrills!

Zombie Pig Flu

So I got up this morning to catch up on the blog and there, waiting for me on the computer, was the web site for the BBC

http://bouncewith.me.uk/europe/8027043.htm


Thanks Joe. Like I don't have enough to worry about!!! No more zombie movies for you!! and it's not THAT funny!!!







Ps. There is no Zombie Swine Flu

Houston Aquarium

FM (Fairy Godmother) came for a very short visit in early May. She was actually in town to attend the Fleetwood Mac concert with her GF Carla. Here are the concert goers and Kiss at the Aquarium restaurant.
The restaurant was actually kind of neat. There is a HUGE central aquarium that the tables are placed around. It was entertaining for Kiss and Cookie (who where very good at lunch). After lunch we headed to the aquarium to check out the fish and

PET THE STING RAYS!!!

Cookie and FM thought it was great fun. Cookie really liked to "pat pat" the water which made the rays race over to see what was going on.

Watch your fingers Cookie!!!

Kiss thought that petting the rays was great fun and loved when the zoomed by!It is a weird world....so the other main attraction at the AQUARIUM was the white tigers. I am not sure how tigers and fish go together, but this tiger was gorgeous and quite the poser. He seemed to be torn between preening for the camera and trying to "wish" the glass away so he could eat us all! Isn't he beautiful?

We had a great time and it was fun to see Auntie N and the fish and tigers.

Thanks for coming FM. We miss you and can't wait to see you again soon.

Hugs and Kisses. XOXO

Grandma L comes to visit

Just look at those three Fish (all Pisces!!) having a grand time! My mom came to visit in mid- April and we all had a blast!
She says she loves to rake...and who am I to deprive anyone of pleasure?? The kiddoes were having a great time from their "Barnyard" vista!

The pool was such fun we thought we would check out the Splash Pad at the park. Take a look at Kiss' face! She thought "this might be cool" and then....



decided that Grandma's arms were much more fun!
Thanks mom for coming to visit and a very happy Mother's Day to you! Thanks for being a terrific mom and grandma.

PS. If anyone knows how to rotate the video on quicktime please leave a comment on how to do it. Thanks