Getting Closer

As we are getting closer to baby #3's arrival, the kids spent the weekend with Pawpaw and Gigi so Justin and I could get some stuff done around the house to get ready. We took a bunch of stuff to storage and brought a bunch of baby stuff back. We also had a date night and saw a movie, The Revenant, Friday night. I was able to go through and organize toys and clothes, wrap Mattie's birthday gifts, and just get a bunch of little things done WITHOUT interruption. It was a busy but relaxed weekend. Justin offered to take me to dinner in Brenham Saturday night but I opted for a cheeseburger from the gas station down the road :) (Hruska's, it's delicious!).

Belly shot, just a few weeks to go!

Mattie, My Monkey

Mattie knows no fear when climbing and playing around. At the Children's Museum, she had a blast trying out the rock wall, and climbing this huge 3 story suspended structure. At one point, she started at the bottom level and before I knew it (and Gigi could get up the stairs) she was at the top and exited onto the third floor! Levi had fun on the rock wall but he wasn't a big fan of the suspended structure. They also loved playing in the ambulance, police car, and delivery truck in the kid city part of the museum. It was a fun Friday morning!

Doing some strength exercises with Gigi:

At the very top!

Lucky the Ladybug

Levi's "class pet" is a stuffed ladybug named Lucky and this past Wednesday he brought it home for the weekend. We had to document Lucky's adventures during his (her?) time with us.

So, on Thursday we took Lucky for a ride on the Gator:

Climbed trees:

Threw rocks in the pond:

On Friday, we went to the Children's Museum in Houston and danced around:

And climbed on this thing:

From there, Lucky and the kids spent the weekend with Pawpaw and Gigi at their Houston apartment. We kept Lucky busy!

Winter Play

The last couple of days have been cold but sunny and beautiful. After so much dreary, rainy weather recently, it was a nice change! The kids have definitely been going stir crazy with cabin fever, so we spent several hours each day playing outside in lieu of nap time. I figured their teachers will appreciate it today as it is once again raining. We went down to the pond, walked around the property, played on the playground, dug in the dirt, played chase and tug of war with the dog, were pirates, did chalk drawings and concluded yesterday with painting before we came inside for some hot chocolate. I won't lie, I wasn't outside the whole time with them - I was in and out intermittently getting laundry and dishes and other chores done. But this pregnant mama did her best to play with them while also allowing lots of independent play.

Having fun screaming as loud as they can

Levi's rainbow

And the tree he was painting. He added more to it but I didn't take a picture of the final masterpiece.