Mary Payton's Miracle

Jack and I ran in a one mile fun run early this morning. Jack learned the critical lesson of pacing yourself early on :) Poor guy kept telling me how "my side hurts". He pushed through it though and we ran about as much as we walked. The race benefitted a local girl battling a degenerative disease, raising money for an experimental trial through NIH to find a cure for her disease. Sadly, she's been deemed too advanced to participate in the trial but her foundation is raising money for other children in the study. Big cheers for Jack for racing for a cure! Theo and Daddy cheered us on from the sidelines. I just enjoyed not pushing 100 lbs in a double stroller. That is for the birds!

Houston for the boys

The boys' trip to Houston was a little different than mine. While I was loving on a tiny bundle of sweetness the boys were being wined and dined by Mimi and Papa! These are the pics that my mom snapped on her phone from the pool (Theo and Jack loved the slide), the Lego store in the Galleria and their first Astros game. Fun stuff!!!

Trip to Houston

Hot on the heels of Spring Blast was a drive over to Houston. Jack and Theo's cousin, Parker, decided to come 6 weeks early and Aunt Jen needed some help. She flew over for both boys and was a great help so I was only repaying the favor. Big sister Corinne is so in love with her baby brother. Makes me laugh to think how indifferent Jack was when Theo arrived. Sisters are just different!! Here I am loving on my niece and nephew :)

Spring Blast

Jack had his last day of preschool (sniff) last Wednesday. All of the preschoolers performed various songs and then the kids were dismissed to go have FUN! Gigi and Dada came over for all of the fun :) Theo went to a sitter that day since siblings are encouraged not to attend. He'll just have to wait for next May for his own Spring Blast! Jack spent the majority of the fun time in a giant, foam machine. He just loved it, as did all of the other kids there. We'll sure miss Ms. Bell and Ms. Scheinuk next year. Now we'll spend a summer at the pool and play dates with friends!

Time with Corinne and Parker

The boys and I are in Houston until Tuesday. I'm staying over at Jen & Brian's house helping love on Corinne and Parker and the boys are living it up at Mimi and Papa's! They've gotten to bowl, go to parks and bounce houses, swim and have an Astros game to look forward to on Monday. I'm holding a 6 lb bundle of pure sweetness and have been deemed the resident expert on changing boy diapers :) Here is Corinne with her baby brother, Parker. So cute!!

Doing things himself

Theo has always been, should we say, laid back. He's been content to let us do things for him and times....... they are a changin'. We've had to make a concerted effort to have Theo do things for himself. Like putting on his own shoes. Or wiping his mouth and hands after meals. But we've stuck to our guns and now our little dumpling is empowered :) He can put on his own shoes and take them off as well. He washes his own hands with soap and water with ease.

Next step...... give ya 3 guesses.....

Theo's last day of MDO

Our run at St. Timothy's MDO has ended :( Theo had such a fun year and loved singing songs and playing with his friends. Look at how many blondes were in the class! How the teachers ever could tell them apart is beyond me! Most of them have tendrils of curls to boot. His class had a pizza party to celebrate the end of the year. We're sure going to miss Ms. Alexis, Ms. Sherry and Ms. Leigh. Theo is moving on to Cedarwood next year (where Jack has gone to school for 2 years). He'll hopefully be in Jack's 3 year old class with Ms. Angerdina....... if we can get him potty trained. Which we're kicking off this weekend. Stay tuned.