New Exhibit at the Zoo

The Waco Zoo opened a new exhibit recently. I've been wanting to take the kids to the zoo to see the new orangatans and komodo dragon. It is such a beautiful exhibit. You can tell alot of thought and money was put into its creation. I love the zoo here in Waco. It kicks the Houston Zoo's arse!! It is all shaded and you get more of an upclose view of the animals than in Houston.

Bubby's Birthday...long overdue!

I know it is really overdue to be posting these pics. But better late than never!!!











It is so hard to believe that my little guy is 5 years old. I'm sure one day I will look back at these pictures and shake my head in disbelief that he was that little. They sure grow up fast!!

Happy Birthday Bubby

I can't believe my little boy turns 5 today!!

1st Birthday

2nd Birthday

3rd Birthday

4th Birthday

5th Birthday

Happy Birthday baby boy...We love you sooooo much!!!

School Days are here...

Bubby and Buggers are loving school. They are doing so good. We have been working on things at home just to reinforce what is going on a school. I am so impressed with what they know. I've had to start getting paper at the kindergarten level because they are blowing the PreK stuff out of the water. We made such a great decision by putting them both at their school. I can't wait to see them progress and get better.
Here are their school pictures...Aren't they adorable?!?!

I've been called a lot of things....

Red, Deaner, Haybug, HillHay, Boo...but my favorite one is "mommy girl". We always called Buggers "baby girl". And Bubby says "Heeeey Baby Gurl" to Buggers in the morning or when she gets up from a nap. This morning I was changing Bugger's bed and Bubby comes in and says "Heeeey Mommy Gurl". It was so funny and really brightened my morning.

*** As a side note so I don't forget in many years to come. We saw a grandma's shirt that said "Blake's Honey". It was one of those baseball shirts with the kids number on it that warns you...Better not talk crap on that kid while his "fans" are around. Anyway his other grandma sported a shirt too. It said "Blake's Goofy". Seriously Honey and Goofy are his grandmothers names??? I get Honey and I actually think it a little bit cute...little bit. Goofy is just down right GOOFY!!! And how goofy is that for the kid. "Goofy I need some more milk, Goofy can I spend the night with you? Goofy...Goofy...Goofy!!! Oh my goodness. Anyway that got me thinking "What will I want my grandkids to call me? I came up with a temporary name for my make believe grandchildren that I won't even have for 20+ more years.....Granny Hay! It reminds me of a sweet family friend (Granny Page). I think it is so cute!

Whatcha think...what's your grandma/grandpa name?

(pic courtesy of Bubby)

Kaska Family Farm

We headed out last weekend to a family farm. It is way out on a gravel road in West, Texas. It is literally the people's backyard. We played Garden Golf, rode a cow train, journeyed through a corn maze, went on a hayride, played in a corn box (instead of sand), picked a pumpkin from the patch, and shot a corn shooter. It was the best wholesome fun you could get. It is really sad that this world has become such a fast paced society and that kids think they need TV or video games to be entertained. My kids had a blast out there and didn't want to leave even though it was pouring down rain.

My two Piggies...

My sweet little babies are holding up really well against the "Pig Flu". They look pretty pitiful but in general are in good spirits. We are pumping them full of motrin, cough syrup and tamiflu. I hate to see my babies so sick and hope for a speedy recovery.

(Yes your eyes are not deceiving you...that is a binky in my 3.5 year old's mouth. And worse yet that is a tiny baby binky that you give to a 6 month old...I promise she won't go to college with it)

Gettin' Piggy wit it

All my fears and worries about the swine flu has officially hit home. Bubby was diagnosed today as a "piggy". As we were awaiting the test results, we get a call from Buggers' school and she is running a fever. So to spare everything the snotty, coughing, squirting, feverish details we are hunkered down here at the house until pigs fly. I made dinner tonight and you guessed it....pigs in a blanket!!! (I'm lovin' all the pig references)

Blue Man Dancers

We saw the Blue Man Group while in Vegas. Hubs loved them so much that he snagged a dvd on the internet for a few bucks. He let the kids watch it when we got home and they LOVE it!!! They both get to dancing and banging on the couches like they are little Blue Men. It is hilarious to watch!!

First day at school

Well my little babies started school today. They are going to a school that takes PreK kids ages 3 and up all the way to big kids 8th graders!!!. I was pretty apprehensive about them going today. I was worried about them in the cafeteria so much that we practiced eating out of our lunch kits last night for dinner. Also I was scared they would wander out the front of the school with a stranger. So I kept making them repeat all morning who was picking them up. I guess I wouldn't be so worried if they were going to daycare but they are actually going to elementary school. So in a sense today was their official first day of school that parents experience when their kids go to kindergarten. The funny thing is I thought my kids would be sad to stay and watch mom and dad walk out. No just the opposite they both hugged us and said see ya later. Surprising to myself I didn't cry, I guess because they did'yn cry. Plus they have had such a good attitude about school that it just felt right. So off to day #2 tomorrow.
Our clothes are all ready for tomorrow!!!

Breakfast of champions

Happy Birthday Momma!!!

My mom's birthday was Sunday...She turned 29 for the 30th time or so. We celebrated by eating lunch then heading over to my parents house for homemade double layer chocolate cake...yummo!!! I hope she had a great day.

122,222 turns 122,226

Well we are finally back online and ready to face the day without digging through boxes to find underwear. It is official we are in WACO!!! Woot Woot...
It is definitely taking some time to get used to this small town of 122,222 now 122,226. There are some definite differences between Waco and The Woodlands.
Lot less traffic, snooty people, things to do, restaurants to eat at (but my fav is here so all is good in that category), pools, parks, high dollar anything...to name a few. But with all this we got some great trade-offs...small town feel, slow pace, the fact you can get anywhere in town in less than 15 minutes, no humidity, good country folks, and of course one of the main reasons we moved here...my parents. It is going to take us some time to get used to things over here, learn how to get around without the GPS, and make some friends. We are going to head to church this weekend so hopefully that will help in the friend department. I have been meeting some interesting people at school. Some really funny gals who are cool to be around and looks like we have lots in common. It really looks like that my year at school is going to be great. I'm hoping it is my best yet!!

We are also having to get used to the house we are living in. It is a one story and we catch ourselves saying "Go upstairs for such and such." It is driving hubs crazy trying to learn all the little sounds that go bump in the night here also. One night he jumped out of bed when he heard something come from the bathroom in our room. He was ready to pounce on whoever/whatever it was...turns out the sticky hook on the door had popped off.

So wish us luck in our new town and pray we don't get lost often. We are excited to be on our little adventure and look forward to making this home.