tee ball

Both boys are on the same tee ball team -- the Houston Astros. We really lucked out and were able to have the same coach and team mates as last season. We've made great friends and can't wait to see what team we move to this fall.

Disney

We went to Walt Disney World this March and had a blast with Nana, Agnes and Katy. Our fabulous guide Katy made sure we went on almost every ride in Magic Kingdom and Epcot. (the last time I was at Disney, they didn't have fast passes!)

We were able to walk from our hotel to Downtown Disney which was really convenient. Charlie's favorite ride was 'It's a Small World' and Bennett's favorite part was getting hugs from all of the princesses. We really lucked out and didn't have to wait in line very long to see characters. Brian and I loved Epcot, especially after we were introduced to grey goose slushie's in France. The nightly fireworks were awesome!

Charlie invited Mommy to be a chaperone on his school field trip to the Fernbank Museum. It was great fun, especially the IMAX movie. He even held my hand as we walked around the exhibits and let me sit next to him at lunch. I am one lucky girl. That's him in the back left.

This year, both boys will be on the same tee-ball team. They are the Houston Astros. Bennett is the youngest and technically not old enough to play but we begged the league to let him and they agreed. They have had only had 2 practices but so far he is doing good and the coaches love to refer to them as the “Owen’s Brothers”. Let us know if you’d like to come to games, we’d love to see you.

Mommy had to attend a conference in South Florida this year. Those mean lawyers made me work for 4 days. But I did get to stay at a fancy Ritz-Carlton and immediately began stealing the shampoos, pencils and chocolates left on my bed. Now, when the kids do homework, they can do it holding a fancy Ritz pencil.

This is also the first time I've seen a fish bar. Basically, there is a company that comes and sets up giant fish tanks and then sets a bar on top of it. Pretty cool. Too bad I couldn't take the fishies home on the plane.

He looks sweet in this picture but...

Bennett has been in trouble at school for fighting. And he’s 3!!! The first incident was kind of funny and we thought “that kid will always be in the middle of it”. But now they are sending ‘Oh-No’ reports home and they have to be signed by a parent. His punishment included no tub toys for one night and all of his dress-up costumes were removed from his room for one night. I know this sounds like a light punishment but you would have thought I cut his arm off with the crying and fit he threw once he heard about his punishment. We hope this will keep him from fighting at school again. In the meantime, I smile at the other parents and hope their kid wasn’t the one who was involved.

Brian and I (well really just Brian) finished our taxes only to realize that we pay an ungodly amount of money for daycare. Without kids, we’d be rich and we both envisioned the trips we could take, or eating out at restaurants that don’t list prices. It was a fun few minutes of daydreaming but we wouldn’t trade it for our chaotic life with our amazing boys -- and their really expensive daycare.