At the zoo and in the mud with Eli

Pearce and his friend, Eli have known each other since they were babies!  Eli is in Pearce's playgroup and they have really become great friends.  They've done soccer together and now are in gymnastics on Monday mornings.  We usually do an activity after gymnastics and a couple weeks ago we decided to go to the Austin Zoo.  The boys had so much fun together  Our zoo is a smaller rescue zoo, but it's still really fun.  They loved riding the train and eating a picnic lunch.  Last week, we went to see  Eli's new house.  It had been raining nonstop for a few days, but the rain stopped and the sun came out for a little bit....just long enough for the boys to have fun in the mud!

Bluebonnet pics 2016

My friend, Erin, took these pics a couple weeks ago and I am just in LOVE with them!!!  I wasn't planning on being in any of them, but I am so glad Erin took a few of me with Pearce!  Grandparents, you will be getting these :)

Sherwood Forest Renaissance Festival

Last weekend, Christie asked Pearce and I to go with her and Ridley to the Renaissance Festival.  Christie goes every year and said it was so much fun.  So, Pearce and I decided to go on a little adventure with them!  Christie picked us up in the morning and we had to stop at Walgreens first to get our tickets and a few other things for our day.  I stayed in the car with the boys while Christie ran in.  When she came back, she bought each of the boys a stuffed dinosaur that roars.....they were soooo excited and Pearce has been sleeping with "Dino" ever since!  Pearce was so excited to ride in Christie's car.  They were both such good travelers and played and talked with each other and also watched Jurassic Park....they both LOVE that movie :)  It took us about an hour to get to the festival.  As soon as we got there, Pearce started spotting knights, kings, queens, and all kinds of other people dressed up.  He loved it!  Christie and I both said we were just going to take our time and explore and do whatever the kids wanted and just have fun!  I had told Pearce that I would get him a new sword  and he was ready to find that sword!  Christie and I got the boys the cutest, most perfect wooden sword....they loved them!  The boys rode medieval rides, rode a camel and a horse, had a tea party with fairies, went to a petting zoo, saw a pirate's show, shot a bow and arrow, and had "sword fights" in the castle!  We were there until 4:30 and just had the best time!  Pearce and Ridley really loved being together...it was really fun to see that.  It was soooo wonderful to be with Christie and to have time to talk about "life."  I don't get to see her as much as I would like, and this day was just what we both needed!  Thanks for inviting us Christie and Ridley...can't wait to go back!

Easter 2016

We had a very nice, relaxed Easter here in Austin.  We normally go to Dallas for Easter, but this year, we decided to just stay home and do Easter with just the 3 of us.  Although I missed seeing everyone in Dallas, we really did have such a nice time here at home.  When I took Pearce to see the Easter Bunny, he asked him for the Snackeez cup.....a cup where you put a drink in it and then put a snack in the lid...gross :)  Pearce saw this on a commercial and thought it was the neatest thing ever, so he asked the Easter Bunny for it....even told him he could get it at Walgreens!  So, the Easter Bunny went to work getting all kinds of fun goodies and the Snackeez cup.  On Saturday, we colored our eggs which Pearce really had fun doing.  I also had a fun surprise for Pearce and got him some confetti eggs.  We went to the park and I brought the carton of confetti eggs and as soon as I smashed one on Pearce's head, he went crazy with them!  We smashed them on each other and had the best time.  Pearce saved one to smash on Daddy's head, too :)  On Easter morning, Pearce woke up and could not wait to see what the Easter Bunny had left him.  He was so happy with his bucket and and treats!  One thing he got was sidewalk chalk paint....Pearce had the best time painting on our sidewalk!  We then got dressed and went to church and then went to brunch at the club.  We had a really nice lunch and then came home, changed clothes, and Daddy took Pearce to practice his putting at the club....Pearce LOVES to go with Daddy to the "hit holes." 

Pearce was supposed to bring Easter cookies for his class party, so he was hard at work decorating all 10 cookies!  At school, they had an Easter parade where the kids were supposed to wear some sort of "Eastery" hat.  I got Pearce some bunny ears and it was so cute to see him in his little parade.  He looked so cute in a shirt that used to be Nay Nay's!  Mimi was here at the time, so it was fun for her to get to see Pearce at school!