Spider-Girl

Marian's Brownie troop had a party at the fitness center, where they got to climb the rock wall. Marian couldn't get enough of it!

Easter Fun

Happy Easter everyone!

Aidan was thrilled with his Easter basket treats!

Marian and Marty Anne searching for eggs (rain kept the activities indoors)

Brennan thought the cupcakes were first rate!

Backyard Blue

For those who need MORE bluebonnet (and Brennan) pictures, I was playing around with the camera the other day and managed to get a few fun shots in the backyard.

I think this captures his personality better, even though it's out of focus.

I'm flying!

Look, Ma! No hands!

Jesus's 12

At church this weekend, Aidan pokes my shoulder during the Gospel reading, and says, "Jesus's twelve."
I said, "What?"
"Jesus's twelve"
"What are you talking about?" (thinking he's telling me Jesus is 12 years old)
"Jesus has twelve 'discycles'--Ms. Beth told me! This church only has 2." (Ms. Beth does chapel-time at preschool)
It dawns on me that the Gospel story has Jesus going to a town with 2 of his disciples. So I said, "You're right--Jesus has 12 disciples, there's just 2 in this story."
Aidan says, "Oh, so the other 10 are dead."

Kum-ba-ya

Here is our adventure in Girl Scout camping. I took some disposable cameras instead of my digital one, so the quality isn't so good, and it's amazing how many times my finger ended up in the picture!

Ready to go!

We weren't exactly roughing it. We got into the treehouse unit, so they were more like cabins instead of tents. They had a ceiling fan (don't want to think about how dirty that was), a light, and real toilets, but still the same hard cots as the rest of camp.

Learning a jig after s'mores on Friday night.

Their first activity was orienteering (using a compass). Some of them were actually getting the hang of it!

Making butterflies to send to the Holocaust Museum

Our hike took us to the Fishing Village

Marian did really well at archery. She hit the target twice!

Marian was so excited to go out in the canoe! They did great going around the lake.

Blue Stuff

We went to Brenham this weekend on our annual bluebonnet hunt.

We had a picnic at a park, then off to the Baylor Ruins in Independence, TX for the flowers.

Ready to go!

Aidan was thrilled that we finally found the blue stuff we were looking for.

Can we go home now?!

Not the greatest picture, but you can actually see everyone in this shot.

Family shot

A common sight along the highways in the hill country this time of year.
If the field has a blue tint, you can bet people will stop to take pictures.

Field Trip

Aidan's class took a field trip to the butterfly exhibit at the museum yesterday.

Aidan playing a game

Inspecting the 'big, fat caterpillar' with Ms. Karri

Touching a leafbug--very brave!

But not brave enough to try eating a worm!

No joke--they have a vending machine full of bugs you can eat. Cheddar cheese flavored, chocolate-covered, you name it--it's probably there! Most of the class did try them (cheese flavored) and liked them. I only saw one gagging reaction! Many of the parents tried them, too. I had to turn it down due to religious reasons (I couldn't eat meat on Fridays in Lent--thank goodness!).